Name three provinces and their capitals.

Canada has 10 provinces, each with its own provincial capital. The 10 provinces and their capitals are: Ontario (Toronto), Quebec (Quebec City), British Columbia (Victoria), Alberta (Edmonton), Manitoba (Winnipeg), Saskatchewan (Regina), Nova Scotia (Halifax), New Brunswick (Fredericton), Newfoundland and Labrador (St. John's), and Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown). Each province has a Lieutenant Governor (the provincial vice-regal representative of the Crown), a Premier (the head of the provincial government), a Legislative Assembly, and a provincial court system.

Canada also has three territories with their territorial capitals. Yukon's capital is Whitehorse, the Northwest Territories' capital is Yellowknife, and Nunavut's capital is Iqaluit. Territories operate under federal statutes (the Yukon Act, the Northwest Territories Act, and the Nunavut Act) rather than the Constitution Act, 1867, and have territorial governments led by Premiers and Legislative Assemblies that exercise nearly the full range of provincial-style powers through devolution agreements.

Provincial capitals were chosen for various historical and political reasons. Toronto and Halifax are the largest cities in their provinces. Quebec City was the colonial capital of New France and Lower Canada. Edmonton was selected over Calgary in a 1906 Legislative Assembly vote. Victoria's selection over Vancouver dates to the colonial period when Victoria was the capital of the Colony of Vancouver Island and the Colony of British Columbia. Regina was named by Princess Louise in 1882 as the territorial capital of the Northwest Territories. Fredericton was chosen over Saint John in 1785 partly because of its inland location away from American naval attack.

The five provincial capitals with metropolitan populations of more than 1 million are Toronto (about 7 million Greater Toronto), Quebec City (about 850,000), Edmonton (about 1.55 million), Winnipeg (about 875,000), and Halifax (about 530,000). The smaller provincial capitals are Victoria (about 415,000), Regina (about 260,000), Fredericton (about 110,000), St. John's (about 215,000), and Charlottetown (about 80,000). Charlottetown is the smallest Canadian provincial capital and the smallest provincial capital metropolitan area.