3. Presentation by Célia Junon, Thomas Lochot, Giovanni Rasoli and
Pierre Urier-Cattoire.
4. 1. Geography and Demographics
Climate, Povinces and Territory, Population
2. Cultural facts
Languages, Religions, Gastronomy, Sports
3. Governement and Economy
Politics and Law, Economy, International relationships
4. Doing business in Canada
Business structure, Management, Communication
6. Population in Canada
(2010) :
33 993 106
Main provinces in term of
population :
• Ontario: 12 890 800.
• Québec: 7 744 530.
• British Columbia: 4 430 360.
• Alberta: 3 512 370.
7. The biggest part of the
population lives in big
cities.
Toronto: 12 890 800
inhabitants.
Other important cities:
Montréal, Vancouver,
Calgary.
99% of the Canadian
live in big cities, a large
part of the territory is
not occupied.
9. Ontario
Represents 41% of
Canada’s Gross
Domestic Product.
Toronto: more than 100
different languages
spoken.
250 000 lakes.
10. Québec
Member of Canada’s
Confederation since
1867.
Represents 15% of the
total Canada’s area.
French is the first
language.
11. British Columbia
Attractive place: skiing,
fishing, hiking, the best
place in the world to see
grizzly and other kind of
bears.
35 000 immigrants come
to live in Toronto each
year.
Many visitors came last
year to visit Vancouver: 22
millions.
12. Alberta
Main resources: oil
and natural gas.
Rodeos parties
every year.
29 colleges.
13. 6 diferent climates :
• North
• South
• Pacific coast
• Meadows
• Atlantic coast
• Great Lakes area
15. A multitude of languages are spoken in Canada.
English and French are recognized by the Constitution of Canada as
“official languages”.
85% of French-speaking Canadians live in Quebec.
Language Percentage Religion Percentage
English 67.1% Christianity 77.1%
French 21.5% No religion 16.5%
Chinese 2.6% Islam 2.0%
Punjabi 0.8% Judaism 1.1%
Spanish 0.7% Buddhism 1.0%
Italian 0.6% Hinduism 1.0%
Arabic 0.5% Sikhism 0.9%
16. Family heritage influence. The sporting culture of
Canada is different from
Maple syrup and maple many other countries.
products are popular. • Ice hockey
• Football
• Basketball
• Base-ball
19. General facts (2009):
Head of State: Elizabeth II
Governor General of Canada : Michaëlle Jean
Prime Minister: Stephen Harper
Growth: -2.5%
Unemployment: 8.6%
Currency: Canadian Dollar (0.63054€)
20. Political landscape:
• High government effectiveness and stable direction under both
Conservative and Liberal rule
Political instability and disparities of development
• Conservatives to power in 2006 after 12 years of Liberal rule
• Parliament disolved in 2008 Conservatives became a minority
(38%)
• Collaboration to dislodge Harper’s government
• Regional disparity between western and eastern provinces
• Government is accused of helping the west and the French-speaking
provincies more more than the others (most developped provinces)
• Inequitable internal growth
21. Economy landscape:
• Global slowdown (growth: -1% in 2009), low productivity
growth for the past 5 years and financial turbulence with
not-evenly spread growth across all provinces and
territories
Slowdown in the economy
• CAGR (Compounded average growth) from 2000 to 2007:
+1,9%
• CAGR in 2008: -0,65%
• Bugetary deficit due to a drain on the state’s finances.
22. Decreasing GDP (constant price) in 2009 with a holding up rise
of inflation since 2006
Stable commercial
balance
Decreasing
unemployement
Growth of
communication
23. Low business tax rates attract foreign investors
• One of the most conducive legal climates for investments.
• 7th best investment regime in terms of business freedom (WSJ).
• One of the most flexible labor markets in the world.
• Lowest payroll taxes among the G8 countries.
• But businesses une the country have to bear one of the world’s
highest marginal effective tax rates on investment.
International environmental targets
• Proactive stand on environmental issues since 1990: remains the
forefront in meeting the environmental challenges.
• But Canada has a poor rating in terms of environmental performance.
• Tries very hard to achieve its target under the Kyoto Protocol.
Greenhouse gases will decline starting in 2010 (all sources)
25. Let’s introduce this
topic with a video…
Agreeable, polite, quiet, reserved and passive-
aggressive, are all the words to describe
Canadian.
26. Business Structure:
Many Canadian companies have abandoned
traditional hierarchical approaches in favor of
more simple and open structures.
Canadian Management
Strategy:
Manager = a part of the company.
After having consulted each members of
Canadian Meeting: the group, he is in charge of the final
decision and so expected to be decisive.
Democratic meetings: people expect the
right to be heard and listened to Interpersonal and man-management skills
regardless of rank or status. are considered of vital importance.
Canadian are essentially rational and
logical.
27. Canadian Team: Canadian
Communication Style:
People of the team expect to be valued for their
contribution. Conflict is a dirty word in Canada.
Cultural diversity is recognized and respected. There is a “moderately indirect”
communication.
Women in business :
Absolutely integrated into the
Canada business environment.
28. CONCLUSION
People do not have authority just because of their
name, status, social class or sex.
Canadian business people are conservative in
manner, speech and the way they dress.
Let’s conclude this topic with a video …