CANADA

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CANADA IS THE SECOND LARGEST COUNTRY INTHE WORLD (MEASURED BY AREA).

It is located in North America – south of the Arctic and north of the United States. The border between Canada and USA is the longest in the world at 8,891 km.

Despite the amount of space, most of the 34 million people live close to the US border where the climate is milder (BUT STILL COLD IN WINTER!).

THE FLAG AND COAT OF ARMS.

ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN WEST AND NORTH-WEST, PLAINS IN THE CENTRE, HILLS IN THE EAST TOO.

RIVERS DRAIN TO THE PACIFIC, ARCTIC, ATLANTIC OCEANS AND TO HUDSON’S BAY.

CANADA FROM SPACE, WHICH GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES CAN YOU NAME?

CANADA HAS ONE OF THE WORLD’S BIGGESTISLANDS – BAFFIN ISLAND, WHICH IS TWICETHE SIZE OF THE UK.

THE COUNTRY ALSO HAS TWO OF THE BIGGEST LAKES IN THE WORLD – GREAT BEARLAKE AND GREAT SLAVE LAKE IN NUNAVUT.

‘KANATA’ MEANING ‘VILLAGE’ OR ‘SETTLEMENT’WAS THE ORIGINAL NAME FOR THE COUNTRY – CANADA ON THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER, 1608.

THE FRENCH AND BRITISH CONQUEREDTHE COUNTRY, AND NOW CANADA IS BOTH FRENCH AND ENGLISH SPEAKING.

Canada in 1867.Newfoundland only joined the Dominion of Canada in 1947.

CONSEQUENTLY, CANADA HAS VAST TRACKS OF LAND WHERE YOU WILL FIND MOOSE:

GRIZZLY BEARS AND POLAR BEARS:

REINDEER (CARIBOU), BEAVERS.

WOLVES AND WOLVERINES.

POLITICAL SYSTEM OF CANADA.

Canada is made up of 14 federal states. It is a constitutional monarchy.

The monarch of the UK is the official head of state, but has little influence on Canadian politics and is represented by the Governor General, whose role is also symbolic.

The everyday running of the country is carried out by the prime minister and his cabinet.

QUEEN ELIZABETH AND HER GOVERNER GENERAL DAVID LLOYD JOHNSTON PLAY SYMBOLIC ROLES. PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER AND HIS CABINET RULE THE COUNTRY.

OTTAWA IS THE CAPITAL, AND LIES HALFWAY BETWEEN TORONTO AND MONTREAL, ON THE BORDER OF THE TWO MOST POPULOUS PROVINCES – ONTARIO AND QUEBEC.

The Canadian Parliament Building in Ottawa.

THERE ARE 11 PROVINCES AND 3 TERRITORIES.

THE MAJORITY OF CANADIANS ARE OF BRITISH OR FRENCH ORIGIN, BUT MANY OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS ARE REPRESENTED TOO, INCLUDING UKRAINIAN, GERMAN, CHINESE AND INDIAN.

THE FIRST NATIONS OF CANADA INCLUDE 850,000 ‘INDIANS’ AND 400,000 MÉTIS.

AND 60,OOO INUIT IN NUNAVUT AND OTHER NORTHERN TERRITORIES.

THE LARGEST CITIES ARE TORONTO, WITH ITS CN TOWER, WHICH USED TO BE THE HIGHEST TOWER IN THE WORLD.

MONTREAL IN FRENCH-SPEAKING CANADAIS A CULTURALLY INTERESTING CITY (JAZZ FESTIVAL, FILM FESTIVAL...).

QUEBEC CITY IS THE OLDEST AND ‘FRENCHEST’ CITY, WITH THE HUGE FRONTENAC CHATEAU.

CALGARY IN ALBERTA HOSTED THE WINTER OLYMPICS IN 1988.

EDMONTON IN ALBERTA IS THE CENTRE OF AN OIL BOOM, CITY HALL IN A PYRAMID.

VANCOUVER IS THE MULTI-CULTURAL CAPITAL OF THE WEST COAST AND ALSO HOSTED THE WINTER OLYMPICS 2014.

POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTIONSINCLUDE THE SPECTACULAR NIAGARA FALLS.

FOUR OF THE FIVE GREAT LAKES ARE PARTLY IN CANADA. CAN YOU NAME THEM ALL?

THE CANADIAN ROCKIES (ROCKY MOUNTAINS) IN ALBERTA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA.

HOWEVER, THE HIGHEST PEAK – MOUNT LOGAN AT 5,959 METRES, IS IN THE YUKON TERRITORY.

CANADA HAS THE SECOND LARGEST OILRESERVES IN THE WORLD (ATHABASCA OIL SANDS IN ALBERTA)

CANADA IS A LEADER IN MINING URANIUM, IN ONTARIO AND SASKATCHEWAN.

CANADA IS ALSO FAMOUS FOR ITS ‘MOUNTIES’OR MOUNTED POLICE. THEY WEAR A RED UNIFORM AND RIDE ON HORSEBACK.

MODERN ICE HOCKEY WAS INVENTED BY THE CANADIANS – 7 CANADIAN TEAMS PLAY IN NHL.

MILLIONS OF CANADIANS PLAY CURLING.

LACROSSE WAS DEVELOPED FROM A VIOLENT GAME PLAYED BY IROQUOIS INDIANS.

CANADA ALSO HAS SEVERAL TEAMS IN NORTH AMERICAN BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL LEAGUES AND A CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE.

NOW YOU KNOW MUCH MORE ABOUT CANADA THAN YOU DID BEFORE?

Would you like to go there for a visit? I would love to, but the flights are quite expensive.

Read through the worksheet and use information from this presentation and the internet to fill in the gaps!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada HAVE FUN!