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How Every Canadian Province Was Born

Country
Canada
Provinces & territories
13
Born
1867 to 1999

Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories, and they joined one at a time over 132 years. Here's how every one was born, in order, on one map.

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How did every state of a country come to exist, and who drew the lines?

One country per video. Every state, province and region, told in the order it was born, on a map that fills in piece by piece.

Napoleon, drawn in ink and wash
Napoleon
Kaiser Wilhelm I, drawn in ink and wash
Wilhelm I
King Charles II, drawn in ink and wash
Charles II
George-Étienne Cartier, drawn in ink and wash
Cartier
Konrad Adenauer, drawn in ink and wash
Adenauer
Dwight Eisenhower, drawn in ink and wash
Eisenhower

A few of the bosses who drew the lines, as they appear in our videos.

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