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By Susan Munroe, About.com

Definition: A province in Canada is one of ten political units which, with three territories, make up Canada. The main differences between the powers of a province and those of a territory are a province has the power to amend its constitution and has control of the management and sale of its public lands.

The ten provinces of Canada are:

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