Canada

Ingrid Juhásová 8.A.

About Canada• Canada is a country in North America consisting of

ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean.

• Area: 9 984 670 km²• Population: 34 721 000• Capital: Otawa• The biggest city: Toronto• Establishment: Federal parliamentary constitotional monarchy

Ottawa

• Ottawa is the capital of Canada, while Canada's fourth largest city. Located in the eastern part of the province of Ontario in the Ottawa Valley. Ottawa has a total population of 808,391.

Toronto

• Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city of Canada. Population exceeds 2.5 million. It lies on the northern shore of Lake Ontario.

Provinces of Canada

• Ontario• Quebec• Nova Scotia• New Brunswick• Manitoba• British Columbia• Prince Edward Island• Saskatchewan• Alberta• Newfoundland and Labrador

Territories of Canada

• Northwest• Yukon• Nunavut

History• Archaeological studies and have indicated

a human presence in the northern Yukon region from 24,500 BC, and in southern Ontario from 7500 BC.

• The first known attempt at European colozitanion began when Norsemen settled briefly at L ans aux meadows in Newfoundland around 1000 AD.

Attractions

• Niagara falls • Banff National Park and the Rocky

Mountains • Toronto's CN Tower • Old Quebec• Ottawa's Parliament Hill • Bay of Fundy • Vancouver's Stanley Park

Niagara falls

• Niagara Falls are known waterfalls on the border of Canada and the USA. Laying on the Niagara River, on the eastern border between Canada and the United States.

Hockey

• Canadian national hockey team is one of the most successful national representative teams in ice hockey in history.

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