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Canada has ten provinces and three territories. Our catalogue covers 12 of the 13 (there are no listings in Nunavut). Each guide below says what the region is known for, when it is at its best, and where the hotels are.
Canada's most populous province: Toronto and Ottawa for city stays and business, Niagara Falls for the waterfalls and the wine region, and cottage country to the north.
Best time: Late spring to early autumn; the autumn colour in September and October is a draw in its own right.
Canada's Pacific province pairs a big-city waterfront in Vancouver with the island capital of Victoria, the ski village of Whistler and the lake-and-vineyard country of the Okanagan around Kelowna.
Best time: Summer for the coast and lakes, December to March for skiing.
Home to the Canadian Rockies resort towns of Banff, Canmore and Jasper, plus the two big prairie cities of Calgary and Edmonton, which are the usual arrival points for a mountain trip.
Best time: June to September for hiking and lakes, winter for ski resorts.
A province where French is the everyday language: Montréal for food and festivals, Québec City for its walled old town, and Mont-Tremblant for skiing and lakeside summers in the Laurentians.
Best time: Summer festivals, autumn colour, and winter for skiing and the Québec City winter carnival.
An Atlantic province of fishing villages and a long coastline, with Halifax as its harbour capital and the Cabot Trail on Cape Breton Island as the best-known drive.
Best time: July to October, when ferries, lighthouses and coastal drives are at their easiest.
The province around the Bay of Fundy, known for some of the highest tides in the world, with Moncton, Fredericton and Saint John as the main bases.
Best time: Summer and early autumn along the Fundy coast.
Wide-open prairie with two city bases, Saskatoon on the South Saskatchewan River and Regina, the provincial capital; most visits here are for business, events or a drive across the prairies.
Best time: Summer for long days and events; winters are cold and clear.
Winnipeg is the hub of the province, a prairie city at the meeting point of two rivers; further north the province is known for lakes and wildlife viewing.
Best time: Summer for lakes and festivals; autumn and winter for northern wildlife and sky watching.
Canada's smallest province, reached by the Confederation Bridge or by ferry, with beaches, red-sand cliffs and the capital Charlottetown as the main base.
Best time: July and August for the beaches; June and September are quieter.
A rugged island and coast at the eastern edge of North America, with St. John's and Gander as common starting points for coastal and wildlife trips.
Best time: Late June to September, the usual window for icebergs, whales and the coastal trails.
A sparsely populated territory in the far northwest, with Whitehorse as the base for wilderness, the Alaska Highway and, in the right months, the northern lights.
Best time: Summer for long daylight; late August to April for northern-lights watching.
A vast northern territory whose capital Yellowknife is a well-known base for aurora viewing and for trips onto the lakes and the tundra.
Best time: Aurora season runs from late summer through to early spring.