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    21. Canada

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    21.

    Canada

    BASIC FACTS
    - 2nd largest country by the area in the world
    - capital city: Ottawa
    - part of the Commonwealth but it doesn’t have a Union Jack on the flag
    - other cities: Quebec City, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Halifax, Victoria, Regina
    - currency: canadian dollar
    - population: almost 40 milion inhabitants
    - official language: English and French
    - flag: the maple leaf

    GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS


    - constitutional monarchy, the ceremonial head of the state is the monarch of the UK –
    Charles III., but he holds little power, his representative is Governor General
    - has a federal systém of government
    - it has a federal parliament located in the capital Ottawa
    - the parliament has 2 houses: the Senate (the Upper House) and the House of
    Commons (the Lower House)
    - the government sits in the House of Commons
    - the leader of the government is called prime minister
    - each province also has its own parliament which is single-chambered
    - the head of the government in each province is the premier

    GEOGRAPHY
    - bordered by the USA to the south and the north-west (Alaska)
    - it borders to the Atlantic Ocean in the east, to the Artic Ocean in the north, to the
    Pacific Ocean in the west
    - most people live near the US-Canadian border
    - the southern part of the country is covered in forest
    - the northern part is motly tundra
    - the Canadian Rocky Mountains lie along the west coast
    - the highest mountain: Mount Logan, Yukon – Saint Elias Mountains
    - many rivers: the Mackenzie and St Lawrence
    - lakes: Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Great Bear Lake, Great Slave Lake, Winnipeg
    - country is divided into 10 provinces: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan,
    Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova
    Scotia and Prince Edward Island, and 3 territories: Northwest Territories, Nunavut
    and Yukon
    - continental climate with cold snowy winters and warm summers
    - the north has a polar climate
    - has natural environment for many different animal species
    - animals commonly found in Canada include the beaver (the Canadian national
    animal), the moose, the Canada goose, the black bear, the grizzly bear, the polar bear,
    the coyote
    HISTORY
    - the first Europeans who colonized the Canadian territory were the Portuguese in the
    15th century
    - they were replaced by the French up to 18th century
    - from the 18th century control moved to the British
    - in 1867 the country became more independent when it became a dominion of the UK
    - in 1982 Canada became formally separated from the UK

    PLACES TO VISIT
    - Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec, Toronto – CN Tower
    - Niagara Falls, Jasper National Park, Royal Ontario Museum, Banff National Park

    OTHERS
    - sports: ice-hockey, football, basketball, lacrosse, curling
    - famous people: Celine Dion, Justin Bieber, Pamela Anderson

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