Canadian provinces and territories, found on the map
Find all ten provinces and three territories, from the small Maritimes to the vast Arctic north.
13 to find, 8 a run.
2 rounds, 6 of 8 to pass each. Pass one and its places are yours.
Every one on the map
Every place listed below can be asked in this game. Places you find in a passed round drop out of your remaining pool.
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Northwest Territories
- Nova Scotia
- Nunavut
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec
- Saskatchewan
- Yukon
What the map tells you about each one
The paragraph the game shows when you find each one. Reading them first is not cheating.
- British Columbia
- Most of the province lies west of the Rocky Mountains; Victoria, its capital, is on Vancouver Island.
- Alberta
- Banff, created in 1885, was the first national park in Canada.
- Saskatchewan
- Saskatchewan grows a large share of the world’s lentils, canola and durum wheat.
- Manitoba
- Churchill, on Hudson Bay, is known for polar bears and beluga whales.
- Ontario
- Ontario is home to both Toronto, the largest city, and Ottawa, the national capital.
- Quebec
- French is the sole official language of Quebec.
- New Brunswick
- New Brunswick is the only officially bilingual province.
- Nova Scotia
- Its name means New Scotland in Latin.
- Prince Edward Island
- The Confederation Bridge, opened in 1997, links the island with New Brunswick.
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- It joined Canada in 1949, the last province to do so.
- Yukon
- The Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890s drew tens of thousands of prospectors to Dawson City.
- Northwest Territories
- The Northwest Territories recognizes eleven official languages, nine of them Indigenous.
- Nunavut
- Nunavut was created in 1999; its name means our land in Inuktitut.
How this one works
How many provinces and territories are on the map?
13. Every one of them is on the map, and a run asks 8 of them. Pass a round and the places you found in it drop out of the pool, so the next run is what you have left.
What is a round?
A run of 8 questions, and 6 right passes it. 2 rounds cover the whole map, and the counter at the top of the Canada page counts the ones behind you. Passing is what banks a round's finds: miss the mark and nothing is taken off the map, so every place that round asked about is still there to be asked again. A round is always the places you have not found yet, and when fewer than five are left it is topped up with a few you have found as review, so the last round is never one or two questions. Three quarters of it passes it.
Can I start the map over?
Yes. "Reset this map" under the counter puts all 13 back in the pool and sets the rounds to zero the moment you press it, so the whole map is there to be found again from nothing. It clears this map only; the other maps of Canada keep their progress.
Do I need an account?
No. The game plays in the page, and a guest's progress is kept in their own browser. Signing in carries it between devices and earns XP for a run.
What happens when I get one wrong?
The map names what you actually hit, then lights up the right answer in green and tells you something about the place. Missing one is how most of this map gets learned.
The other maps of Canada
Afghanistan has the same map in Provinces of Afghanistan. Argentina has the same map in Argentine provinces and Buenos Aires. Belgium has the same map in Belgian provinces and Brussels. Bulgaria has the same map in Bulgarian provinces. Cambodia has the same map in Cambodia’s provinces and capital. China has the same map in Chinese provinces. Costa Rica has the same map in Costa Rican provinces. Cuba has the same map in Cuban provinces and Isla de la Juventud. Dominican Republic has the same map in Dominican provinces and National District. Ecuador has the same map in Ecuadorian provinces. Indonesia has the same map in Indonesian provinces. Iran has the same map in Iranian provinces. Laos has the same map in Laos’s provinces and capital. Mongolia has the same map in Mongolian aimags. Nepal has the same map in Nepali provinces. Netherlands has the same map in Dutch provinces. Panama has the same map in Panamanian provinces and comarcas. South Africa has the same map in South African provinces. South Korea has the same map in South Korean divisions. Sri Lanka has the same map in Provinces of Sri Lanka. Thailand has the same map in Thai provinces and Bangkok. Türkiye has the same map in Turkish provinces. Vietnam has the same map in Vietnamese provinces and municipalities. All three together on the Canada atlas page, the country itself on the Canada guide, and the other two hundred on the world map.