Canada Map Assignment
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How to Label a Map Properly
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 Always print small and clearly– take your time.
 If you cannot fit the label at the specific place on the map, draw a line to the item you areO
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labeling and put the name off to the side.
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 With the exception of rivers, water bodies and mountain systems, all printing should be
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HORIZONTAL
 Print [beginning with a capital] your label in pencil
 Fill in the entire map before you go over your printing in with a black pen
 When you have filled out all labels in pencil, go over the printing with black pen and erase
your pencil guidelines.
 Always document the sources from which you found your information. (e.g. Title, Author,
Publisher, Place, Date) Bibliographic information goes at the bottom middle of the page)
Part 1: Label Map
1. Label Provinces and Territories in ALL CAPITALS [no abbreviations please]
 Alberta
 Newfoundland
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and Labrador
 British Columbia
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 Prince Edward
 Manitoba

Island
 New Brunswick
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 Ontario
 Nova Scotia
 Quebec
Saskatchewan
Yukon
Nunavut
Northwest
Territories
2. Label Capital Cities [include the Capital of Canada] Star * is at their exact location
 Quebec City
 Winnipeg
 Charlottetown
 Toronto
 Fredericton
 Whitehorse
 Regina
 St. John’s
 Iqaluit
 Victoria
 Halifax
 Yellowknife
 Edmonton
3. Label the Following Secondary Cities with a dot 
 Vancouver
 Your pick (any city of
interest to you)

New Westminster
4. Label The Following Bodies of Water [Draw them in if they are not on the map]
 Pacific Ocean
 James Bay
 Lake Huron
 Fraser River
 Arctic Ocean
 Lake Erie
 Red River
 Lake Superior
 Strait of Juan de Fuca
 Hudson Bay
 Lake Michigan
 Atlantic Ocean
5. Label the following countries in ALL CAPITALS [do not colour]
 Greenland
 United States of America
 Iceland
6. Go over all labels with black fine-tipped pen and erase your pencil guidelines
Canada Map Assignment
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Part 2: Colouring – only use pencil crayons
1. Outline the bodies of water with blue (do not colour in the entire water)
2. Shade each province and territory a different colour.
Note: do not use the same blue as the water, you can re-use a colour as long as the
provinces do not touch
Due: ________________________
 keep page to hand in with final map.
Mapping Assessment:
All Provinces and Territories are labeled
properly
/13
All Capitals including national capital are labeled
properly
/14
Secondary Cities
/3
Bodies of Water
/12
Countries
/3
Neatness
/4
/3
Title of Map
/2
Compass Bearing (Indicating North)
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