Quebec was expanded north to fill the mainland, Manitoba extended north to the 60th parallel north, and the new border between Manitoba and Ontario ran northeast from the previous northeastern corner of Manitoba.

A 1906 map of Canada, showing the newly created provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and yet-to-be finalized boundaries for the North-West Territories, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec.

Over the next eighty-two years, Canada expanded by incorporating other parts of British North America, finishing with Newfoundland and Labrador in 1949. Although responsible government had existed in British North America since 1848, Britain continued to set its foreign and defence policies until the end of World War I.

Ontario’s borders are enlarged northward. 1895 – The districts of Ungava, Franklin, Mackenzie and Yukon are created in the Northwest Territories. 1898 – Quebec’s boundaries are extended northward; the District of Keewatin is enlarged and the District of Yukon becomes a separate territory.

In the North, the boundaries of the existing territories were redrawn in 1999 to create Nunavut. The boundaries of the most recent territory respect the traditional Aboriginal concept of territoriality.