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Geographical location
Canada - the second largest state in
the world, occupying the entire northern part of the
North American continent. The Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic oceans. It shares borders with the United States to the south and northwest. Canada's border with the U.S. is the longest common border in the world.
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FLAG
The House of Commons of the Canadian Parliament
passed the Law on the State Flag of December
15, 1964, after a long debate. For consideration in the House were more than 2600 designs. The result has been selected, which is depicted on a white background red maple leaf, which is framed on each side vertically down red stripes.
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HISTORY OF THE FLAG
Flag of Canada 1868-1921 gg.
Flag
of Canada 1921-1957 gg.
Flag of Canada 1957-1964 gg.
Flag of
Canada 1964-present
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EMBLEM
Royal Arms of Canada - one of the
official state symbols of Canada.
In 1957, the flag has
been slightly modified, and after some minor amendments in 1994 coat made modern.
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HISTORY OF THE EMBLEM
1923 g.
1957 g.
1994 g.
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Crown-this variant was passed in 1957 at the
initiative of Elizabeth II to replace the old version
of 1921, which represented a Tudor crown.
Shield-The four parts represent the country, the ancestors of which came Canadians.
Tape
Shield surrounds the band with a Latin inscription ("They want the best of the country").This item has been added to the Queen in 1987g.
Supporters
Support unit rampant English lion and Scottish unicorn (figures taken from the arms of the UK). Lion and unicorn kept flagpoles with royal flags of Britain and France.
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HYMN
Canada has two official state languages (English and
French), and so there two versions of the text,
one is not a translation of the second.
First Canadian anthem was performed June 24, 1880 in Quebec City Orchestra under Joseph Vézina. Since then, the poems have been changed several times.
Officially «O Canada» became the anthem of Canada July 1, 1980.
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POPULATION
In Canada, a very high level of life
expectancy. Despite the vast territory the general population of
Canada lives in the 160 kilometers from the U.S. border, in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa. According to the statistics of 2006, Canada's population was 32,610,000 people. The main source of population growth in Canada still is immigration. The Canadian population in 2012 34,994,000 people.
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Education
Education in Canada is considered one of the
best in the world. To study in Canada spends
more than any other power "Big Eight." As a result, Canada is a world record for the number of students per 100 thousand inhabitants.
Education in Canada is on the solid foundation of the British. The same system of degrees, the same approaches and techniques. Therefore diploma issued in Canada. opens opportunities to work in almost any country including the USA and the UK.
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ECOLOGY
Canada - the first country to sign the
Vienna Convention for the protection of the ozone layer
of the planet in June 1986. In 1995-97, the UN called Canada the best country in the world for human habitation.
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NATURE
Canada - the second largest state in the
world, occupying the entire northern part of the North
American continent. The country stretches from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Atlantic in the east of the Great Lakes in the south to the islands of the Arctic Circle.
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Along the Pacific coast of the towering Andes.
Most of the country is the Canadian Shield -
rocky, rich in rivers and lakes, hills, reaching Labrador Peninsula altitude of 1500 m in the north continent divided into many islands, the largest of which are: Baffin Island (495 km2), the island of Victoria (212 000 km2) and the Queen Elizabeth Islands.
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NATIONAL PARKS
In 1950, the state-protected land accounted for
only 2% of the country by the year 1993
there were already about 3 thousand parks and reserves, numbering 9% across Canada.
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ANIMAL WORLD
Natural conditions as well as the varied
landscape of the country has identified enormous wealth of
wildlife of Canada - from the smallest insect to the largest population of the planet - whales.
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A large number of animals living in the
territory of Canada, covered by dense forests. Black and
brown (known as grizzly) bears, wolves and foxes, moose, deer, and all kinds of goats.
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Holidays
January 1
New Year - a holiday that the
Russian people is perhaps the most beloved, - in
Canada is not marked as magnificently. In
New Year night at home amazingly calm, in Canada this holiday, few deal with, and if someone is celebrating, then quietly and not until morning.
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February 2
Groundhog Day - a traditional folk festival
in Canada and the United States. It is believed
that on this day to watch the groundhog, crawls out of his hole, and
by his behavior to judge the proximity of spring.
February 14, Valentine's Day
February 15, the Day of National Flag of Canada
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April 22, the International Day of the Earth
is the largest environmental event worldwide. More than six
million Canadians join 500 million annually to 180 activists from other countries.
May 3, one of the most beautiful holiday of spring - tulip festival held annually in Canada in Ottawa in the first week may. Сanadian capital immersed in a colorful sea of tulips