Official LanguageEnglish and FrenchNational AnthemO Canada / Ô Canada

National Symbols

Canada, eh?

Geography of Canada

10 provinces, 3 territories

2nd largest country in the world with longest coastline.

Question #1

• Name the capital city of Canada.

Our capital city is Ottawa! (NOT Toronto – but it’s the largest city in Canada)

Canada’s Four Seasons!

Our Natural Resources

• Very rich natural resources!• Alberta = Oil Sands $$$ (that’s where Tammy’s

from! Sadly, she’s just a poor student)• iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead,

molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas, hydropower….

Question #2

Who’s Canadian here?

Multiculturalism

Very ethnically diverse!

-51% of Vancouver’s population and 46.9% of Toronto’s population were visible minorities.

- Virtually 1 in 5 Canadians (19.8%) are foreign born. (survey in 2007)

Question #3

• What are some Canadian sports?

Canadian Sports

LacrosseOfficial Summer Sport

Ice HockeyOfficial Winter Sport

Canadian Sports

Skiing

SnowboardingCurling

Did you know…?

Basketball was invented of by James Naismith, who was Canadian.

True or False?!

Canadians live in igloos.

Whistler

Hosting 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic and Paralympics games

Stanley Park

Must-See place in Vancouver

404.9 hectare (1,000 acre) urban park

Attracts an estimated eight million visitors every year.

Rocky Mountains

Major mountain range in western North America

Stretch from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in Canada, to New Mexico, in the United States.

West Edmonton Mall

- The largest shopping mall in North America and the fifth largest in the world

- Over 800 stores and services

CN Tower

A communications and observation tower standing 553.33 metres tall in Downtown Toronto, Ontario.

One of the modern Seven Wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil Engineers

The world's second tallest self-supporting tower

Niagara Falls