The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, the 15th largest metropolitan region in Canada, named for Canada's Queen at Confederation.

British Columbia's provincial parks system is the second largest parks system in Canada ( the largest is Canada's National Parks system ).

Several of Canada's largest companies are based in natural resource industries, such as EnCana, Cameco, Goldcorp, and Barrick Gold.

For instance one of Canada's largest manufacturing industries is the pulp and paper sector, which is directly linked to the logging industry.

The island measures in area, making it the 77th largest island in the world and Canada's 18th largest island.

The largest class action suit to date in Canada was settled in 2005 after Nora Bernard initiated efforts that led to an estimated 79, 000 survivors of Canada's residential school system suing the Canadian government.

Howe, when major Maritime shipyards and factories, as well as Canada's largest steel mill, located in Cape Breton Island, fared poorly.

Rupert's Land would eventually be Canada's largest land purchase in the 1800s.

The 2006 census by Statcan, Canada's Official Statistical office revealed that the Irish were the 4th largest ethnic group with 4, 354, 155 Canadians with full or partial Irish descent or 14 % of the nation's total population.

Air Miles is Canada's largest loyalty program-Air Miles can be earned at more than 100 different sponsors and almost a thousand different rewards.

The iRewards program is Canada's largest loyalty program for booklovers, offering everyday discounts and special coupons at Chapters, Indigo Books and Music, Coles, SmithBooks, the World's Biggest Bookstore and chapters. indigo. ca.

Manitoba's capital and largest city, Winnipeg, is Canada's eighth-largest Census Metropolitan Area, and home to 60 percent of the population of the province.

Newfoundland and Labrador's capital and largest city, St. John's, is Canada's 20th-largest Census Metropolitan Area, and is home to nearly 40 percent of the province's population.

It is Canada's most populous province or territory and fourth largest in total area.

Not outlined in any constitutional document, the office exists only as per long-established convention originating in Canada's former colonial power, the United Kingdom, which stipulates that the monarch's representative, the governor general, must select as prime minister the person most likely to command the confidence of the elected House of Commons ; this individual is typically the leader of the political party that holds the largest number of seats in that chamber.

The eastern area of the North End plays host to the city's largest park, and one of Canada's largest urban parks.

The majority of recent population growth in Canada's three largest metropolitan areas ( Greater Toronto, Greater Montreal, and Greater Vancouver ) has occurred in non-core municipalities, although this trend has already reversed itself in Toronto, where a building boom has begun to take place.

Hosting more than 10, 000 delegates, it was one of Canada's largest international events ever and the largest gathering in Montreal since Expo 67.

UVic is British Columbia's second largest research university, after UBC, and is one of Canada's top 20 research institutions.

Canada's centennial in 1967 is often seen as an important milestone in the history of Canadian patriotism, and in Canada's maturing as a distinct, independent country, after which Dominion Day became more popular with average Canadians.

" Nonetheless, the concept of the Canadian Royal Family did not emerge until after the passage of the Statute of Westminster in 1931, when Canadian officials only began to overtly consider putting the principles of Canada's new status as an independent kingdom into effect.

The royal tour had been conceived by Buchan before the coronation in 1937 ; according to the official event historian, Gustave Lanctot, the idea " probably grew out of the knowledge that as his coming Coronation, George VI was to assume the additional title of King of Canada ," and Buchan desired to demonstrate with living example through Canadians seeing " their King performing royal functions, supported by his Canadian ministers " the fact of Canada's status as an independent kingdom.

One result, conceived as part of a string of royal duties intended to demonstrate Canada's status as an independent kingdom, was that King George VI personally assented to nine bills of the Canadian Parliament during the 1939 royal tour of Canada — 85 years after his great-grandmother Queen Victoria had last granted Royal Assent personally in the United Kingdom.

Terry Milewski reported in a 2006 documentary for the CBC that a minority within Canada's Sikh community was gaining political influence even while publicly supporting terrorist acts in the struggle for an independent Sikh state.

The Information Commissioner of Canada is an independent ombudsman appointed by the Parliament of Canada who investigates complaints from people who believe they have been denied rights provided under Canada's Access to Information Act.

CFNY also created Canada's first independent music awards, the U-Knows, the name of which was a pun on Canada's mainstream Juno Awards.

On October 12, 2007, Manley was appointed by Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper to head an independent, non-partisan panel reviewing Canada's mission and future role in Afghanistan, a position he had discussed with Liberal leader Stéphane Dion beforehand.

Until recently ( 2001 ) Canada's immigration policy designated mail-order brides under the " family class " to refer to spouses and dependents and " fiancé ( e )" class for those intending to marry, with only limited recognition of externally-married opposite-sex " common law " relationships ; same-sex partners were processed as independent immigrants or under a discretionary provision for " humane and compassionate " considerations.

Canada's first independent record label Compo Company built a pressing plant ( the largest of its day ) in 1918 at Lachine, Quebec.

Canada's main stream music industry has suffered as a result of the internet and the boom of independent music.

Canada's centennial in 1967 is often seen as an important milestone in the history of Canadian patriotism, and in Canada's maturing as a distinct, independent country, after which Dominion Day became more popular with average Canadians.

" Since the title was adopted, the federal government has promoted its use as a signifier of Canada's sovereign and independent status ; Prime Minister John Diefenbaker said of the title in 1957: " The Queen of Canada is a term which we like to use because it utterly represents her role on this occasion.

The discrepancies between independent countries sharing one person as sovereign prompted discussions amongst the Commonwealth prime ministers before a meeting in London, England, in December 1952 ; Canada's then Prime Minister, Louis St. Laurent, stated that it was important a new composition for the royal title be agreed upon by all realms involved, to " emphasise the fact that the Queen is Queen of Canada, regardless of her sovereignty over other Commonwealth countries.

Founded in 1829 by Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada Sir John Colborne, UCC is the oldest independent school in the province of Ontario, the third oldest in the country, and is described as one of Canada's most prestigious preparatory schools, having many of Canada's most powerful and wealthy as graduates.

Upper Canada College is Canada's wealthiest independent school, having an endowment of more than $ 40 million ( CAD ).

One of Canada's most famous independent bookstores, This Ain't the Rosedale Library, also moved to Kensington from Church and Wellesley in 2008.

It also offers benefits to some of Canada's leading independent record labels and distributors.

Coupled with Canada's centenary in 1967 and the success of Expo 67, Canada became far more independent and nationalistic.

Canada's first privately funded program of its kind, Children First: School Choice Trust offers tuition assistance grants to help parents in financial need send their children to an independent school of their choice.

The Calgary Region is Canada's most suburban census metropolitan area | metropolitan region, with 67 % of the population living in low-density neighborhoods in 2001.

The condominiums in the background are also new-build and speak to Canada's higher suburban densities.