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CANADA

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  1. CANADA canada

  2. LoCaTi0n • Canada occupies the northern of North America. In the east Canada reaches up to the Atlantic ocean, in the west up to the Pacific ocean and northward into the Arctic ocean. It’s the world’s second largest country. There is a bridge that links Canada with United States. The population of Canada it’s about 33 millions and it has ten provinces and three territories . Canada’s queen was Elisabeth ∣∣. It’s a multicultural country with both French and English as official languages. canada

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  4. HISTORY The first inhabitants of Canada were native Indian people(eskimo). The history of the white man in the country began in 1497.Canada was taken for France in 1534. In 1763 England got the control of Canada. At that time thousands of British colonies emigrated to Canada from British Isles and America canada

  5. TraditionalCelebrations • Canada has many celebrations but the most popular are: • Thanksgiving • Halloween • Canada day • Victoria day Let’s see it more analytical…. canada

  6. Thanksgiving: Thanks giving day is on the second Monday in October. It’s an annual holiday. With this celebration they give thanks for the harvest season. They thank God for the splendid harvest they had through the year. It’s family holiday . They all gathered together for this special long weekend and eat the traditional food which is roast TURKEY! canada

  7. Halloween: Halloween Holiday celebrated on Oct. 31 is the evening of All Saints' Day , observed with traditional games and customs enjoyed by children all around the world. The word Halloween comes from medieval England's All Hallows' eve. Witches and other evil spirits were believed to roam the earth on Halloween evening, playing tricks on human beings especially on kids. Bonfires were lit, offerings were made of dainty foods and sweets, and people would disguise themselves as one of the roaming spirits, to avoid demonic persecution. Survivals of these early practices can be found in countries of Celtic influence today, such as the United States where children go from door to door in costumes demanding “trick or treat” to receive candies and money lately, and because of that Halloween has after Christmas Holiday become children's favorite holiday. canada

  8. CanadaDay: Canada Day celebrates the events that occurred on July 1, 1867, when the British North America Act created the Canadian federal government. The British North America Act proclaimed "one Dominion under the name of Canada," hence the original title of the holiday, "Dominion Day." Dominion Day was officially renamed "Canada Day" by an Act of Parliament on October 27, 1982. This change reflected the policy of successive governments to down play Canada's colonial origins. Canada's national celebration is always observed on July 1, unless that date falls on a Sunday. Experience the story of the country , as told through original music, giant images and spectacular lighting effects. Living in a vast, bilingual and multicultural country. Also Canadians have become some of the best communicators in the world. Share the songs, poems, stories and visions that highlight many of our cultural and technological achievements. Gocelebratethespiritof a country! canada

  9. ViCtoRia Day: SeveralCanadiancitieshold a paradeinhonouroftheholiday, withthemostfamousbeinginthemonarch'snamesakecityofVictoria, BritishColumbia. Thisholidayisalsooftencelebratedwithfireworksshows. InCanada, VictoriaDayunofficiallymarkstheendofthe "winterseason" and, thus, thebeginningof "Summer". Banff'sSunshineVillage, renownedforitslengthyskiseasonunofficiallyendsWinterwiththeSlushCup, aneventthatisheldannuallyonVictoriaDay. Thislongweekendalsosignifiesthebeginningofspringtogardenersthroughoutmuchofthecountry, asitfallsaroundthetimewhentheycanbefairlycertainfrostwillnotreturnuntilthenextautumnorwinter. InsomepartsofCanada, theholidayiscolloquiallyknownasMayTwo-Four. Thisphrasehastwomeanings: theholidayalwaysfallsnearthedateofMay 24, and a two-fourisCanadianslangfor a caseof 24 bottlesofbeer, a commonpackagingofthedrinkinCanada canada

  10. If you want to enjoy your holiday just visit Canada. With it’s marvelous places such as Toronto- CN Tower, Niagara Falls and the house of Parliament in Ottawa you have great time!! Toronto is the biggest city of Ontario-Canada. If you have bored by visiting all these historical places you can relax by doing shopping therapy in Toronto’s shopping malls. Also you can visit the CN Tower which is located in downtown Toronto-Ontario. It’s the tallest building in the world, over 550 meters and if you are hungry you can lunch at the restaurant in the top of tower which is rotate every 72 minutes. The elevator is made out of glass and to visit the tower it costs 32 dollars. If your lucky and it’s a clear day you can have a spectacular view of the whole Toronto town. CN Tower refer to Canadian National ,the railway company. canada

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  12. NIAGARA FALLS: Niagara falls is a Canadian city about an 1 ½ hour from Toronto. Separating the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S State of New York . It’s composed of two sections. Horse shoes on the Canadian side of the boarder and American Falls, on the U.S side. The volume of water it’s about 150.000 gallons per second, the height is 176 feet. The tremendous volume of water never stops flowing and during the winter time because of the low temperature which is below 0 the falls freze and turn into on ice bridge. canada

  13. CANADAS WONDERLAND Canada’s Wonderland is located on 30km north of downtown Toronto. It’s an amusement seasonal park with 200 attractions ( 68 thrill rides, 15 roller coasters, 20 acre waterparks,16water slides and lots of shows. You can spend a whole day to be able to enjoy everything there and get your money worth, since the ticket is very expensive!!!. The nickelodeon characters, such as SpongeBob, Square Pants and Dora the Explorer amuse children and have fun with them canada

  14. THE END Name: Katerina Trichina Class: A’3 School: Lyceum Dasoupolis Date: 10/11/08 canada

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