Facts

The island of Prince Edward was given that name in honor of Queen Victoria's father, Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent. The earliest people to live on Prince Edward Island were the Mi'kmaq, who gave it the name "Abegwiet," which...

The only province with artificial borderlines is Saskatchewan, a portion of the Prairies. It shares borders with Alberta and Manitoba to the east and west, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the United States to the south, and the...

You might easily and without exaggeration describe the rough landscape of this huge and unspoiled area in superlatives. Canada's tallest mountain, greatest ice fields, smallest desert, and westernmost point can all be found in the Yukon. Grizzly bears, caribou, moose,...

On the whole of Prince Edward Island, you can see the blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata). After a province-wide referendum, this blue-crested, black-winged bird was chosen as the provincial emblem. The blue jay, which is a year-round resident of Prince Edward...

The majority of information about Manitoba that people outside of Manitoba are familiar with comes from movies, such as the fact that Winnipeg is the Slurpee Capital of the World or that it is colder there than on Mars. A...

We will be commemorating two anniversaries on May 17, 2022: Pointe-à-30th Callière's and Montreal's 380th! The Museum asked Mario Robert, a historian, archivist, and the head of the Société Historique de Montréal, to provide a list of 30 significant moments...

Canada's Ontario province. East Central Canada is where it is situated. Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario, and Northern Ontario make up the three areas that make up the province. The terrain of the province is varied, with flat regions in the...

In western Canada, there is a province called Alberta. With a total area of 5,971,000 square kilometres, it is both the largest province in terms of land area in Canada and the fourth largest overall. The Central, Mountain, and Northern...

British Columbia is a place of natural wonders, beauty, and extremes. The province has much to offer everyone, from mountaintops to coastlines covered with rainforest. However, this untamed and rough province offers more than simply beautiful scenery. In Canada, British...