What are Canada’s territories and their capitals?
- Alaska (Juneau), Yukon (Whitehorse) and Nunavut (Iqaluit)
- Northwest Territories (Yellowknife) and Labrador (Goose Bay)
- Yukon (Dawson City), Northwest Territories (Inuvik) and Nunavut (Rankin Inlet)
- Yukon (Whitehorse), Northwest Territories (Yellowknife) and Nunavut (Iqaluit)
Answer: Yukon (Whitehorse), Northwest Territories (Yellowknife) and Nunavut (Iqaluit)
The territorial capitals are Whitehorse (Yukon), Yellowknife (Northwest Territories) and Iqaluit (Nunavut). Alaska neighbours Yukon but is not one of Canada’s three territories. Labrador is part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, not a territory.
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).