Canada is a large country located in northern North America. It borders the North Atlantic Ocean to the east, the North Pacific Ocean to the west, and the Arctic Ocean to the north. Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories, and its capital is Ottawa. The main languages spoken are English and French, and the population is over 33 million people. Canada has a diverse landscape that ranges from plains to mountains to forests.
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4. 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
the world
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5. Geography 2
•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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6. Geography 3
• Canada is made up of mostly plains
with mountains in the west and
lowlands in southeast
• Canada occupies 41% of North
America
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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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
raised in Canada
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10. People 2
•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
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11. Religion
• 43% of the population is Roman
Catholic
• Though in the United States
Christianity is a major religion, it is not
very big in Canada
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12. 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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13. Fun Facts 2
• 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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14. Fun Facts 3
• 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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15. 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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16. Economy
• 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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19. 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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20. Food 2
• 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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21. Food 3
• 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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22. 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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23. 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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24. 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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25. 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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