Discover Canada: A Comprehensive Overview of its History, Culture, and Natural Wonders

1. Canada Janka Krotká Katarína Tomajková Martin Kučma

2. Overview • Continent: NorthAmerica • Capital city: Ottawa • Officiallanguages: English and French • Memberofmanyinternationalorganisations: NATO, OSCE, OAS and APEC • Thenationalemblemisthemapleleafsince 1700’s

3. History • ThenameCanadacomesfrom a IroquoianIndianword „kanata“ (village) • GroupsofInuitinhabitedCanadafrom 26 500 yearsago • Vikingssettledat L’anseauxMeadows • Frenchexplorer Samuel deChamplainestablished in 1603 thefirstpermanentEuropeansettlementat Port Royal • A ConfederationofCanadianprovinces wasestablished in 1867 and Canada gainedindependencefromBritain withthe status of a dominion

4. Politicalsystem • There are 10 provinces: -Alberta -Manitoba -Ontario -NovaScotia -New Brunswick -Quebec -Newfoundland and Labrador -Saskatchewan -PrinceEdward Island -British Columbia • and 3 territories: -NorthwestTerritories -Nunavut -Yukon

5. Canada: • Is a ConstitutionalMonarchy • Is a memberoftheBritishCommonwealth • Has a Parliamentaryformofthegoverment • Has theQueenastheHeadof state • Has GovernorGeneralwhorepresentstheQueen Her Majesty, the Queen Elizabeth II

6. Population • theworld’s second-largest country by area • About 33 millionpeoplelive in Canada • 3 quartersofCanadianslivewithin 150 km ofthe US border • Inuits(Eskimos) inhabitthenorthernterritories in a very poor conditions in reservations • has 34 ethnicgroups (thelargestisEnglish – 20%) • Only 40% peopleidentifiedtheir ethnicityasCanadian • 83% ofpopulationis whiterace

7. Culture • Canadiancultureismulticultural (Torontoisthe most multicultural city in theworld) • NationalanimalofCanadaisbeaver – therewere a lotofbeaversatthebeginningofsettling • Canada’sofficialnationalsportiscurling

8. Nature and Animals • has multiple ecosystems: forests of British Columbia prairies of Western Canada tundra of the NorthernCanada • home to about70 000 known species of plants and animals (perhaps many more that have yet beendiscovered) • The fauna is considered to be diverse across Canada • The most threatened wildlife species (with flora too) of Canada are listed in theList ofWildlifeSpieciesatRisk

10. Almost half of the territory of Canada takes Canadian Shield • To the west of the country lies more than 800 km wide mountain range • In much of Canada's climate has a significant temperature fluctuations, mild summers and long cold winters and the far north of the Arctic climate

11. Canadianfacts • LakeOntarioisthesizeofSwitzerland • Canada has sixtimezones • The baseball glovewasinvented in Canadain 1883 • Otherinventionsinclude: theelectronmicroscopethekayak the table hockeytheinstantfood thetelegraphthetelevisionthegingerbeerthesnowshoes thetelefonthechocolate bar thezippertheelectricwheelchair

12. Canadianfacts • With 2 millionlakes, Canada has thelargestamountoffreshwater in theworld • 89% ofCanadaisnothabitable, becausetheclimateistooextreme • On the Niagara River are Niagara fallswiththehighestflow rate ofanywaterfall in theworld and vertical drop 50m • Itisillegal to practise „woodoo“ in Canada • 40% oftheworld’s newspapers are printed on Canadianpaper • Yongestreet in Torontoisthelongeststreetintheworld • TheTrans-CanadaHighwayisthelongestnationalhighway • Theworld’s smallestjailis in Ontario

13. Jail in Ontario TheTrans-CanadaHighway

14. Niagara falls

15. Canadianmystery • In little Canadian town Kitchenuhmaykoosib was found a mysterious animal • It has long and hairy body with tail what looks like rats tail • No one knows what it could be but people think that it's a mysterious animal Chupacabra that sucks at night blood from goats and sheeps through their neck

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