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САNADA
THE FLAG
Motto: A mari usque ad mare (From sea to sea)Anthem: "O Canada“Royal anthem: "God Save the Queen"
ROYAL COAT OF ARMS Languages: English and French
NATIONAL SYMBOLS Maple Tree
Maple Leaf
Eurasian Beaver
Moose
RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police)
OFFICIAL NATIONAL SPORTShockey in the winter
lacrosse in the summer
HEADS OF STATEMonarch Governor-General Prime-
MinisterQueen Elizabeth II David Johnston Stephen
Harper
Government - Federal parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy
OTTAWA – Political Capital
TORONTO - Financial capital• The largest in Canada • The most multicultural city in the world• The capital of English culture
THE LARGEST CITIES. Montreal
• The oldest city in Canada• The capital of French culture, fashion and high technologies• The 2nd french-speaking city after Paris
THE LARGEST CITIES. Vancouver
THE LARGEST CITIES. Calgary
SIGHTS. Hudson Bay
A large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada. It drains a very large area, about 3,861,400 square kilometres
SIGHTS. Great Lakes
• А сollection of freshwater lakes located on the Canada – United States border
• Consist of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario
• Form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total surface and volume
SIGHTS. CN Tower • The observation tower in
Toronto, Ontario
• The world's tallest tower (553.3 metres) until the completion of Burj Khalifa in Dubai and Canton Tower in Guangzhou
• А signature icon of Toronto's skyline, and a symbol of Canada,attracting more than two million international visitors annually
SIGHTS. The Niagara Falls
• Voluminous waterfalls on the Niagara River, straddling the international border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New York
SIGHTS. Mount Robson Park
SIGHTS. Prince Edward Island
MUSIC• The Canadian music industry has produced internationally
renowned composers, musicians and ensembles
• Bryan Adams (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, and photographer
BRYAN ADAMS• dozens of awards and
nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations
• 15 Grammy Award nominations• MTV, ASCAP, and American Music
awards• 2 Ivor Novello Awards for song
composition• nominations for several Golden
Globe Awards and 3 times for Academy Awards for his songwriting for films
• the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia for contributions to popular music and philanthropic work via his own foundation
• 38th place on the list of All-Time top artists by the Billboard Hot 100 50th Anniversary Charts (2008)
THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!