Canada question

I'm making some flash cards for my daughter that has all of the US
states and Canadian Provinces on them. I would also like to include
the nickname of the Provinces and the year they entered the dominion,
but I have not been able to find this information on the web. Below is
what I have been able to find. Any help would be appreciated.



Name Capital Nickname Date
Alberta Edmonton Strong and Free 1905
British Columbia Victoria
Manitoba Winnipeg
New Brunswick Fredericton Loyalist Province July 1st, 1867
Newfoundland/Labrador St. John's The Rock
Northwest Territories Yellowknife
Nova Scotia Halifax
Nunavut Iqaluit 04/01/99
Ontario Toronto July 1st, 1867
Prince Edward Island Charlottetown Garden Province 1873
Quebec Quebec City The Beautiful Province 1867
Saskatchewan Regina Land of Living Skies 1905
Yukon Whitehorse

"c186282" wrote...

I'm making some flash cards for my daughter that has all of the US
states and Canadian Provinces on them. I would also like to include
the nickname of the Provinces and the year they entered the dominion,

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't Canada *not* been a dominion
for quite some time now?

but I have not been able to find this information on the web. Below is
what I have been able to find. Any help would be appreciated.



Name Capital

Yukon Whitehorse

Nickname Date

"The Yukon" "I'm not positive on the dates, but think that Yukon first
became a 'district' of the NWT in 1897, then a separate territory in 1898"

Regarding the nickname, a discussion of Yukon, Yukon Territory, and *The*
Yukon may still create controversy among the Northerners.

Craig

PS--I'll always think of the NWT post-Nunavut as "Bob"

the nickname of the Provinces

Here's something:
http://www.canadaproject.ecsd.net/pr...rial_trivi.htm


And here's a little something else:

"Most of the provinces have a little motto on their plates, however I think
only Manitoba (Friendly Manitoba) and BC have little things like that.
Ontario is "Yours to Discover", Quebec "Je me souviens" (I remember), Nova
Scotia has "Canada's Atlantic Playground", Alberta is "Wild Rose Country",
"Land of Living Skies" on Saskatchewan's plates, PEI has a picture and
capiton of the Confederation Bridge, Yukon has "The Klondike", North West
Territories and Nunavut both have "Explore Canada's Arctic" and Newfoundland
and Labrador is "a world of difference"

New Brusnwick has nothing.

http://forums.govteen.com/archive/in...p/t-90508.html

I'm making some flash cards for my daughter that has all of the US
states and Canadian Provinces on them. I would also like to include
the nickname of the Provinces and the year they entered the dominion,
but I have not been able to find this information on the web...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada
is one source for the dates of admission. We're not big on official
nicknames in Canada, so I doubt you'll find a full set of those.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "My ambition is to see a saying of mine attributed
| to Dorothy Parker or Mark Twain." -- Joe Fineman

Newfoundland and Labrador joined the Confederation in 1949 (by a margin of 7
votes). Prior to that, it was a British dominion/colony same as Canada and
Australia.

"c186282" wrote in message
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I'm making some flash cards for my daughter that has all of the US
states and Canadian Provinces on them. I would also like to include
the nickname of the Provinces and the year they entered the dominion,
but I have not been able to find this information on the web. Below is
what I have been able to find. Any help would be appreciated.



Name Capital Nickname Date
Alberta Edmonton Strong and Free 1905
British Columbia Victoria
Manitoba Winnipeg
New Brunswick Fredericton Loyalist Province July 1st, 1867
Newfoundland/Labrador St. John's The Rock
Northwest Territories Yellowknife
Nova Scotia Halifax
Nunavut Iqaluit 04/01/99
Ontario Toronto July 1st, 1867
Prince Edward Island Charlottetown Garden Province 1873
Quebec Quebec City The Beautiful Province 1867
Saskatchewan Regina Land of Living Skies 1905
Yukon Whitehorse

"c186282" wrote in message
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Alberta Edmonton Strong and Free 1905

'Round here it's more often refered to as The Texas of Canada, most people
would probably assume S&F to be a reference to the USA.

British Columbia Victoria

Isn't one of their tourist slogans Beautiful British Columbia?

Manitoba Winnipeg

Dunno about the province, but its capital goes by the name Winterpeg, at
times.

Newfoundland/Labrador St. John's The Rock

1949.

I could be wrong but it's my understanding that "The Rock" only refers to
the island. Another name I've heard is "The Granite Planet".

Nova Scotia Halifax

1867.

Quebec Quebec City The Beautiful Province 1867

Umm... You're going to have to teach her some French, it's La Belle
Province, I've never heard it translated before.

Richard

On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 05:46:27 +0000, Mark Brader wrote:

I'm making some flash cards for my daughter that has all of the US
states and Canadian Provinces on them. I would also like to include
the nickname of the Provinces and the year they entered the dominion,
but I have not been able to find this information on the web...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada
is one source for the dates of admission. We're not big on official
nicknames in Canada, so I doubt you'll find a full set of those.

Thank you, that is a great link. I must have missed it in my google search

Douglas W. Hoyt wrote:
Here's something:
http://www.canadaproject.ecsd.net/pr...rial_trivi.htm

This page lists BC's nickname as "The Pacific Province", which I've never
heard before. I've always known BC's motto as "Splendor sine occasu," or
"Splendour without diminishment."

--
Seth

On Fri, 3 Mar 2006, mdrawson wrote:

Newfoundland and Labrador joined the Confederation in 1949 (by a margin of 7
votes). Prior to that, it was a British dominion/colony same as Canada and
Australia.

A margin of 7 votes? It was a close race to be sure, but not that close.
In percentages, the results were (rounded off) 52% in favor of joining
Canada and 48% opposed. As far as I know, all the votes were counted!

One other small correction. From 1933-1949, Newfoundland was run by a
Commission of Government (there were no elections during that period).
Prior to 1933, it was a British dominion/colony same as Canada and
Australia.


Elizabeth

www.ucs.mun.ca/~emiller

All,

Thank you for your help. If any one is interested here are the flash cards:

http://www.bdp-optics.com/states.pdf

I did not include nicknames for the Provinces but I have the nicknames
for the states