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Canada ( French : ) is a country in the northern 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 . Canada ' 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 . Canada 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 ___MASK71___ , its largest ___MASK64___ is ___MASK7___ ; other major urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , Calgary , Edmonton , Quebec City , Winnipeg and ___MASK36___ . Calgary is a ___MASK64___ 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 ___MASK64___ of Calgary had a population of 1 , 096 , 833 and a metropolitan population of 1 , 214 , 839 , making it the largest ___MASK64___ in Alberta , and the third - largest municipality and fifth - largest census metropolitan area ( CMA ) in Canada . ___MASK73___ , one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada , is located in east - central Canada . It is Canada ' s most populous province by a large margin , accounting for nearly 40 percent of all Canadians , and is the second - largest province in total area . ___MASK73___ is fourth - largest in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are included . It is home to the nation ' s capital ___MASK64___ , Ottawa , and the nation ' s most populous ___MASK64___ , ___MASK7___ . The ___MASK62___ , , or more formally Her Majesty ' s Government , is the federal administration of Canada . It is based in the national capital of Ottawa , Ontario . The head of government is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau , whose party the Liberal Party of Canada won the majority of seats in the Canadian Parliament in the 2015 Canadian federal election . The ___MASK71___ River ( Algonquin : " Kitchissippi "), is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec . For most of its length , it defines the border between these two provinces . It is a major tributary of the St . Lawrence River . Canada ' s geography is divided into administrative divisions known as provinces and territories that are responsible for delivery of sub - national governance . When Canada was formed in 1867 , three provinces of British North America  New Brunswick , ___MASK14___ and the Province of Canada ( which , on the formation of Canada , was divided into Ontario and Quebec )  were united to form a federated colony , which eventually became a sovereign nation in the next century . Over its history , Canada ' 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 , New Brunswick , Newfoundland and Labrador , ___MASK14___ , Ontario , Prince Edward Island , Quebec , and Saskatchewan . Several of the provinces were former British colonies , Quebec was originally a French colony , while others were added as Canada grew . The three territories are Northwest Territories , Nunavut , and Yukon , which govern the rest of the area of the former British North America . Together , the provinces and territories make up the world ' s second - largest country by area . Gatineau , officially " Ville de Gatineau ", is a ___MASK64___ in western Quebec , Canada . It is the fourth largest ___MASK64___ in the province after Montreal , Quebec ___MASK64___ , 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 Gatineau had a population of 265 , 349 , and a metropolitan population of 314 , 501 . The Ottawa  Gatineau census metropolitan area had a population of 1 , 236 , 324 . ___MASK71___ is the capital ___MASK64___ of Canada . It stands on the south bank of the ___MASK71___ River in the eastern portion of southern Ontario . ___MASK71___ borders Gatineau , Quebec ; the two form the core of the ___MASK71___  Gatineau census metropolitan area ( CMA ) and the National Capital Region ( NCR ). The 2011 census reported a population of 883 , 391 , making it the fourth - largest ___MASK64___ in Canada ; and 1 , 236 , 324 within the CMA , making it the fourth - largest CMA in Canada . The ___MASK64___ of ___MASK71___ reported that the ___MASK64___ had an estimated population of 960 , 754 as of December 2015 . The Rocky Mountains , commonly known as the Rockies , are a major mountain range in western North America . The Rocky Mountains stretch more than from the northernmost part of ___MASK23___ , in western Canada , to New Mexico , 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 . The Department of Canadian Heritage , or simply Canadian Heritage , is the department of the ___MASK62___ with responsibility for policies and programs regarding the arts , culture , media , communications networks , official languages , status of women , sports , and multiculturalism . A capital ___MASK64___ ( or simply capital ) is the municipality exercising primary status in a country , state , province , or other region , usually as its seat of government . A capital is typically a ___MASK64___ that physically encompasses the offices and meeting places of its respective government ; the status as capital is often designated by its law or constitution . In some jurisdictions , including several countries , the different branches of government are located in different settlements . In some cases , a distinction is made between the official ( constitutional ) capital and the seat of government , which is in another place . Southern ___MASK73___ is a primary region of the province of ___MASK73___ , Canada , the other primary region being Northern ___MASK73___ . It is the most densely populated and southernmost region in Canada . Situated south of Algonquin Park , it covers between 14 and 15 % of the province , depending on the inclusion of the Parry Sound and Muskoka districts . The region is home to one - third of Canada ' s population . ___MASK86___ , officially the ___MASK64___ of ___MASK86___ , is a coastal seaport ___MASK64___ on the mainland of British Columbia , Canada , and the most populous ___MASK64___ in the province . The Department of Natural Resources ( French : " Ministère des Ressources naturelles "), operating under the FIP applied title Natural Resources Canada ( NRCan ), is the ministry of the ___MASK62___ responsible for natural resources , energy , minerals and metals , forests , earth sciences , mapping and remote sensing . It was created in 1995 by amalgamating the now - defunct Departments of Energy , Mines and Resources and Forestry . Natural Resources Canada ( NRCan ) works to ensure the responsible development of Canada ' s natural resources , including energy , forests , minerals and metals . NRCan also uses its expertise in earth sciences to build and maintain an up - to - date knowledge base of our landmass and resources . To promote internal collaboration , NRCan has implemented a departmental wide wiki based on MediaWiki . Natural Resources Canada also collaborates with American and Mexican government scientists , along with the Commission for Environmental Cooperation , to produce the North American Environmental Atlas , which is used to depict and track environmental issues for a continental perspective . ___MASK37___ is the capital and largest ___MASK64___ of the province of Manitoba in Canada . It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America , at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers . The ___MASK64___ of Ottawa is the corporate entity of municipal government in Ottawa , Ontario , Canada . The corporation is responsible for provision of services to the public as well as enforcement of municipal by - laws . It is overseen by the ___MASK64___ Manager , and responsible to the Mayor of Ottawa ( Jim Watson ) and ___MASK64___ Council . MusE is computer software , a sequencer for Musical Instrument Digital Interface ( MIDI ) and audio , with recording and editing abilities . It was originally written by Werner Schweer and now is developed by the Muse development team . It is free software released under the GNU ___MASK95___ License . The Canadian Museums Association is a national organization for the promotion of museums in Canada . Quebec ___MASK64___ ( pronounced or ) officially Québec ) is the capital ___MASK64___ of the Canadian province of Quebec . In 2015 the ___MASK64___ 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 Quebec ' s second - largest ___MASK64___ after Montreal , which is about to the southwest . A museum is an institution that cares for ( conserves ) a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic , cultural , historical , or scientific importance and some public museums make them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary . Most large museums are located in major cities throughout the world and more local ones exist in smaller cities , towns and even the countryside . Museums have varying aims , ranging from serving researchers and specialists to serving the ___MASK95___ . The goal of serving researchers is increasingly shifting to serving the ___MASK95___ . The Canadian Heritage Information Network ( CHIN ) is a ___MASK62___ - supported organization that provides a networked interface to Canada ' s heritage . CHIN is a Special Operating Agency within the Citizenship and Heritage sector of the Department of Canadian Heritage . It serves as a national centre of expertise to more than 1 , 600 museums and other member heritage institutions across Canada , and it aims to give access to Canada ' s heritage for both Canadians and a worldwide audience , by supporting the development , presentation and preservation of Canada ' s digital heritage . CHIN is based in Gatineau ( until 2002 , Hull ), in Quebec . FOREST ( short for " Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco ") is a ___MASK81___ political pressure group which campaigns against tobacco control activity . ___MASK78___ is the capital ___MASK64___ of the Canadian province of Alberta . ___MASK78___ is on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the ___MASK78___ Capital Region , which is surrounded by Alberta ' s central region . The Geological Survey of Canada ( GSC ) is a Canadian federal government agency responsible for performing geological surveys of the country , developing Canada ' s natural resources and protecting the environment . A branch of the Earth Sciences Sector of Natural Resources Canada , the GSC is the country ' s oldest scientific agency and was one of its first government organizations . ___MASK46___ officially Montréal in both Canadian English and French , is the most populous ___MASK9___ in Quebec and the 2nd - most populous in Canada . Originally called " Ville - Marie ", or " ___MASK64___ of Mary ," it is named after Mount Royal , the triple - peaked hill in the heart of the ___MASK64___ . The ___MASK64___ is on the Island of ___MASK46___ , which took its name from the same source as the ___MASK64___ , 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 . The Canadian Museum of Nature ( French : Musée Canadien de la nature ) is a natural history museum in ___MASK71___ , Ontario , Canada . Its collections , which were started by the Geological Survey of Canada in 1856 , include all aspects of the intersection of human society and nature , from gardening to gene - splicing . The Museum is affiliated with the Canadian Museums Association , the Canadian Heritage Information Network , and the Virtual Museum of Canada . ___MASK7___ is the most populous city in Canada , the provincial capital of Ontario , and the centre of the Greater ___MASK7___ Area , the most 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 ___MASK7___ the fourth - largest city in North America based on the population within its city limits . ___MASK7___ trails only Mexico ___MASK64___ , New York ___MASK64___ , 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 , ___MASK7___ is an international centre of business , finance , arts , and culture , and widely recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world .