country_of_citizenship james arthur mathieu
___MASK69___ ' s geography is divided into administrative divisions known as provinces and territories that are responsible for delivery of sub - national governance . When ___MASK69___ was formed in 1867 , three provinces of British North America  New Brunswick , Nova Scotia and the Province of ___MASK69___ ( which , on the formation of ___MASK69___ , 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 , ___MASK69___ ' 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 , Nova Scotia , 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 ___MASK69___ 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 . Toronto is the most populous city in ___MASK69___ , the provincial capital of Ontario , and the centre of the Greater Toronto Area , the most populous metropolitan area in ___MASK69___ . 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 city in North America based on the population within its city 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 city , 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 . ___MASK69___ ( 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 . ___MASK69___ ' 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 . ___MASK69___ 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 Ottawa , its largest city is Toronto ; other major urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , Calgary , Edmonton , Quebec City , Winnipeg and Hamilton . The Mississippi River is the chief river of the largest drainage system on the North ___MASK93___ continent . Flowing entirely in the United States ( although its drainage basin reaches into ___MASK69___ ), it rises in northern Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico . With its many tributaries , the Mississippi ' s watershed drains all or parts of 31 U . S . states and 2 Canadian provinces between the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains . The Mississippi ranks as the fourth longest and fifteenth largest river in the world by discharge . The river either borders or passes through the states of Minnesota , Wisconsin , Iowa , Illinois , Missouri , Kentucky , Tennessee , Arkansas , Mississippi , and Louisiana . Nunavut ( from Inuktitut :  ) is the newest , largest , northernmost , and least populous territory of ___MASK69___ . It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1 , 1999 , via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act , though the boundaries had been contemplatively drawn in 1993 . The creation of Nunavut resulted in the first major change to ___MASK69___ ' s political map since the incorporation of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1949 . Lath and plaster is a building process used to finish mainly interior walls and ceilings in ___MASK69___ and the United States until the late 1950s . After the 1950s , drywall began to replace the lath and plaster process in the United States . A U . S . state is a constituent political entity of the ___MASK53___ . There are 50 states , which are bound together in a union with each other . Each state holds administrative jurisdiction over a defined geographic territory , and shares its sovereignty with the United States federal government . Due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the federal government , Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and of the state in which they reside . State citizenship and residency are flexible , and no government approval is required to move between states , except for persons covered by certain types of court orders ( e . g ., paroled convicts and children of divorced spouses who are sharing custody ). The National Assembly of ___MASK98___ is the legislative body of the Province of ___MASK98___ in ___MASK69___ . Legislators are called MNAs ( Members of the National Assembly ). The Lieutenant Governor , and the National Assembly compose the Legislature of ___MASK98___ , which operates in a fashion similar to those of other Westminster - style parliamentary systems . James Arthur Mathieu ( August 21 , 1869 -- November 23 , 1966 ) was known as `` the last of the lumber kings , '' as well as `` the Mighty Man of the Woods '' and `` the Lath King of America . '' Born in Alma , Wisconsin . , he became an Ontario lumber merchant , philanthropist and political figure . He represented Rainy River in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario initially as a Liberal - Conservative in 1911 , and then as a Conservative from 1914 to 1923 and 1926 to 1929 . A county seat is an administrative center , seat of government , or capital city of a county or civil parish . The term is used in the United States , ___MASK69___ , Romania , China and Taiwan . In the United Kingdom and Ireland , county towns have a similar function . Ontario , one of the 13 provinces and territories of ___MASK69___ , is located in east - central ___MASK69___ . It is ___MASK69___ ' 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 . Ontario 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 city , Ottawa , and the nation ' s most populous city , Toronto . The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is one of two components of the Legislature of Ontario ( also known as the Parliament of Ontario ), the other being the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario . The Legislative Assembly is the second largest Canadian provincial deliberative assembly by number of members after the National Assembly of ___MASK98___ . The Assembly meets at the Ontario Legislative Building at Queen ' s Park in the provincial capital of Toronto . Ottawa is the capital city of ___MASK69___ . 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 Capital Region ( NCR ). The 2011 census reported a population of 883 , 391 , making it the fourth - largest city in ___MASK69___ ; and 1 , 236 , 324 within the CMA , making it the fourth - largest CMA in ___MASK69___ . The City of Ottawa reported that the city had an estimated population of 960 , 754 as of December 2015 . A lath or slat is a thin , narrow strip of straight - grained wood used under roof shingles or tiles , on lath and plaster walls and ceilings to hold plaster , and in lattice and trellis work . " Lath " has expanded to mean any type of backing material for plaster including a metal wire mesh or expanded metal that is applied to a wood or metal framework as matrix over which stucco or plaster is applied and wallboard products called gypsum or rock lath . Also reed mat was historically a lath material . One of the key elements of lath , whether wooden slats or wire mesh , are the openings or gaps that allow plaster or stucco to ooze behind and form a mechanical bond to the lath where gypsum lath relies more on a chemical bond . Alma is a city in and the county seat of Buffalo County in the U . S . state of Wisconsin . The population was 781 at the 2010 census . The city borders the Town of Alma ( to its east ), as well as the Town of Nelson ( to its north ), the Town of Belvidere ( to its southeast ), and Greenfield Township , Wabasha County , Minnesota ( across the Mississippi River to its west ). The motto for the city of Alma is : " Step into Living History ." The Northwest Territories ( also known as NWT ; French : " les Territoires du Nord - Ouest ", " TNO "; Athabaskan languages : " Denendeh "; Inuinnaqtun : " Nunatsiaq "; Inuktitut :  ) is a territory of ___MASK69___ . 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 ___MASK69___ . Its estimated population as of 2016 is 44 , 291 . Yellowknife became the territorial capital in 1967 , following recommendations by the Carrothers Commission .