The dominion of Canada contained four provinces: Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.
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Technically, only three provinces formed Canada. They were Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the pre-Confederation Province of Canada. At the moment of Confederation, the Province of Canada was divided into the Provinces of Québec and Ontario.
Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are the four provinces that formed Canada.
Ontario (known as Upper Canada) and Quebec (known as Lower Canada) were the "original" Province of Canada - formed in 1841. Canada became a nation in 1867 with Confederation which included Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. The rest of the provinces followed - Manitoba and the Northwest Territories in 1870, British Columbia in 1871, Prince Edward Island in 1873, Yukon Territories in 1898, Saskatchewan and Alberta in 1905, Newfoundland (later renamed Newfoundland and Labrador) in 1949 and the formation of Nunavut in 1999.
The four original provinces of Canada were New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario, when the nation was formed on July 1, 1867, by the British North America Act.
Canada's four original provinces at the time of Confederation (July 1, 1867) were: Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
Canada was created on July 1, 1867, with four provinces: Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. All four original provinces became part of Canada at the same time.
If your talking about provinces then the first four provinces that joined confederation (the original dominion of Canada) were Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. They all joined in 1867.
Nova Scotia did not 'join' Canada. Nova Scotia was one of the original four provinces of Confederation.
Nova Scotia was one of the original four provinces when Canada came into being on July 1, 1867. The other three provinces were Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick.
The confederation of Canada was originally formed by the four provinces New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, and Ontario. Canada became a country in 1867 with its first four provinces, and now has ten provinces and three territories.
Nova Scotia was one of the original four provinces to join Canada in 1867.
The four original provinces of Canadian Confederation in 1867 were Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia was one of the original four provinces when Canada came into being on July 1, 1867.
Atlantic Canada or the Atlantic provinces. They are famously known as the Maritimes.
There are three prairie provinces, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.
The four original provinces of Canada, on July 1, 1867, were Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Manitoba was created by the Government of Canada on July 15, 1870. The colony of British Columbia joined on July 20, 1871.