Canada

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Canada
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Location

• a country occupying most of northern North
  America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the
  east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and
  northward into the Arctic Ocean.

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Basic info

• The worlds second largest country by total area
• Area - Total 9,984,670 km² (2nd)
• Population - 2006 estimate32,623,490
• (the density of 3.5 people per square kilometre
  is among the lowest in the world)

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• Population
• Concentrated in a narrow belt close to the US
  border
• Most densely populated provinces are Ontario,
  Quebec

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• Capital Ottawa
• Largest City Toronto

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Flag Coat of Arms
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History

• First inhabitants came from Asia about 20,000 and
  35,000 years ago over the Bering Strait (American
  Indians)
• Later they were joined by Eskimos who live in
  Arctic regions
• 10th century Vikings from Norway

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• John Cabot (Giovanni Gabotto Italian seaman)
  discovered the coast of Canada in 1497 (he served
  the English King)
• First permanent settlers were French - in the
  17th century
• The Seven Years War ended in the defeat of the
  French and in 1763 Canada became a British Colony

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• 1867 it became the Dominion of Canada
• it consisted of only four provinces Ontario,
  Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick

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Canada today10 provinces and 3 territories

• the provinces are
• 1. Alberta, 2. British Columbia, 3.Manitoba,4.
  New Brunswick, 5.Newfoundland and Labrador, 6.
  Nova Scotia, 7. Ontario, 8. Prince Edward Island,
  9. Quebec, and 10. Saskatchewan.

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• The territories are
• the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon
  Territory.
• The provinces have a large degree of autonomy
  from the federal government, the territories
  somewhat less.

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Nunavut (April 1991)
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Government

• Constitutional Monarchy, in practice a
  parliamentary democracy with a federal system
• Head the Queen, in practice the Governor
  General - Michaëlle Jean
• Parliament 2 houses Senate, House of Commons)

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Appointed in 2005
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• Head of Government
• Prime Minister
• (Stephen Harper
• Feb. 2006)

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Relief

• W mountainous the Cordilleras
• Centre prairies with rich, fertile soil,
  suitable for wheat growing (agricultural area)
• E lowlands
• The highest peak Mt. Logan (6,050m) in Yukon

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Rivers

• Principal rivers The Mackenzie (flowing from the
  Great Slave Lake to the north)
• The St. Lawrence River (flows into the Atlantic)
• The Fraser River (flows into the Pacific)
• In the N rivers are ice-covered most of the
  year

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Lakes

• Northern part of the Great Lakes excluding Lake
  Michigan (on U.S. territory)
• (Ontario, Huron, Erie,Superior)
• The Lake of the Woods
• The Great Slave Lake
• The Great Bear Lake

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Largest towns

• Toronto
• Montreal (3mil.)
• Vancouver (over 1 mil.)
• Ottawa
• Quebec
• Calgary

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Languages

• English
• French (30 per cent) most of them live in Quebec

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Climate

• Extremely cold in the N - arctic
• Warmer temperatures along the west coast
• Pacific Coast moderate west coast temperatures
  mild summers, cool winters
• Cenre short, mild summers, very cold winters

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Economy

• To be continued