What are the Prairie Provinces and their capitals?
- Alberta (Edmonton) and British Columbia (Victoria)
- Manitoba (Brandon), Saskatchewan (Saskatoon) and Alberta (Calgary)
- Manitoba (Winnipeg), Saskatchewan (Regina) and Alberta (Edmonton)
- Ontario (Toronto), Manitoba (Winnipeg) and Saskatchewan (Regina)
Answer: Manitoba (Winnipeg), Saskatchewan (Regina) and Alberta (Edmonton)
The Prairie capitals are Winnipeg (Manitoba), Regina (Saskatchewan) and Edmonton (Alberta). Saskatoon is Saskatchewan’s largest city, but it is not the capital, and neither Brandon nor Calgary is a capital. Ontario is in Central Canada, and British Columbia is on the West Coast.
Learn more: Ottawa and the capital cities
- Ottawa is the capital of Canada. Queen Victoria, great-great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II, chose it in 1857.
- Ottawa is Canada’s fourth largest metropolitan area. The Duke of Wellington chose Bytown (Ottawa) as the endpoint of the Rideau Canal.
- The National Capital Region (4,700 km² around Ottawa) preserves the area’s built heritage and natural environment.
- Atlantic capitals: St. John’s (Newfoundland and Labrador), Charlottetown (P.E.I.), Halifax (Nova Scotia), Fredericton (New Brunswick).
- Central capitals: Québec City (Quebec) and Toronto (Ontario).
- Prairie capitals: Winnipeg (Manitoba), Regina (Saskatchewan), Edmonton (Alberta).
- West Coast capital: Victoria (British Columbia).
- Northern capitals: Whitehorse (Yukon), Yellowknife (Northwest Territories), Iqaluit (Nunavut).