provinces

We have french public schools for the same reason you have english public schools in english speaking provinces.

Not very surprising given that Quebec has the highest unionisation rate (~40%) among all Canadian provinces and U.

Every country is included on the site, however, provinces aren't always available for the more minor countries.

It has a legal system inspired more by French law than by the English law used in other provinces.

Cocaine trafficking will get you a few years in Canada in most provinces, versus 5 years minimum in the U.

I'm pretty sure most provinces in Canada have mandatory severance after a certain number of months of service.

Out in the provinces, the job market for devs tends to be for plodders.

Although I have seen many sites and companies have contests where it's not applicable to certain provinces or states.

It will take 6 months before you're covered by a provinces health plan.

Heck, some provinces will fast track highly skilled workers to permanent resident status.

There is also no way to do a MP recall campaign at the federal level, some provinces provide this though, such as BC.

Perhaps it is because Canadian municipalities - and their police services - are subordinate to the provinces - and to the provincial service.

In a British context, "the provinces" is a rather pejorative expression for the rest of the country outside London.

I don't know if this counts as "bizarre" or not, but it's certainly unusual, since other provinces do not do this.

"The provinces" have their own messes, like Toronto and Vancouver and Montreal (to some extent).