WELCOME TO CANADA!

Where is Canada?

Canada is just so big!

• Canada is the biggest country in the world, after Russia.

• France is 18 times smaller than Canada.• The french population is twice the canadian

population.

If France took a boat…

A wild nature

• Vast forests

• Lakes

• Large wheat fields

• A lot of animals

BEAVER

MOOSE

BEAR

A symbol: the maple tree

Maple sugar

Maple syrup

Maple leaf

• A red maple leaf is in the middle of the Canadian national flag.

Cold winters

• Winters are very long and cold. • The weather is often snowy.• Clothes are very warm.

Native People

• The first nations were named Indians by the European people when they « discovered » Canada.

• Various Native people live in Canada today.

What strange clothes!

Big cities

• Toronto is the largest city in Canada. You can see the CN Tower, one of the world’s tallest towers. (553 metres)

• Ottawa is the capital of Canada. In front of parliament building, you can meet policemen on horseback. They are members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The Canadian call them « Mounties ».

TORONTO

OTTAWA

A bilingual country

• Montreal is the second biggest French- speaking city, after Paris.

• In the province of Quebec, most of the people living here speak French.

• English and French are both national languages, even if English-speaking people are a large majority.

MONTREAL

HOCKEY

• You wear a helmet.• You carry a hockey stick.• You wear a red maple leaf on your jersey.

YOU ARE…

A CANADIAN OLYMPIC CHAMPION

THE END