CANADA

A MARI USQUE AD MARE

Identity of Canada

• Cappital : Ottawa• Largest City : Toronto• Official Language : Englih – French• Ethnic groups : White, Asian, Aboriginal,

Black, Latin America, Multiracial, Other• Government : Federal Parliamentary

conctitutional Monarchy• Area : 9.984.670 km2, 3.854.085 sq

mi

HISTORY

Aboriginal peoplesEuropean colonization Confederation and expansionEarly 20th century and modern times

Aboriginal peoples

Aboriginal peoples in present-day Canada include the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis

European Colonization

European exploration occurred until 1497, when Italian seafarer John Cabot explored

Canada's Atlantic coast for England

French explorer Jacques Cartier explored the St. Lawrence

River, where on July 24In 1534

Confederation and expansion

1 July 1867 Canadian Confederation

Ontanio, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick,

Nortwest Territories new Province at July

1870, Bhritish Columbia and Van

Couver Island Joined at 1876, Prince Edward Island at June 1873

Early 20th century and modern times

Declaration of war in 1914 brought Canada into World

War I. The Conscription Crisis of 1917 erupted

Despite another Conscription Crisis in Quebec in 1944,

Canada finished the war with a large army and strong

economy

Maple Leaf Flag in 1965,[67] the implementation of official bilingualism (English and French) in

1969,[68] and the institution of official multiculturalism in 1971

GEOGRAFIC

Major cities and population : Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg,

Halifax

Capital : OttawaPopulation : 28 million peopleRegion : Northen AmericaTotal Area : 9.984.671 km

- Land : 91.08 % - Water : 8.92 %

Climate : tempeature in south to subarctic or arctic in northTerrain : mostly plains with mountains in west and lowlands in southheast

Canada is divided into 10 provinces

LANGUAGE

A multitude of languages are spoken in Canada :

P0LITIC

• The political development of canada has been more of an evolutionary process then arevolutionay upheaval. Most military conflict which took place before confederation was the result of colonial empires clashing on the landscape of the North American widemess

ECONOMIC

Canada’s Economic integration with

United State

The Canadian economy is dominate bye the service

industry, wich employs about thee-quarterd of the country workforce

Regarding Export Major exports; Zinc, Uranium,

Gold, Nickel, etc

EDUCATION

Education in Canada is generally divided into

primary education, followed by secondary education and

post secondary.

Some Province used district school board administering the educational program.

Some province used too early leaving exemptions can be granted under certain circumstances at 14

CULTURE

• Canada is culturally diverse. This goes back to the 1890s when it began inviting people from all over the world to settle in the country to help it develop and grow. Canadian immigrationpolicy was histically open, welcoming and egalitarian in its philosopy.