Across

2. An extensive chain of mountains or mountain ranges, especially the principal mountain system of a continent.

3. To make into or become a unit; consolidate.

5. minister The head of the cabinet and often also the chief executive of a parliamentary democra.

6. A subdivision of Canada that is not a state and is administered by an appointed or elected governor and elected legislature.

8. The capital of Canada, in southeast Ontario at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau Canal.

9. The capital of British Columbia, Canada, on southeast Vancouver Island at the eastern end of the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

11. Using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency.

13. The capital and largest city of Alberta, Canada, in the central part of the province north of Calgary.

15. A territory governed as an administrative or political unit of a country or empire.

Down

1. An extensive area of flat or rolling, predominantly treeless grassland, especially the large tract or plain of central North America.

4. An organization formed by merging several groups or parties.

7. The capital and largest city of Ontario, Canada, in the southern part of the province on Lake Ontario.

10. The capital of Quebec, Canada, the French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec.

12. A member of a group of Eskimoan peoples inhabiting the Arctic from northern Alaska eastward to eastern Greenland, particularly those of Canada.

14. The system of fundamental laws and principles that prescribes the nature, functions, and limits of a government or another institution.