I forgot to mention we have a thing called the Confederation, and all provinces and territories have to be signatory for it to be ratified and officially makes us a country. Quebec never signed meaning we have never been a country, just a group of republics that agree to get along-ish. Montreal is in quebec also checkout out equalization payment, they are the biggest recipient in stupid amounts like 10 billions per year meanwhile other provinces are lucky to get crumbs.