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Canada
Canada is situated in the northern
part of the continent of North America. It does
not include Alaska.
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Area of Canada
Canada has an
area of nearly ten million square kilometers. It is
the second largest country in the world after Russia.
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Oceans
Its western coast is washed by
the Pacific Ocean and its eastern coast is washed
by the Atlantic Ocean. In the North it is washed by the Arctic Ocean.
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Territory
The country is very big and occupies
the territory from the Great Lakes in the South
to the Arctic Circle in the North.
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Types of land
It has
many different types of land: arctic tundra, mountains, forests,
central plains and vast prairies, high plains, fjords, lakes and rivers, islands and even a desert.
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Islands
There are many islands in the North of
the country. The best known island is Victoria.
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Mountains
The Rocky Mountains and the Coast
Mountains run along the Pacific coast.
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Mountains
The Western Cordillera is famous for the
country’s highest mountain, Mount Logan, 5,951 meters high. It
is situated on the territory of Yukon.
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Water
Water is everywhere in Canada. This
country contains more freshwater than any other country —
25 per cent of the world’s resources.
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Lakes
Canada is a country of lakes. It has
seven of the world’s largest lakes.
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Lakes
The province of Ontario alone has
400,000 lakes, big and small, so many that we
can hardly count them.
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Independent federative state
Canada is an independent federative
state. It is one of the most developed countries
in the world.
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Provinces and territories
Canada consists of
ten provinces and two territories.
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Forests
Canada is very rich in
forests, minerals and fur-bearing animals. It holds the first
place in the world in the amount of forests.
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Natural resources
It is rich in the following
natural resources: non-ferrous metals, uranium, oil, natural gas, coal.
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Industry
Canadian industries produce cars, airliners, locomotives, sea
vessels, snow-removal machines, and agricultural equipment.
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Industry
The most developed industries are timber, mining, chemical,
meat and milk and food industries.
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Agriculture
Canada grows wheat, barley, flax, potatoes,
vegetables and fruit. Fishing is also one of the
prosperous industries.
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Official languages
Official languages of Canada are English and
French. Nearly 67, 1 per cent of the population
speak English and 21, 5 per cent speak French. 11,4 per cent other languages.
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Canada
Canada is a founding member of the United
Nations. It has been active in a number of
major UN agencies.
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Ottawa
The capital of Canada is
Ottawa, which is situated on the bank of the
Ottawa River. It is famous for its beautiful parks. It is also known as the city of bridges.
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Historical and cultural buildings
Many interesting
historical and cultural buildings are found in Ottawa, such
as the Museum of Natural History, Museum of Man, National Gallery and the National Arts Centre.
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Parliament Buildings
The most important buildings in
Ottawa are the Parliament Buildings. Here the Canadian federal
government discusses and makes laws for Canada.
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Tulip City
Ottawa has been called
the Tulip City, because every spring the city comes
alive with thousands of tulips from the Netherlands.
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Tulips
Queen Juliana started sending 15,000 tulips
a year to Ottawa in 1946 as a way
of thanking the Canadian people for the time she spent in Canada with her daughters during World War ll.
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Juliana
Juliana stayed in Ottawa with her family from
1940 to 1945 after the Netherlands was invaded by
Germany.