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Acadia was a ___MASK67___ of New France in northeastern North America that included parts of eastern Quebec , the Maritime provinces , and modern - ___MASK46___ Maine to the Kennebec River . During much of the 17th and early 18th centuries , Norridgewock on the Kennebec River and Castine at the end of the Penobscot River were the southernmost settlements of Acadia . The actual specification by the French government for the territory refers to lands bordering the Atlantic coast , roughly between the 40th and 46th parallels . Later , the territory was divided into the British colonies which became Canadian provinces and American states . The population of Acadia included members of the Wabanaki Confederacy and descendants of emigrants from France ( i . e ., Acadians ). The two communities intermarried , which resulted in a significant portion of the population of Acadia being Métis . Vancouver , officially ___MASK77___ of Vancouver , is a coastal ___MASK44___ city on the mainland of British Columbia , Canada , and the most populous city in the province . ___MASK1___ Scotia ( Latin for " New Scotland "; French : " Nouvelle - Écosse ") is one of Canada ' s three Maritime provinces , and one of the four provinces which form Atlantic Canada . Its provincial ___MASK13___ is Halifax . ___MASK1___ Scotia is Canada ' s second - smallest province , with an area of , including Cape Breton and another 3 , 800 coastal islands . As of 2011 , the population was 921 , 727 , making ___MASK1___ Scotia the second most - densely populated province in Canada with almost . The Petitcodiac ___MASK82___ , known informally as the ___MASK54___ ___MASK82___ , is a Canadian river in south - eastern New Brunswick . The river has a ___MASK75___ length of and is located in Westmorland , Albert , and Kings counties , draining a watershed area of about . The watershed features valleys , ridges , and rolling hills , and is ___MASK62___ to a diverse ___MASK71___ of terrestrial and aquatic species . Ten named tributaries join the river in its ___MASK58___ toward its mouth in Shepody ___MASK43___ . Before the ___MASK78___ of a causeway in 1968 , the river had one of the world ' s largest tidal bores , which ranged from in height and moved at . With the opening of the causeway gates in April 2010 , the river is flushing itself of ocean silts , and the Bore is returning to its former glory . Quebec ___MASK76___ ( pronounced or ) officially Québec ) is the ___MASK13___ city of the Canadian province of Quebec . 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 Quebec ' s second - largest city after Montreal , which is about to the southwest . Canada ( French : ) is a ___MASK38___ in the northern half of North America . Its ___MASK74___ 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 ___MASK38___ by total area and the fourth - largest ___MASK38___ by land area . Canada ' s ___MASK30___ with the United States is the world ' s longest land ___MASK30___ . The majority of the ___MASK38___ 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 ___MASK38___ ' s population of 36 million ___MASK100___ is urbanized and live near the southern ___MASK30___ . Its ___MASK13___ is Ottawa , its largest city is Toronto ; other major urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , Calgary , Edmonton , Quebec City , Winnipeg and Hamilton . New Brunswick is one of Canada ' s ___MASK5___ Maritime provinces ( together with Prince Edward ___MASK37___ and Nova Scotia ) and is the only constitutionally bilingual ( English  French ) ___MASK17___ . Fredericton is the ___MASK13___ , Moncton is the largest metropolitan ( CMA ) area and Saint John is the most populous city . In the 2011 nationwide census , Statistics Canada estimated the provincial population to have been 751 , 171 , being on an area of almost 73 , 000 km . The majority of the population is English - speaking , but there is also a large Francophone minority ( 33 %), chiefly of Acadian origin . The current premier of the ___MASK17___ is Brian Gallant . It was created as a result of the partitioning of the British colony of Nova Scotia in 1784 . The provincial ___MASK81___ features a ship superimposed on a yellow background with a yellow " lion passant guardant " on red pennon above it . Ottawa is the ___MASK13___ city of Canada . It stands on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of southern Ontario . Ottawa borders Gatineau , Quebec ; the two form the core of the Ottawa  Gatineau census metropolitan area ( CMA ) and the National ___MASK13___ Region ( NCR ). The 2011 census reported a population of 883 , 391 , making it the fourth - largest city in Canada ; and ___MASK16___ , 236 , 324 within the CMA , making it the fourth - largest CMA in Canada . The City of Ottawa reported that the city had an estimated population of 960 , 754 as of ___MASK65___ 2015 . Calgary is a ___MASK76___ in the Canadian ___MASK17___ of Alberta . It is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the ___MASK17___ , in an area of foothills and prairie , about east of the ___MASK31___ ranges of the Canadian Rockies . In the 2011 census , the City of Calgary had a population of 1 , 096 , 833 and a metropolitan population of 1 , 214 , 839 , making it the largest ___MASK76___ in Alberta , and the third - largest municipality and fifth - largest census metropolitan area ( CMA ) in Canada . Montreal officially Montréal in both Canadian English and French , is the most populous ___MASK50___ in Quebec and the 2nd - most populous in Canada . Originally called " ___MASK9___ - Marie ", or " City of Mary ," it is named after Mount Royal , the triple - peaked hill in the heart of ___MASK77___ . ___MASK77___ is on the ___MASK37___ of Montreal , which took its name from the same source as ___MASK77___ , and a few much smaller peripheral islands , the largest of which is Île Bizard . It has a distinct four - ___MASK47___ continental climate with warm to hot summers and cold snowy winters . Magnetic ___MASK99___ Concert Site is a live music venue in Moncton , New Brunswick , Canada . It is one of the largest music venues in Canada . Originally built in 1984 for Pope John Paul II to hold a papal mass during his tour of Canada , the site was redesigned in the 1990s as a concert venue . The site has hosted annual or biennial summer concerts since the mid - 2000s . Additional permanent infrastructure was installed following the 2005 concert headlined by The Rolling Stones . In 2011 a concert headlined by U2 saw the first use of the marketing ___MASK80___ Magnetic ___MASK99___ Music Festival . Moncton is a ___MASK76___ located in Westmorland ___MASK52___ in the southeastern portion of the ___MASK17___ of New Brunswick , Canada . Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley , Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the Maritime Provinces . The ___MASK76___ has earned the nickname " Hub City " due to its central inland location in the region and its ___MASK33___ as a railway and land transportation hub for the Maritimes . Fredericton is the ___MASK13___ of the Canadian province of New Brunswick . The city is situated in the west - central portion of the province along the Saint John River , which flows west to east as it bisects the city ; it is the dominant natural feature of the area . One of the main urban centres in New Brunswick , the city had a population of 56 , 224 in the 2011 census . It is the third - largest city in the province after Saint John and Moncton . Toronto is the most populous ___MASK76___ in Canada , the provincial ___MASK13___ of Ontario , and the centre of the Greater Toronto 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 Toronto the fourth - largest ___MASK76___ in North America based on the population within its ___MASK76___ limits . Toronto trails only Mexico City , New York 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 ___MASK76___ , Toronto 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 . The Rocky Mountains , commonly known as the Rockies , are a major ___MASK14___ in western North America . The Rocky Mountains stretch more than from the northernmost ___MASK21___ of British Columbia , in western Canada , to New Mexico , in the southwestern United States . Within the North American Cordillera , the Rockies are somewhat distinct from the ___MASK27___ and the Cascade Range and ___MASK97___ Nevada which all lie further to the west . ___MASK2___ Canada , which was formed in 1971 , is the ___MASK86___ of Canada ___MASK86___ agency commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada , its population , resources , economy , ___MASK23___ , and culture . Its headquarters is in Ottawa . Edmonton is the ___MASK13___ city of the Canadian province of Alberta . Edmonton is on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton ___MASK13___ Region , which is surrounded by Alberta ' s central region . Prince Edward ___MASK37___ ( PEI or P . E . I .) is a ___MASK17___ of Canada consisting of the island of the same name , as well as several much smaller islands . A pennon or pennant is a ___MASK81___ that is larger at the hoist than at the fly . It can have several shapes , such as triangular , tapering or triangular and swallow - tailed . Winnipeg is the ___MASK13___ and largest city 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 . ___MASK56___ ( short for " Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking ___MASK91___ ") is a United Kingdom political pressure group which campaigns against ___MASK91___ control activity . In physical ___MASK53___ , tundra is a type of biome where the ___MASK39___ 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 of tundra : Arctic tundra , alpine tundra , and Antarctic tundra . In tundra , the vegetation is composed of 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 ___MASK39___ line or timberline .