query: place_of_death james cockburn 
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Fredericton is the capital, Moncton is the largest metropolitan (CMA) area and Saint John is the most populous city. In the 2011 nationwide census, Statistics Canada estimated the provincial population to have been 751,171, being on an area of almost 73,000 km. The majority of the population is English-speaking, but there is also a large Francophone minority (33%), chiefly of Acadian origin. The current premier of the province is Brian Gallant. It was created as a result of the partitioning of the British colony of Nova Scotia in 1784. The provincial flag features a ship superimposed on a yellow background with a yellow "lion passant guardant" on red pennon above it. Ontario, one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada, is located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province by a large margin, accounting for nearly 40 percent of all Canadians, and is the second-largest province in total area. Ontario is fourth-largest in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are included. It is home to the nation's capital city, Ottawa, and the nation's most populous city, Toronto. Canada (French: ) is a country in the northern half of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering , making it the world's second-largest country by total area and the fourth-largest country by land area. Canada's border with the United States is the world's longest land border. The majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate, but southerly areas are warm in summer. Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains. About four-fifths of the country's population of 36 million people is urbanized and live near the southern border. Its capital is Ottawa, its largest city is Toronto; other major urban areas include Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec City, Winnipeg and Hamilton. Canadian Confederation was the process by which the British colonies of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were united into one Dominion of Canada on July 1, 1867. Upon confederation, the old province of Canada was divided into Ontario and Quebec; along with Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, the new federal state was thus composed of four provinces. Over the years since Confederation, Canada has seen numerous territorial changes and expansions, resulting in the current configuration of ten provinces and three territories. Nova Scotia (Latin for "New Scotland"; French: "Nouvelle-Écosse") is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces, and one of the four provinces which form Atlantic Canada. Its provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is Canada's second-smallest province, with an area of , including Cape Breton and another 3,800 coastal islands. As of 2011, the population was 921,727, making Nova Scotia the second most-densely populated province in Canada with almost . James W. Cockburn , QC ( February 13 , 1819 -- August 14 , 1883 ) was a Canadian Conservative politician , and a father of Canadian Confederation . He was born in Berwick - Upon - Tweed on the English - Scottish border and immigrated to Canada with his father , James Cockburn Snr . ( 1787 - 1832 ) , mother , Sarah Turnbull ( 1797 - 1867 ) and brother , Adam ( 1820 - 1861 ) , at the age of 13 . After attending Upper Canada College and Osgoode Hall , he established a law practice in Cobourg , Ontario . In the 1850s , Cockburn was elected to the town council . In 1861 , he was elected to the Province of Canada 's legislative assembly as a Reformer representing Northumberland West . Despite elected as an opponent of the Macdonald - Cartier administration , Cockburn switched allegiances and became a supporter of Macdonald 's Liberal - Conservative Party . Cockburn attended the Quebec Conference of 1864 as a supporter of Confederation . After Confederation , he was elected to the new Canadian House of Commons in the country 's first election . He was nominated by Sir John A. Macdonald to be Canada 's first Speaker of the House of Commons , a position in which he served from 1867 to 1874 . His performance as Speaker was hindered by the fact that he spoke no French in a chamber in which both English and French were official languages . He did however understand French . In 1872 , Cockburn was nominated for a second term as Speaker despite reservations by the Opposition that he had been too favourable to the government in his rulings . Cockburn lost his seat in the 1874 election that had been precipitated by the Pacific Scandal and that brought down the Macdonald government . Cockburn won back his former seat in the 1878 election but did not take an active role in Parliament . He resigned in 1881 when he was appointed to collect and classify Canadian statutes . He was still working on this assignment when his death occurred on August 14 , 1883 . His cause of death is unknown . He married Isabella Susan Patterson ( 1838 - 1862 ) in 1854 and they had three children : Sarah Isabella Cockburn ( 1857 - 1911 ) , Francis Cockburn ( 1858 - ? ) and May Cockburn ( 1859 - ? ) . He is buried in St. James Cemetery , in Toronto . Dominions were semi-independent polities under the British Crown, constituting the British Empire, beginning with Canadian Confederation in 1867. They included Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland, South Africa, and the Irish Free State, and then from the late 1940s also India, Pakistan, and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). The Balfour Declaration of 1926 recognised the Dominions as "autonomous Communities within the British Empire", and the 1931 Statute of Westminster granted them full legislative independence.
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answer: ottawa