CanadaBy: Holly Graham

Take a tour of Canada

Where Do You Want to Go?geography

Geography 2

Geography 3

people

People 2

religion

Geography 4

Geography 5

Fun Facts

Fun Facts 2

Fun Facts 3

Fun Facts 4

Economy

Pictures

Pictures 2

Food

Food 2

Food 3

Natural disasters

History

Flag

Religion 2

Geography

• Total area: 3,855,105 square miles or 9,984,670 kilometers

• Toronto is the largest city in Canada, stretching 5,203,600

• The capital of Canada is Ottawa• Canada is the second largest country in

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• Canada is in northern North America

• Canada borders the North Atlantic Ocean on the east

• It borders the north Pacific “Ocean on the west

• It also borders the Arctic Ocean on the north

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• Canada is made up of mostly plains with mountains in the west and lowlands in southeast

• Canada occupies 41% of North America

Geography 4• Canada has ten provinces and two

territories• Much of Canada is still wilderness and is

covered in a vast amount of forests• The highest point in Canada is mount

Logan 5,959 m

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Geography 5 • Canada’s lowest point is the Atlantic Ocean

• The longest river is The Mackenzie River, stretching 4,241 m

•Canada has the world’s largest coastline

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People

• The main languages are French and English.• The population is 33,487,208 people• Canada is a very multicultural country• The Prime minister is Stephen Harper• The sovereign is Queen Elizabeth• Oscar winning actor Jim Carrey was born and

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•Most people live in the southern part of Canada

•More than 9 million Canadians speak French

•About 77% of Canadians live in cities or towns

Religion

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• 43% of the population is Roman Catholic

• Though in the United States Christianity is a major religion, it is not very big in Canada

Fun Facts

• Canada’s national sports are Hockey and Lacrosse

• John Cabot was the first explorer to reach Canada in 1497

• Canadians consume more macaroni and cheese than any other nation on Earth

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• Canada’s Groundhog Wiarton Willie is an albino groundhog from Wiarton, Ontario

• There haven’t been mail deliveries on Saturdays in Canada for 35 years

• Canada’s national icon is the beaver

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• Canada was confederated in 1867• Canada’s national tree is the sugar maple• A sugar maple leaf is shown on Canada’s

flag• Canada’s motto is “from sea to sea”

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Fun Facts 4

• The oldest person in Canada was Marie- Louise Meilleur. She was born in Kamouraska, Quebec on August 29,1880 and died on April 17, 1997 at the age of 117.

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Economy

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• Canada exports motor vehicles and parts

• They also export wood pulp, plastics, fertilizer, timber, crude oils, chemicals, telecommunication devices, aircrafts, and natural gas

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Food

• The national foods in Canada are Poutine, Pancakes with maple syrup, Beaver tail (pastry), butter tarts, Nanaimo bars, salt cod, and pemmican.

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• Thought there are many national dishes in Canada, there are only three main dishes, and some of which aren’t even national foods

• Sauteed Fiddleheads are are called fiddleheads because they look like the coiled end of a violin, or a fiddle

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• Maple syrup is a very large topping in Canada, and many families enjoy visiting a “sugar shack” in winter to watch the syrup being boiled in to maple syrup

• It takes 5 buckets of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup

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Natural Disasters

• though they do not occur often, when a landslide occurs they are very dangerous

•Earthquakes are very uncommon is Canada

•Canda is very cold in some places and has blizzards

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History

• The first people to reach Canada were the Arborgarians

• Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867, while still retaining the British ties it had for many years.

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Flag

• The Canadian flag has two bands of red and one of white

• An eleven pointed maple leaf is centered on the one white square

• The flag is red and white because red and white are Canada’s national colors

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Religions 2

• protestant 23.3%• Anglican 6.8%• Baptist 2.6%• Roman Catholic 42.6%• Other Christian 2.2%• None 16%

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