Canada

10 provinces3 territories

Area: 9.9 million km2 (2nd)Population: 3.15 million (36th)

Density:  3.41/km2 Nationality: Noun and adjective

Canadian (s)Capital: Ottawa, Ontario

Largest city: TorontoOfficial languages: Canadian English & French (Quebec)

Climate:Winter: avg. -15 to -40 (continental)℃Summer: 20 to 30 (interior 40 )℃ ℃Snow covers 6 months

the English Canadian cuisine:wild blueberries, rice, mussels, salmon, beer, and cheese

breakfast cereal (corn flakes) Canadian bacon, pan-cakes or waffle with maple leaf syrupscrambled eggs, hash brownmilk, fruit (orange) juice, tea with cream, coffee

dinner:spaghetti, macaroni, Spanish rice, fried rice, salami sausages, soup, liver, cheese & crackers, tuna fish sauce on toasts

baked/mashed potato

homemadecookies

gingerbreadman

homemade preserved peaches

in syrup

cinnamon bun

doughnuts

danish pastry

rhubarb pie

blueberry muffins

strawberry, blackberry, raspberry, cherry, blueberry

cheese cake

turkey stuffing / dressing

roast ham

roast beef

cranberrysauce

veal steak

T-bone steakon the grill

Ethnic groups: British descent (28%), French descent (23%), Italian descent (3%), aboriginal peoples (2%), plus significant minorities of German, Ukrainian, Dutch, Greek, Polish and Chinese.

Multicultural diversity

Currency: Canadian Dollar ($) (CAD)

totem pole by Native Canadian

maple leaf, from maple tree

Canadianfootball

baseball

curling

Canadian men’s ice hockey won the gold medal in the winter Olympics, 2001

skiing & skating

Rodeo, Calgary Stampede, Alberta

beaver

goose

Canadiancanoeing

tobogganing

down fillparkas

tuque

mittens

ear muffsscarf

plait jackets /lumberjack shirts

Banff National park

Lake Louise Canadian Rockies

Royal Canadian Mounted Police, British CommonwealthThe Queen inspecting the guard while visiting RCMP Depot in Regina, Saskatchewan in 2005.

Changing of the guard, Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario

Holidays:

(Christmas, New Year's, Good Friday, Easter, Labour Day), national holidays not celebrated elsewhere: 1. Canada Day—July 1 2. Victoria Day—Last Monday in May

before May 24 3. Thanksgiving—Second Monday in

October 4. Remembrance Day—November 11

Ontario, Canada

Prince Edward Island

Common expressions

• Howdy?• How do you do?• How’s it going?• ciao (Italian)

goodbye• sick (do something wrong)• Ooops!• ouch!• merci (thank you)

Religions

• Christianity  77% • None   16.2% • Islam   2.0% • Judaism   1.1% • Hinduism   1.0% • Buddhism   1.0% • Sikhism   0.9%Statistics Canada, 2001 census survey results

visiting

• Visa-free Access for HKSAR Passports

(duration up to 6 months)• travelling seasons: April to September each year

(early spring to early autumn)• Long distant calling (IDD) country code:

(From HK) 001 + 1 + area code + telephone no.

(From Canada) 011 + 852 + telephone no.• Emergency services : 911 (firemen / police /

ambulances)

Time zone difference

Hong Kong Jan 5

Wed

8:30 a.m. flight time

Vancouver, B.C.

Jan 4

4:30 p.m.

-16 hours

12 hours,

46 minutes

Toronto, Ontario

Jan 4

7:30 p.m.

-13 hours

15 hours,

38 minutes

Official Lyrics of O Canada!• O Canada!• Our home and native land!• True patriot love in all thy sons command.

• With glowing hearts we see thee rise,• The True North strong and free!

• From far and wide,• O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

• God keep our land glorious and free!• O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

• O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.