CANADAJanka Krotká

Katarína TomajkováMartin Kučma

OVERVIEW Continent: North America

Capital city: Ottawa Official languages: English and French

Member of many international organisations: NATO, OSCE, OAS and APEC

The national emblem is the maple leaf since 1700’s

HISTORY The name Canada comes from a Iroquoian Indian word

„kanata“ (village) Groups of Inuit inhabited Canada from 26 500 years ago Vikings settled at L’anse aux Meadows French explorer Samuel de Champlain established in 1603

the first permanent European settlement at Port Royal A Confederation of Canadian provinces was established in 1867 and Canada gained independence from Britain with the status of a dominion

POLITICAL SYSTEM There are 10 provinces: -Alberta -Manitoba -Ontario -Nova Scotia -New Brunswick -Quebec -Newfoundland and Labrador -Saskatchewan -Prince Edward Island -British Columbia

and 3 territories: -Northwest Territories -Nunavut -Yukon

CANADA: Is a Constitutional Monarchy Is a member of the British Commonwealth Has a Parliamentary form of the goverment Has the Queen as the Head of state Has Governor General who represents the Queen

Her Majesty, the Queen Elizabeth II

POPULATION the world’s second-largest country by area About 33 million people live in Canada 3 quarters of Canadians live within 150 km of the US border Inuits (Eskimos) inhabit the northern territories in a very

poor conditions in reservations has 34 ethnic groups (the largest is English – 20%) Only 40% people identified their ethnicity as Canadian 83% of population is white race

CULTURE Canadian culture is multicultural (Toronto is the most

multicultural city in the world) National animal of Canada is beaver – there were a lot of

beavers at the beginning of settling Canada’s official national sport is curling

NATURE AND ANIMALS has multiple ecosystems: forests of British Columbia prairies of Western Canada tundra of the Northern Canada home to about 70 000 known species of

plants and animals (perhaps many more that have yet been discovered)

The fauna is considered to be diverse across Canada

The most threatened wildlife species (with flora too) of Canada are listed in the

List of Wildlife Spiecies at Risk

Almost half of the territory of Canada takes Canadian Shield

To the west of the country lies more than 800 km wide mountain range

In much of Canada's climate has a significant temperature fluctuations, mild summers and long cold winters and the far north of the Arctic climate

CANADIAN FACTS Lake Ontario is the size of Switzerland Canada has six time zones The baseball glove was invented in

Canada in 1883 Other inventions include: the electron microscope the kayak the table hockey the instant food the telegraph the television

the ginger beer the snow shoes

the telefon the chocolate bar the zipper the electric wheelchair

CANADIAN FACTS With 2 million lakes, Canada has the largest amount of

freshwater in the world 89% of Canada is not habitable, because the climate is too

extreme On the Niagara River are Niagara falls with the highest flow

rate of any waterfall in the world and vertical drop 50m It is illegal to practise „woodoo“ in Canada 40% of the world’s newspapers are printed on Canadian

paper Yonge street in Toronto is the longest street in the world The Trans-Canada Highway is the longest national highway The world’s smallest jail is in Ontario

Jail in Ontario

The Trans-Canada Highway

Niagara falls

CANADIAN MYSTERY In little Canadian town

Kitchenuhmaykoosib was found a mysterious animal

It has long and hairy body with tail what looks like rats tail

No one knows what it could be but people think that it's a mysterious animal Chupacabra that sucks at night blood from goats and sheeps through their neck

Thank you for your interest in learning about Canada

Resources:Wikipedia.orgGoogle.comEnglish magazines