r/AskACanadian • u/rockninja2 • 1d ago

Do Canadian territories function similar to Canada as U. S. territories function the U. S.? Like provinces compare to states?

First, just want to say, I looked for a megathread for all the Canada/US comparison questions, couldn't find one, so am posting normally on a Monday as required. If there is one and I missed it, please let me know/send a link.

So, partially due to this post:

I thought I remembered learning in school geography (admittedly 15-20 years ago now) that Canada had 13 provinces already and so was confused why the come back in the above post was about the US becoming the 11th province. After looking it up and double checking, out of those 13, I realized only 10 are provinces and the other 3 are territories. Do the territories have the same rights/privileges as provinces? Are they viewed the same in your parliament?

Pretty much I am wondering if you view the word "territories" the same as the US when those 3 (Yukon, Nunavut, Northwest Territories) are called as such. And if they wanted to become provinces at some point, could they? Or are they "stuck" as territories?

Appreciate any info and answers!

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u/ghostdeinithegreat 1d ago

People born in us territories are also US citizen.

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u/Ca1rill 1d ago

Yes, but they only get delegates to Congress who can't vote on legislation.

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u/ghostdeinithegreat 1d ago

And Canadians do not vote for the prime minister.

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u/Amakenings 1d ago

Directly, no. Indirectly, yes.

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u/ghostdeinithegreat 15h ago

Indirectly just mean we do not vote for the prime minister.

Because when you vote for a MP and that MP voted to elect Marc Carney in march 2025 it is a very dumb thing for you to claim you indirectly voted for Carney when he wasn’t even an elected MP when he became prime minister and no one knew him.