R–23 RESOURCE PAGES CANADA IS COOL! Over ninety per cent of Canada’s maple syrup is produced in Quebec. CANADA IS COOL! New Brunswick is home to the world’s second-largest whirlpool, Old Sow. It’s called Old Sow owing to the loud slurping sound the water makes when it’s sucked into the pool. QUEBEC (QC) QUÉBEC MOTTO: Je me souviens | I remember JOINED CANADA: 1867 CAPITAL: Quebec City POPULATION: 8,164,361† SIZE: Largest province (1,542,056 km2) NEW BRUNSWICK (NB) NOUVEAU-BRUNSWICK MOTTO: Spem reduxit | Hope restored JOINED CANADA: 1867 CAPITAL: Fredericton POPULATION: 747,101† SIZE: Third smallest province (72,908 km2) PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (PEI) ÎLE-DU-PRINCE-ÉDOUARD MOTTO: Parva sub ingenti The small under the protection of the great JOINED CANADA: 1873 CAPITAL: Charlottetown POPULATION: 142,907† SIZE: Smallest province (5,660 km2) NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR (NL) TERRE-NEUVE-ET-LABRADOR MOTTO: Quaerite prime Regnum Dei Seek ye first the Kingdom of God JOINED CANADA: 1949 CAPITAL: St. John’s POPULATION: 519,716† SIZE: Seventh largest province (405,212 km2) NOVA SCOTIA (NS) NOUVELLE-ÉCOSSE MOTTO: Munit haec et altera vincit One defends and the other conquers JOINED CANADA: 1867 CAPITAL: Halifax POPULATION: 923,598† SIZE: Second smallest province (55,284 km2) CANADA IS COOL! The sand sings in Prince Edward Island! A beach at the tip of PEI makes noise when you walk across it. Some say it sounds like singing. CANADA IS COOL! The highest tides in the world occur in the Bay of Fundy. The water level at high tide is high enough to completely submerge a 4-storey building, as much as 16 metres! CANADA IS COOL! St. John’s is the foggiest city in Canada. FLOWER: Blue Flag Iris BIRD: Snowy Owl TREE: Yellow Birch FLOWER: Purple Violet BIRD: Black-Capped Chickadee TREE: Balsam Fir FLOWER: Lady’s Slipper BIRD: Blue Jay TREE: Red Oak FLOWER: Purple Pitcher Plant BIRD: Atlantic Puffin ANIMAL: Newfound- land Dog and Newfoundland Pony TREE: Black Spruce MINERAL: Labradorite FLOWER: Mayflower BIRD: Osprey ANIMAL: Duck Tolling Retriever TREE: Red Spruce MINERAL: Stilbite †Population source: www.statcan.gc.ca (Census 2016)
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