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::Canada's Provinces and Territories::>>>
1.Alberta;
2.British Columbia;
3.Manitoba ;
4.New Brunswick;
5.Newfoundland;
6.Nova Scotia;
7.Ontario;
8.Prince Edward Island;
9.Quebec;
10.Saskatchewan;
11.Territory: Northwest Territories;
12.Territory: Nunavut;
13.Territory: Yukon;
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::Alberta::>>
Named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria, Alberta was proclaimed a province on September 1, 1905. Located where the Rocky Mountains meet the prairie, Alberta's principal industries include oil and gas, which became a major revenue generator starting in the late 1940s, and agriculture, thanks to the pioneering farmers who settled in the province in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Memories of that era remain and are celebrated every summer when Calgarians don cowboy boots and hats and attend rodeos and chuckwagon races during the city's internationally renowned Stampede.
But though still proud of being a part of the Canadian Wild West, many Albertans have left their farms and ranches for the city. Most of the province's population is urban with more than half living in the provincial capital, Edmonton, and in Calgary.
And Alberta entered the 21st century focused on its growing advanced technology sector highlighted by the Alberta Research Council, Canada's largest provincial research organization with about 400 employees.
The province, which is home to more than 29 universities and colleges, also touts itself as having the most skilled and educated people in North America in which more than 40 per cent of Alberta's workforce hold post-secondary degrees or certificates.
Yet as Alberta looks ahead, it hasn't forgotten its roots that extend well before human history. One of the province's most popular attractions is Dinosaur Provincial Park, located in the Alberta badlands, where a century of excavations have discovered the skeletons of over 150 dinosaurs that once roamed the (less)
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