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I have a question about Canada.?

by Guest56816  |  earlier

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Can you please tell me about Canada. I'm doing a project and I need some information. Can you please list the websites. Whoever tell the most about Canada and tells some good facts gets easy ten points.

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  1. -second largest country in the world

    -ten provinces and three territories, Alberta (Edmonton), British Columbia (Victoria), Manitoba (Winnipeg), New Brunswick (Fredericton), Newfoundland and Labrador(St. John's), Northwest Territories (Yellowknife), Nova Scotia (Halifax), Nunavut (Iqaluit), Ontario (Toronto), Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown), Quebec (Quebec City), Saskatchewan (Regina), Yukon Territory (Whitehorse)

    (capitals in brackets)

    capital city: Ottawa

    population of over 32 million people

    leader of canada: prime minister-stephen harper

    canada's birthday is the first of july

    animal: the beaver

    motto: "from sea to sea"

    national anthem: "O canada"

    there are a total of 6 time zones

    77% of people live in cities and towns

    The largest cities are Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver---Toronto - 5.3 million; Montreal - 3.6 million; Vancouver - 2.1 million

    The two main languages are English and French.

    French is spoken by about 6 million people.

    Ethnic groups include British Isles origin 28%, French origin 23%, other European 15%, North American Indian 2%, other, mostly Asian, African, Arab 6%, mixed background 26%

    Canada is the home of over a million Aboriginal people

    There are oceans on three sides - Pacific ( west), Atlantic ( east), Arctic (north).

    Nearly one-fourth of all the fresh water in the world is in Canada.

    Glaciers shaped the land and created many lakes (about 2 million lakes).

    The Mackenzie River ( in the N.W.T. ) is the longest river in Canada.

    Forests cover almost half of Canada

    Canada has one-tenth of the world's forests

    -Canada has six main geographical regions:

    Appalachian Highland, Canadian Shield, Arctic, Lowlands, Interior Plains, Cordillera

    -democratic system of government

    -Parliament of Canada is in Ottawa, Ontario

    -Parliament consists of House of Commons (elected) and Senate (appointed)


  2. Well I live there, theres not really I can tell you generally, besides its an amazign place.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada

    http://www.canada.com/

    http://www.discovercanada.com/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications...

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