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___MASK38___ ( 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 . ___MASK38___ ' 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 . ___MASK38___ is sparsely populated , the majority of its land territory being dominated by ___MASK54___ 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 Ottawa , its largest city is ___MASK66___ ; other major urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , ___MASK75___ , Edmonton , Quebec City , Winnipeg and Hamilton . ___MASK54___ ( short for " Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco ") is a ___MASK52___ political pressure group which campaigns against tobacco control activity . ___MASK25___ City ( pronounced or ) officially Québec ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of ___MASK25___ . 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 ___MASK25___ ' s second - largest city after Montreal , which is about to the southwest . A water well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging , driving , boring , or drilling to access groundwater in underground aquifers . The well water is drawn by a pump , or using containers , such as buckets , that are raised mechanically or by hand . ___MASK100___ were first constructed at least eight thousand years ago and historically vary in construction from a simple scoop in the sediment of a dry watercourse to the stepwells of India , the qanats of ___MASK99___ , and the shadoofs and sakiehs of India . Placing a lining in the well shaft helps create stability and linings of wood or wickerwork date back at least as far as the Iron Age . The Rocky Mountains , commonly known as the Rockies , are a major mountain range in western ___MASK85___ . The Rocky Mountains stretch more than from the northernmost part of ___MASK27___ , 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 . ___MASK95___ is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta . ___MASK95___ is on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the ___MASK95___ Capital Region , which is surrounded by Alberta ' s central region . In physical geography , tundra is a type of 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 of tundra : Arctic tundra , ___MASK89___ 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 ___MASK54___ is known as the tree line or timberline . Groundwater ( or ground water ) is the water present beneath Earth ' s surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of ___MASK82___ formations . A unit of ___MASK82___ or an unconsolidated deposit is called an aquifer when it can yield a usable quantity of water . The depth at which soil pore spaces or fractures and voids in ___MASK82___ become completely saturated with water is called the water table . Groundwater is recharged from , and eventually flows to , the surface naturally ; natural discharge often occurs at springs and seeps , and can form oases or wetlands . Groundwater is also often withdrawn for agricultural , municipal , and industrial use by constructing and operating extraction wells . The study of the distribution and movement of groundwater is hydrogeology , also called groundwater hydrology . ___MASK80___ officially Montréal in both Canadian English and French , is the most populous municipality in ___MASK25___ and the 2nd - most 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 ___MASK80___ , 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 . A drilling rig is a machine that creates holes in the earth sub - surface . Drilling rigs can be massive structures housing equipment used to drill water ___MASK100___ , oil ___MASK100___ , or natural gas extraction ___MASK100___ , or they can be small enough to be moved manually by one person and are called augers . Drilling rigs can sample sub - surface mineral deposits , test ___MASK82___ , soil and groundwater physical properties , and also can be used to install sub - surface fabrications , such as underground utilities , instrumentation , tunnels or ___MASK100___ . Drilling rigs can be mobile equipment mounted on trucks , tracks or trailers , or more permanent land or marine - based structures ( such as oil platforms , commonly called ' offshore oil rigs ' even if they don ' t contain a drilling rig ). The term " rig " therefore generally refers to the complex of equipment that is used to penetrate the surface of the Earth ' s crust . ___MASK66___ is the most populous city in Canada , the provincial capital of Ontario , and the centre of the Greater ___MASK66___ 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 ___MASK66___ the fourth - largest city in North America based on the population within its city limits . ___MASK66___ 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 city , ___MASK66___ 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 . ___MASK94___ , officially the City of ___MASK94___ , is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of ___MASK27___ , Canada , and the most populous city in the province . A mineral is a naturally occurring chemical compound , usually of crystalline form and abiogenic in origin . A mineral has one specific chemical composition , whereas a ___MASK82___ can be an aggregate of different minerals or mineraloids . The study of minerals is called mineralogy . ___MASK78___ is the capital and largest city of the province of ___MASK69___ in Canada . It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America , at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers . Precision Drilling Corporation is the largest drilling rig contractor in ___MASK38___ , also providing oil field rental and supplies . Operations expanded from 3 drilling rigs in 1984 to over 240 + drilling rigs and worldwide operations . An oil platform , offshore platform , or ( colloquially ) oil rig is a large structure with facilities to drill ___MASK100___ ( optionally ), to extract and process oil and natural gas , or to temporarily store product until it can be brought to shore for refining and marketing . In many cases , the platform contains facilities to house the workforce as well . ___MASK75___ 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 ___MASK75___ 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 . ___MASK56___ is the capital city of ___MASK38___ . It stands on the south bank of the ___MASK56___ River in the eastern portion of southern Ontario . ___MASK56___ borders ___MASK11___ , ___MASK25___ ; the two form the core of the ___MASK56___  ___MASK11___ 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 ___MASK38___ ; and 1 , 236 , 324 within the CMA , making it the fourth - largest CMA in ___MASK38___ . The City of ___MASK56___ reported that the city had an estimated population of 960 , 754 as of December 2015 .