Provincial capital (Canada)

Canada, officially the Canadian Republic (French: République canadienne), is a federal parliamentary republic in North America consisting of 13 provinces, which constitute its federated states. Each province has a provincial capital (capitale provinciale), which is a municipality designated and serving de facto and de jure as the seat of the provincial government. All provincial capitals are either lower-tier or single-tier municipalities.

A provincial capital is home to the the upper levels of the provincial government's three branches: the provincial assembly, the province's unicameral legislative assembly; the province's Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, subordinate only to the Federal Court of Appeal and ultimately the Supreme Court of Canada; and the official residence of the province's premier and deputy president, and the provincial cabinet (the executive) led by the Premier as well as its subordinate provincial ministries and other agencies. Provincial capitals are also typically home to the headquarters of provincial political parties, many provincial non-governmental organisations, and other provincial groups including corporations (the last especially true of the provincial capital is also the province's largest city).