Why are Canadian Territories territories and they aren't provinces?

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Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories (the capital of each is shown in parentheses): Alberta (Edmonton), British Columbia (Victoria), Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown), Manitoba (Winnipeg), New Brunswick (Fredericton), Nova Scotia (Halifax), Nunavut (Iqaluit), Ontario (Toronto), Quebec (Quebec City), Saskatchewan {(Regina);} Newfoundland (St. John's), Northwest Territories (Yellowknife), and Yukon Territory (Whitehorse). Canada province exists in its own right, a creation of the Constitution Acts, 1867 - 1982. A territory, however, is created through federal law. As a result, Crown lands in the territories are retained by the federal government in the Crown in right of Canada. This differs from the provinces, which own provincial lands in the Crown in right of the province. Secondly, in a territory, federal Parliament may enter into provincial-type affairs, such as school curriculum. Thirdly, territorial governments are not included in the Constitutional amending formula %97 the way we decide if we want to change something in the Canadian Constitution. Provinces get a vote when a change is proposed %97 territories don't http://www.nunavut.com/basicfacts/english/basicfacts_1territory.html#18 Nov 12 02, 10:59 PM