An Overview of the Canada's Provinces

I.) General overview
II.) Newfoundland
III.) Prince Edward Island
IV.) Nova Scotia
V.) New Brunswick
VI.) Quebec
VII.) Ontario
VIII.) Manitoba

I.) General Overview

This report aims to inform the reader about the differences between Canada's Provinces of which there are ten. It notes the major religious groups, ethnicties, political leanings and provides historical information.

II.) Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland was the first Province to be settled when the English established a fishing town on the eastern part of the island called St. John's. The Beothuks were the indigenous people of the island but due to conflict, intermarriage and decease they ceased to exist as a nation. Most of those living in Labrador (north-west of Newfoundland) are Inuit.

Capital: St. Johns
Joined Canada: 1949
Major religion: Protestant
Major ethnicities: British (especially English) and French

III.) Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island was colonized by the French in the 1500's it was later taken over by the English. Before colonization the Island was predominately inhabited by the Mi'kmaq people; nation who exists on the island to the present day.

Capital: Charlottetown
Joined Canada: 1878
Major religion: Protestant (formerly Roman Catholic in 2006)
Major Ethnicities: British (more-so Scottish), French and Western European.


IV.) Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia was settled by the French in the early 1600's. Long before the Europeans arrived the land belonged to the Mi'kma'ki. 

Capital: Halifax 
Joined Canada: 
Majority religion: Protestant 
Major Ethnicities: British and French

V.) New Brunswick 

Traditionally the land that is now New Brunswick has been inhabited by three people: the Mik'maq, Maliseet and Passamaquoddy. The French were the first Europeans to settle the land.

Capital: Saint John
Joined Canada:
Majority religion: Roman Catholicism 
Major ethnicities: British (mostly English) and French.

VI.) Quebec

Quebec was settled by the French who used the St. Lawrence river as a passage way. Most indigenous people are either Algonquin or Inuit. 

Capital: Montreal 
Joined Canada: 1867
Majority religion: Roman Catholicism*
Major ethnicties: French and British (mostly Irish)

*: Throughout most of Canada's history the majority has been Catholic this has declined since the 1990's so that today a larger portion of French nationals identify as Catholic than do Quebecois.


Ontario

Ontario is the ancestral homeland of many Algonquin, Cree, the Huron and the Ojibwe among others. The first European settlements came from the English in the 1600's. Ontario is the largest Province in Canada and the home of Ottawa (the countries capital). Most immigrates come to Ontario so that in 2011 20% of Ontarians were first generation immigrants.

Capital: Toronto
Joined Canada: 1867
Majority religion: Protestant (with Catholic schools being Government funded.)
Major ethnicities: British (mostly English), Asian (mostly South and Eastern Asian), French,
Western European (Mostly German) and Eastern European (mostly Hungarian, Polish and                   Ukrainian.)

Manitoba

Manitoba is the first among Canada's "western provinces". It is also home to the greatest number indigenous peoples.

Capital: Winnipeg
Joined Canada:
Majority religion: Protestant
Major ethnicities: British (mostly English), Indigenous (mostly First Nations), French, German, and Ukrainian.

Saskatchewan

Capital: Regina
Joined Canada:
Majority religion: Protestant
Major ethnicities: British (mostly English) and German.


Alberta

Capital: Edmonton
Joined Canada:
Majority religion:
Major ethnicties: British (mostly English), Western and Eastern European


British Columbia

Capital: Victoria
Joined Canada:
Majority religion: While the largest religious group is Protestant, there are more Agnostics than Protestants.
Major ethnicities: British (mostly English), Asian (Mostly Eastern and Southern)