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In physical ___MASK48___ , tundra is a type of biome where the ___MASK45___ 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 ___MASK45___ line or timberline . Acme / ækmi / is a village in south - central Alberta , Canada . It is located 83 kilometres ( 52 mi ) northeast of Calgary . It was the first village to be incorporated in Kneehill ___MASK39___ . The name Acme is derived from the village ' s railway heritage . When the Canadian Pacific Railway reached the area in 1909 , the village ' s station became the most northernly stop on the company ' s network . The moniker Acme ( of Greek origin , meaning ' the highest point ' ) was thus applied to the ___MASK41___ by CPR surveyors of the day . The first train arrived July 7 , 1910 and the village was incorporated that day as well . The ___MASK4___ River is a river in the Canadian ___MASK95___ of Alberta . It begins in the Rocky Mountains and winds through the Alberta foothills onto the prairies where it meets the Oldman River , the two then forming the South Saskatchewan River . These waters ultimately flow through the Nelson River into Hudson ___MASK100___ . The ___MASK4___ River runs through the city of Calgary , taking in the Elbow River at the historic site of Fort Calgary near downtown . The ___MASK4___ River pathway , developed along the river ' s banks , is considered a part of Calgary ' s self - image . Edmonton is the ___MASK16___ city of the Canadian province of Alberta . Edmonton is on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton ___MASK16___ Region , which is surrounded by Alberta ' s central region . Central Alberta is a ___MASK72___ located in the Canadian ___MASK95___ of Alberta . Canada ( French : ) is a ___MASK92___ in the northern half of North America . Its ___MASK36___ 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 ___MASK92___ by total area and the fourth - largest ___MASK92___ by land area . Canada ' s ___MASK18___ with the United States is the world ' s longest land ___MASK18___ . The majority of the ___MASK92___ 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 ___MASK92___ ' s population of 36 million ___MASK40___ is urbanized and live near the southern ___MASK18___ . Its ___MASK16___ is Ottawa , its largest city is Toronto ; other major urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , Calgary , Edmonton , Quebec City , Winnipeg and Hamilton . The Elbow ___MASK69___ is a ___MASK69___ in southern Alberta , Canada . It flows from the Canadian Rockies to ___MASK60___ of Calgary , where it merges into the Bow ___MASK69___ . The Canadian titles ___MASK71___ has been ongoing since the presentation to the Canadian ___MASK11___ of the Nickle Resolution in 1917 . This resolution marked the earliest attempt to establish a Canadian ___MASK97___ policy requesting the sovereign not to grant knighthoods , baronetcies , and peerages to Canadians and set the precedent for later policies restricting Canadians from accepting titles from foreign countries . Dissatisfaction with the British honours system led to the gradual creation of a separate system for Canada . Quebec ___MASK79___ ( pronounced or ) officially Québec ) is the ___MASK16___ 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 . Toronto is the most populous ___MASK79___ in Canada , the provincial ___MASK16___ 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 ___MASK79___ in North America based on the population within its ___MASK79___ 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 ___MASK79___ , 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 . Calgary is a ___MASK79___ in the Canadian ___MASK95___ of Alberta . It is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the ___MASK95___ , in an area of foothills and prairie , about east of the ___MASK23___ 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 ___MASK79___ in Alberta , and the third - largest municipality and fifth - largest census metropolitan area ( CMA ) in Canada . The Canadian Rockies comprise the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains . They are the eastern ___MASK68___ of the Canadian Cordillera , which is a ___MASK8___ of multiple ranges of mountains which runs from the Canadian Prairies to the Pacific Coast . The Canadian Rockies mountain ___MASK8___ comprises the southeastern ___MASK68___ of this ___MASK8___ , laying between the Interior Plains of Alberta and Northeastern British Columbia on the east to the Rocky Mountain Trench of BC on the west . The southern end borders Idaho and Montana of the USA . In geographic terms the boundary is at the Canada / US border , but in geological terms it might be considered to be at Marias Pass in northern Montana . The northern end is at the Liard River in northern British Columbia . Alberta is a western ___MASK95___ of Canada . With an estimated population of 4 , 196 , 457 as of July ___MASK90___ , 2015 , it is Canada ' s fourth - most populous ___MASK95___ and the most populous of Canada ' s three prairie provinces . Its area is about . Alberta and its neighbour Saskatchewan were districts of the Northwest Territories until they were established as provinces on September ___MASK90___ , 1905 . The premier has been Rachel Notley since May 2015 . ___MASK78___ ( short for " Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking ___MASK58___ ") is a United Kingdom political pressure group which campaigns against ___MASK58___ control activity . Vancouver , officially ___MASK60___ of Vancouver , is a coastal ___MASK42___ city on the mainland of British Columbia , Canada , and the most populous city in the province . Ottawa is the ___MASK16___ 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 ___MASK16___ Region ( NCR ). The 2011 census reported a population of 883 , 391 , making it the fourth - largest city in Canada ; and ___MASK90___ , 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 ___MASK86___ 2015 . The Rocky Mountains , commonly known as the Rockies , are a major ___MASK22___ in western North America . The Rocky Mountains stretch more than from the northernmost ___MASK68___ 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 ___MASK87___ and the Cascade Range and ___MASK81___ Nevada which all lie further to the west . ___MASK5___ No . 5 is a ___MASK67___ division in Alberta , Canada . It is located in the north - central portion of southern Alberta and its largest urban community is the ___MASK9___ of Strathmore . Montreal officially Montréal in both Canadian English and French , is the most populous ___MASK21___ in Quebec and the 2nd - most populous in Canada . Originally called " ___MASK91___ - Marie ", or " City of Mary ," it is named after Mount Royal , the triple - peaked hill in the heart of ___MASK60___ . ___MASK60___ is on the ___MASK62___ of Montreal , which took its name from the same source as ___MASK60___ , and a few much smaller peripheral islands , the largest of which is Île Bizard . It has a distinct four - ___MASK26___ continental climate with warm to hot summers and cold snowy winters . Kneehill ___MASK39___ is a municipal district situated in Division No . 5 , Alberta , central Alberta . In ___MASK48___ , regions are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics ( physical ___MASK48___ ), human impact characteristics ( human ___MASK48___ ), and the interaction of humanity and the ___MASK14___ ( environmental ___MASK48___ ). Geographic regions and sub - regions are mostly described by their imprecisely defined , and sometimes transitory boundaries , except in human ___MASK48___ , where jurisdiction areas such as national borders are defined in law . Winnipeg is the ___MASK16___ 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 .