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___MASK3___ is the capital city of Canada . It stands on the south bank of the ___MASK3___ River in the eastern portion of southern Ontario . ___MASK3___ borders ___MASK27___ , ___MASK100___ ; the two form the core of the ___MASK3___  ___MASK27___ census metropolitan area ( CMA ) and the National Capital Region ( NCR ). The 2011 census reported a population of 883 , 391 , making it the fourth - largest city in Canada ; and 1 , 236 , 324 within the CMA , making it the fourth - largest CMA in Canada . The City of ___MASK3___ reported that the city had an estimated population of 960 , 754 as of December 2015 . Southern ___MASK10___ is a primary region ___MASK5___ the province ___MASK5___ ___MASK10___ , Canada , the other primary region being ___MASK17___ ___MASK10___ . It is the ___MASK15___ densely populated and southernmost region in Canada . Situated south ___MASK5___ Algonquin Park , it covers between 14 and 15 % ___MASK5___ the province , depending on the inclusion ___MASK5___ the ___MASK44___ and Muskoka districts . The region is home to one - third ___MASK5___ Canada ' s population . The Rideau Canal , also known unofficially as the Rideau Waterway , connects the city ___MASK5___ ___MASK3___ , Ontario , Canada , on the ___MASK3___ ___MASK28___ to the city ___MASK5___ ___MASK38___ , Ontario , on Lake Ontario . It is 202 kilometres in length . The name " Rideau ", French for " curtain ," is derived from the curtain - like appearance ___MASK5___ the Rideau ___MASK28___ ' s twin waterfalls where they join the ___MASK3___ ___MASK28___ . The canal system uses sections ___MASK5___ two rivers , the Rideau and the Cataraqui , as well as several ___MASK82___ . The Rideau Canal is operated by Parks Canada . The ___MASK3___ River ( Algonquin : " Kitchissippi "), is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and ___MASK100___ . For most of its length , it defines the border between these two provinces . It is a major tributary of the St . Lawrence River . Lake ___MASK10___ is one ___MASK5___ the five Great ___MASK82___ ___MASK5___ North America . It is surrounded on the north , west , and southwest by the Canadian province ___MASK5___ ___MASK10___ , and on the south and east by the American state ___MASK5___ New York , whose water boundaries meet in the middle ___MASK5___ the lake . ___MASK10___ , Canada ' s most populous province , was named for the lake . In the Wyandot ( Huron ) language , " ontarío " means  Lake ___MASK5___ Shining Waters . Its primary inlet is the Niagara River from Lake Erie . The last in the Great ___MASK82___ chain , Lake ___MASK10___ serves as the outlet to the Atlantic Ocean via the St . Lawrence River . Westport is a village in ___MASK50___ , Canada . It lies at the ___MASK40___ end of Upper Rideau Lake , at the head of the navigable Rideau Canal system , between ___MASK38___ and Ottawa . The village of Westport was incorporated as an independent municipality in 1904 . Surrounded by the Township of Rideau ___MASK82___ , within Leeds County , Westport is Ontario ' s smallest municipality ( by land area ) . Westport is a notable destination for residents of nearby cottages and travellers in the summer time due to specialty shops and being the sole sizable town in the area . In physical geography , tundra is a type ___MASK5___ biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons . The term " tundra " comes through Russian  (" tûndra ") from the Kildin Sami word " tndâr " " uplands ", " treeless mountain tract ". There are three types ___MASK5___ tundra : Arctic tundra , ___MASK34___ tundra , and Antarctic tundra . In tundra , the vegetation is composed ___MASK5___ dwarf shrubs , sedges and grasses , mosses , and lichens . Scattered trees grow in some tundra regions . The ecotone ( or ecological boundary region ) between the tundra and the forest is known as the tree line or timberline . The Rideau ___MASK28___ is an ___MASK50___ river which flows north from Upper Rideau Lake and empties into the ___MASK3___ ___MASK28___ at Rideau Falls in ___MASK3___ , Ontario . Its length is . The river was given the French name " Rideau " ( curtain ) after the appearance of this waterfall . The Rideau ___MASK28___ and The Rideau Canal are recommended Heritage Fair or Foir du Patrimoine Canadien projects ou projets . ___MASK10___ , one ___MASK5___ the 13 provinces and territories ___MASK5___ Canada , is located in ___MASK29___ - central Canada . It is Canada ' s ___MASK15___ populous province by a large margin , accounting for nearly 40 percent ___MASK5___ all Canadians , and is the second - largest province in total area . ___MASK10___ is fourth - largest in total area when the territories ___MASK5___ the ___MASK85___ Territories and Nunavut are included . It is home to the nation ' s capital city , Ottawa , and the nation ' s ___MASK15___ populous city , Toronto . ___MASK11___ ' s geography is divided into administrative divisions known as provinces and territories that are responsible for delivery ___MASK5___ sub - national governance . When ___MASK11___ was formed in 1867 , three provinces ___MASK5___ British North America  ___MASK51___ , Nova Scotia and the Province ___MASK5___ ___MASK11___ ( which , on the formation ___MASK5___ ___MASK11___ , was divided into Ontario and ___MASK100___ )  were united to form a federated colony , which eventually became a sovereign nation in the next century . Over its history , ___MASK11___ ' s international borders have changed several times , and the country has grown from the original four provinces to the current ten provinces and three territories . The ten provinces are Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , ___MASK51___ , Newfoundland and Labrador , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Prince Edward Island , ___MASK100___ , and Saskatchewan . Several ___MASK5___ the provinces were former British colonies , ___MASK100___ was originally a French colony , while others were added as ___MASK11___ grew . The three territories are Northwest Territories , Nunavut , and Yukon , which govern the rest ___MASK5___ the area ___MASK5___ the former British North America . Together , the provinces and territories make up the world ' s second - largest country by area . A capital city ( or simply capital ) is the municipality exercising primary status in a country , state , province , or other region , usually as its seat ___MASK5___ government . A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the offices and meeting places ___MASK5___ its respective government ; the status as capital is often designated by its law or constitution . In some jurisdictions , including several countries , the different branches ___MASK5___ government are located in different settlements . In some cases , a distinction is made between the official ( constitutional ) capital and the seat ___MASK5___ government , which is in another place . Upper Rideau Lake is located in the municipality ___MASK5___ Rideau ___MASK82___ , ___MASK75___ in Eastern Ontario , Canada . It is in the Saint Lawrence River Drainage Basin , and geographically the highest lake on the Rideau Canal System . ___MASK100___ City ( pronounced or ) officially Québec ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of ___MASK100___ . In 2015 the city had a population estimate of 545 , 485 , and the metropolitan area had a population of 806 , 400 , making it Canada ' s seventh - largest metropolitan area and ___MASK100___ ' s second - largest city after Montreal , which is about to the southwest . ___MASK33___ is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta . ___MASK33___ is on the North ___MASK94___ River and is the centre of the ___MASK33___ ___MASK57___ , which is surrounded by Alberta ' s central region . ___MASK35___ , officially the City of ___MASK35___ , is a coastal seaport city on the ___MASK84___ of British Columbia , Canada , and the most populous city in the province . ___MASK23___ officially Montréal in both Canadian English and French , is the ___MASK15___ populous municipality in ___MASK100___ and the 2nd - ___MASK15___ populous in Canada . Originally called " Ville - Marie ", or " City of Mary ," it is named after Mount Royal , the triple - peaked hill in the heart of the city . The city is on the Island of ___MASK23___ , which took its name from the same source as the city , and a few much smaller peripheral islands , the largest of which is Île Bizard . It has a distinct four - season continental climate with warm to hot summers and cold snowy winters . ___MASK100___ ( pronounced or ) is the second - most populous province of Canada and the only one to have a predominantly French - speaking population , with French as the sole provincial official language . ___MASK71___ is the ___MASK15___ populous city in Canada , the provincial capital of Ontario , and the centre of the Greater ___MASK71___ Area , the ___MASK15___ populous metropolitan area in Canada . Growing in population , the 2011 census recorded a population of 2 , 615 , 060 . As of 2015 , the population is now estimated at 2 , 826 , 498 , making ___MASK71___ the fourth - largest city in North America based on the population within its city limits . ___MASK71___ trails only ___MASK80___ City , ___MASK90___ City , and Los Angeles by this measure , while it is the fifth - largest ( behind also Chicago ) if ranked by the size of its metropolitan area . An established global city , ___MASK71___ is an international centre of business , finance , arts , and culture , and widely recognized as one of the ___MASK15___ multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world . ___MASK24___ is a city in the Canadian province of Alberta . It is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the province , in an area of foothills and prairie , about east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies . In the 2011 census , the City of ___MASK24___ had a population of 1 , 096 , 833 and a metropolitan population of 1 , 214 , 839 , making it the largest city in Alberta , and the third - largest municipality and fifth - largest census metropolitan area ( CMA ) in Canada . ___MASK88___ and navigations are human - made channels for water conveyance ( supply ), or to service water transport vehicles . In the vernacular , both are referred to as ' ___MASK88___ ', and in ___MASK15___ cases , the engineered works will have a series of dams and locks that create areas of low speed current flow . These areas are referred to as " ' slack water levels '," often just called ' levels '. The main difference between them is that a navigation parallels a river and shares part of its waters , its drainage basin and leverages its resources by building dams and locks to increase and lengthen its long stretches of " deep enough " slack water levels while staying in its valley . In contrast , a canal cuts across a drainage divide atop a ridge ( however humble ), generally requiring an external water source above the highest elevation . Many ___MASK88___ have been built at elevations towering over valleys and others water ways crossing far below . Cities need a lot of fresh water and many ___MASK88___ with sources of water at a higher level can deliver water to a destination where there is a lack of water . The ___MASK99___ ' s Aqueducts were such water supply ___MASK88___ . The ___MASK85___ Territories ( also known as NWT ; French : " les Territoires du Nord - Ouest ", " TNO "; Athabaskan languages : " Denendeh "; Inuinnaqtun : " Nunatsiaq "; Inuktitut :  ) is a territory of Canada . At a land area of approximately and a 2011 population of 41 , 462 , it is the second largest and most populous of the three territories in Northern Canada . Its estimated population as of 2016 is 44 , 291 . Yellowknife became the territorial capital in 1967 , following recommendations by the Carrothers Commission . ___MASK27___ , officially " Ville de ___MASK27___ ", is a city in western ___MASK100___ , Canada . It is the fourth largest city in the province after Montreal , ___MASK100___ City , and Laval . It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River , immediately across from Ottawa , together with which it forms Canada ' s National Capital Region . As of 2011 ___MASK27___ had a population of 265 , 349 , and a metropolitan population of 314 , 501 . The Ottawa  ___MASK27___ census metropolitan area had a population of 1 , 236 , 324 . The ___MASK75___ are located Ontario , Canada , in the subregion of Southern Ontario named Eastern Ontario , and front on the Saint Lawrence River and the international boundary between Canada and the United States . The county seat is Brockville . ___MASK38___ is a city in Eastern Ontario , Canada . It is located on the eastern end of Lake Ontario , at the beginning of the St . Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River ( south end of the Rideau Canal ). The city is located midway between Toronto and Montreal . The Thousand Islands tourist region is nearby to the east . ___MASK38___ is nicknamed the "" Limestone City "" because of the many heritage buildings constructed using local limestone . ___MASK30___ ( short for " Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco ") is a ___MASK55___ political pressure group which campaigns against tobacco control activity . ___MASK11___ ( French : ) is a country in the ___MASK17___ half of North America . Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering , making it the world ' s second - largest country by total area and the fourth - largest country by land area . ___MASK11___ ' s border with the United States is the world ' s longest land border . The majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate , but southerly areas are warm in summer . ___MASK11___ is sparsely populated , the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains . About four - fifths of the country ' s population of 36 million people is urbanized and live near the southern border . Its capital is ___MASK3___ , its largest city is Toronto ; other major urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , ___MASK24___ , Edmonton , ___MASK100___ City , Winnipeg and Hamilton . ___MASK78___ is the capital and largest city of the province of ___MASK31___ in Canada . It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America , at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers . ___MASK49___ ( from Inuktitut :  ) is the newest , largest , northernmost , and least populous territory of Canada . It was separated officially from the ___MASK85___ Territories on April 1 , 1999 , via the ___MASK49___ Act and the ___MASK49___ Land Claims Agreement Act , though the boundaries had been contemplatively drawn in 1993 . The creation of ___MASK49___ resulted in the first major change to Canada ' s political map since the incorporation of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1949 . The City ___MASK5___ ___MASK3___ is the corporate entity ___MASK5___ municipal government in ___MASK3___ , Ontario , Canada . The corporation is responsible for provision ___MASK5___ services to the public as well as enforcement ___MASK5___ municipal by - laws . It is overseen by the City Manager , and responsible to the Mayor ___MASK5___ ___MASK3___ ( Jim Watson ) and City Council . Parks ___MASK11___ , also known as the Parks ___MASK11___ Agency , is an agency ___MASK5___ the Government ___MASK5___ ___MASK11___ run by the Minister ___MASK5___ the Environment , who mandates it to protect and present nationally significant natural and cultural heritage , and foster public understanding , appreciation , and enjoyment in ways that ensure their ecological and commemorative integrity for present and future generations . Parks ___MASK11___ manages 46 National Parks , four National Marine Conservation Areas , 168 National Historic Sites , and one National Landmark . The agency also administers lands and waters set aside as potential national parklands , including eight National Park Reserves and one National Marine Conservation Area Reserve . The Canadian Register ___MASK5___ Historic Places is supported and managed by Parks ___MASK11___ , in collaboration with provincial and territorial governments and other federal bodies . The Rocky Mountains , commonly known as the Rockies , are a major ___MASK66___ range in western North America . The Rocky Mountains stretch more than from the northernmost part ___MASK5___ British ___MASK6___ , in western Canada , to New ___MASK80___ , in the southwestern United States . Within the North American Cordillera , the Rockies are somewhat distinct from the Pacific Coast Ranges and the Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada which all lie further to the west .