Canada

• National Anthem
Situation
• Canada is located in the northmost part of north America
• Canada shares land borders with the united states to the south and
Alaska to the north west, stretching from the Atlantic ocean in the
east to the pacific ocean in the west; to the north, there lies the arctic
ocean
• Governer General • David john ston
• area • 9984670 km sq
• Currency • Canadian dollar
• population • 35158300
• Total gdp • 1.825 trillion
• Economy • 11th largest in the world
• National game • Ice hockey
• National animal • beaveres
 history
• The first people were aboriogional people
• Explorers and settlers from the western Europe arrived in the 1500s
• Canada was named by the French explorer jacques cartier (1535)
• The name “Canda” comes from the word “Kanata ” meaning “village”
• Canada became a country on July 1st 1867
• The first provinces were Nova, Scotia, New Brunswik, Ontario, Quebec

• The first prime minister was Sir john A. Macdonald

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Canada has hosted several international sporting events, including the 1976 summer Olympics in montreal and the
1988 winter Olympic in Calgary.
Canda is also expected to hold the 2010 Olympic winter games in Vancouver.
All about canda
• The second largest country In the world
• Ten provinces and three territories
• Provinces:
• Alberta (Edmonton)
• British Columbia (Victoria)
• Manitoba (Winnipeg)
• New brunswikc
• Nova scotia (Halifax)
• Ontario (Toronto)
• Prince Edward island
• Quebec
• Saskatchewan (regina)
• Territories:
• Yukon
• Nunavut
• Northwest territories
 Capital city

• Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the Ottawa river valley, in the province of Ontario.
• But the largest city of Canada it isn’t Ottawa, it is toronto.
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Currency
• The currency of Canada is the candian dollar, which was adopted in 1858
• Approximately one Canadian dollar is 1.48 euro
Resources

• Forests, plants, animals, and fish are some of Canada’s renewable resources
• Renewable resources can be replaced by the nature
• Canada has 10% of the worlds forests
• Minerals, metals, natural gas, and oil are some of canda’s non-renewable resources
• Hydroelectric power is sold to the U.S.A
• Canada is one of the largest mining nations of the world
• Canada is the third largest diamond producing nation in the world.
• Canada is world’s leader in the production of potash and uranium
• There are many different types of farms in Canada:
grain farm, vegetable farm, fruit orchards, livestock, and dairy farms.
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• There are 42 national parks in Canada

• Parks were created to protect the forests, plants and wildlife. Canada has laws to protect the
wild animals and plants that are endangered
• Hunting, mining, lodging are not allowed in parks.
• The largest park in Canada is wood buffalo national park, in Alberta and
northwest territories. It is home of the worlds largest bison herd and the only
nesting site of the endangered whooping crane.
• The oldest national park is Banff in Alberta. It was created in 1885 as a rocky
mountain park
 Exports
• Motor vehicle and parts
• Industrial machine
• Aircraft
• Telecommunications equipment
• Chemicals
• Fertilizers
• Wood pulp
• Timber
• Crude petroleum
• Natural gas
• Electricity
• Aluminum
Education
• Education is compulsory up to the age of 16 in every province of Canada
• Education in Canada is generally divided into primary education, followed by secondary education and post-
secondary
• Total budget spent on education sector is 3.6%
• Literacy rate for male and female is 99%
Famous Monuments
• The steam clock in Vancouver. Steam clock is a clock which is fully or partially
powered by a steam engine.
• The City Hall of Toronto is one of the most distinctive landmarks of the city
designed by the Finnish architect viljo revell and opened in 1965.
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• The parliament of Canada is the federal legislative branch of Canada formed by the Canadian monarch, the Senate
and the House of Commons
• Saint Joseph’s Oratory is the largest church in montreal
Canada is famous for……
• Canada is famous for inventing the ice hockey, which is a national sport in the
country. It was invented based on the field hockey.
Official languages
• The official languages of Canada are English and French.
• In this graph we can see the most spoken native language in Canada is English (59.3%),
followed by French(23%)
• Also, we can see that the language that most Canadians know is English but not French
Culture
• Canada’s culture draws influence from it’s broad range of constituent
nationalities, and policies that promote multiculturalism and constitutionally
protected.
• In Quebec, cultural identity is strong, and many French speaking commentators
speak of a culture OF Quebec that is distinct from english Canadian culture.
• Whole, Canada is atheory of cultural mosaic- a collection of several regional,
Aboriginal, and ethnic subcultures