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 | Education is generally compulsory for children from ages 6 or 7 to ages 15 or 16, depending on the province in which they live, and it is free until the completion of secondary school studies. |
| The election of 1896 was won by the Liberals, led by the French-Canadian lawyer Wilfrid Laurier. |
| In the election, the Quebec electorate split largely along ethnic lines: the popular vote was almost tied, but the PQ emerged with a majority of the seats. |
| manitoba (4602 words) |
| Manitoba is bordered by Nunavut to the north, Hudson Bay to the northeast, Ontario to the east, the US states of Minnesota and North Dakota to the south, and Saskatchewan to the west. |
| Manitoba is known as the land of 100,000 lakes, a legacy of enormous Lake Agassiz which covered much of the province after the glaciers retreated. |
| Manitoba farms also annually account for 4.5 percent of the electricity, 58 percent of the chemicals, and 29 percent of the gasoline and fuel oil consumed in the province. |
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