Northern Canada & the territories

Northern Canada is the vast northernmost region of Canada variously defined by geography and politics. Also referred to as the Canadian North or (locally) as the North.

A political definition for the region consists of Canada's three territories: Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut (which includes all islands in Hudson Bay). An alternate definition based on physiography is that portion of the country north of the tree line (a definition that includes Canada's geographical centre): covering most of Nunavut, and the northerly parts of the Northwest Territories, Yukon, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and Labrador.

The Far North (when contrasted to "the North") may refer to the Canadian Arctic: the portion of Canada north of the Arctic Circle. Since 1925, Canada has claimed the portion of the Arctic between 60°W and 141°W[1] longitude, extending all the way north to the North Pole: all islands in this region are Canadian territory and the territorial waters claimed by Canada surround these islands.

Source: Wikipedia

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