<P> The Crown acquired Rupert's Land and the North - Western Territory from the Hudson's Bay Company in 1869 (though final payment to the Hudson's Bay Company did not occur until 1870), and then transferred jurisdiction to the Dominion on July 15, 1870, merging them and naming them North - West Territories . In 1880, the British assigned all North American Arctic islands to Canada, right up to Ellesmere Island . From this vast swath of territory were created three provinces (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta) and two territories (Yukon Territory and North - West Territories, now Yukon and Northwest Territories), and two extensions each to Quebec, Ontario, and Manitoba . Later, the third territory of Nunavut was carved from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999 . </P> <P> Below is a list of Canadian provinces and territories in the order in which they entered Confederation; territories are italicized . At formal events, representatives of the provinces and territories take precedence according to this ordering, except that provinces always precede territories . For provinces that entered on the same date, the order of precedence is based on the provinces' populations at the time they entered Confederation . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Previously </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> July 1, 1867 </Td> <Td> Ontario </Td> <Td> Canada West region of the Province of Canada </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Quebec </Td> <Td> Canada East region of the Province of Canada </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nova Scotia </Td> <Td> Colony of Nova Scotia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New Brunswick </Td> <Td> Colony of New Brunswick </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> July 15, 1870 </Td> <Td> Manitoba </Td> <Td> part of Rupert's Land </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Northwest Territories </Td> <Td> all of Rupert's Land and the North - Western Territory except for the part which became Manitoba </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> July 20, 1871 </Td> <Td> British Columbia </Td> <Td> United Colony of British Columbia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> July 1, 1873 </Td> <Td> Prince Edward Island </Td> <Td> Colony of Prince Edward Island </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> June 13, 1898 </Td> <Td> Yukon Territory </Td> <Td> part of the Northwest Territories </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> September 1, 1905 </Td> <Td> Saskatchewan </Td> <Td> part of the Northwest Territories </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alberta </Td> <Td> part of the Northwest Territories </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> March 31, 1949 </Td> <Td> Newfoundland </Td> <Td> Dominion of Newfoundland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> April 1, 1999 </Td> <Td> Nunavut </Td> <Td> part of the Northwest Territories </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Previously </Th> </Tr>

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