1906 Canada Territorial Divisions Map
Taken from the 1st Edition of the Atlas of Canada published by Natural Resources Canada, this map shows a Dominion whose shape a modern reader will not quite recognize. Canada’s internal borders were still being drawn when this sheet went to press.
A vast, unsettled North West Territories dominates the sheet, absorbing land that is now Northern Ontario. The northern half of Quebec, including the southern part of Labrador, sits outside the province’s then-current limits. Manitoba is dramatically smaller, wide across the south but reaching north only to the middle of Lake Winnipeg. Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island appear with the boundaries they still hold. Newfoundland, not yet a Canadian province in 1906, is left off entirely.
The cartographers used a spread of colours to make the sheer proportion of the country held by the North West Territories unmistakable. Map Shop prints it on premium paper, with lamination, foam core mounting, and black or walnut framing and rail options.

