Brochure of Canada

Capital : Ottawa Largest City : Toronto Official Languages: English, French Population : 33,530,000
Canada occupies a major northern portion of North America, sharing land borders with the contiguous United States to the south and with the U.S. state of Alaska to the northwest, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west; to the north lays the Arctic Ocean. By total area (including its waters), Canada is the second largest country in the world after Russia and largest on the continent. By land area it ranks fourth. Since 1925, Canada has claimed the portion of the Arctic between 60W and 141W longitude, but this claim is not universally recognized. The northernmost settlement in Canada and in the world is Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Alert on the northern tip of Ellesmere Islandlatitude 82.5Njust 817 kilometers (450 nautical miles, 508 miles) from the North Pole. Canada has the longest coastline in the world: 243,000 kilometers (151,000 miles). The population density, 3.5 inhabitants per square kilometer (9.1/sq mi), is among the lowest in the world. The most densely populated part of the country is the Quebec CityWindsor Corridor along the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence River in the southeast. To the north of this region is the broad Canadian Shield, an area of rock scoured clean by the last ice age, thinly soiled, rich in minerals, and dotted with lakes and rivers. Canada by far has more lakes than any other country and has a large amount of the world's freshwater.

In eastern Canada, most people live in large urban centers on the flat Saint Lawrence Lowlands. The Saint Lawrence River widens into the world's largest estuary before flowing into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The gulf is bounded by Newfoundland to the north and the Maritimes to the south. The Maritimes protrude eastward along the Appalachian Mountain range from northern New England and the Gasp Peninsula of Quebec. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are divided by the Bay of Fundy, which experiences the world's largest

tidal variations. Ontario and Hudson Bay dominate central Canada. West of Ontario, the broad, flat Canadian Prairies spread toward the Rocky Mountains, which separate them from British Columbia. In northwestern Canada, the Mackenzie River flows from the Great Slave Lake to the Arctic Ocean. A tributary of a tributary of the Mackenzie is the South Nahanni River, which is home to Virginia Falls, a waterfall about twice as high as Niagara Falls.

Northern Canadian vegetation tapers from coniferous forests to tundra and finally to Arctic barrens in the far north. The northern Canadian mainland is ringed with a vast archipelago containing some of the world's largest islands. Average winter and summer high temperatures across Canada vary depending on the location. Winters can be harsh in many regions of the country, particularly in the interior and Prairie provinces which experience a continental climate, where daily average temperatures are near 15 C (5 F) but can drop below 40 C (40 F) with severe wind chills. In non-coastal regions, snow can cover the ground almost six months of the year (more in the north). Coastal British Columbia is an exception and enjoys a temperate climate with a mild and rainy winter. On the east and west coast, average high temperatures are generally in the low 20s C (70s F), while between the coasts the average summer high temperature ranges from 25 to 30 C (75 to 85 F) with occasional extreme heat in some interior locations exceeding 40 C (104 F). For a more complete description of climate across Canada see Environment Canada's Website. Canada is also geologically active, having many earthquakes and potentially active volcanoes, notably Mount Meager, Mount Garibaldi, Mount Cayley and the Mount Edziza volcanic complex. The volcanic eruption of Tseax Cone in 1775 caused a catastrophic disaster, killing 2,000 Nisga'a people and the destruction of their village in the Nass River valley of northern British Columbia; the eruption produced a 22.5 km (14 mi) lava flow and according to legend of the Nisga'a people, it blocked the flow of the Nass River.

Interesting places Mount Robson is the highest point in the Canadian Rockies. Mount Robson is located entirely within Mount Robson Provincial Park of British Columbia, and is part of the Rainbow Range. It is commonly thought to be the highest point in B.C., but that distinction is held by Mount Fairweather at 4,663 m (15,299 ft). Mount Robson is the second highest peak entirely in British Columbia, behind Mount Waddington. The highest mountain in Canada is Mount Logan at 5,959 m (19,551 ft). Mount Robson was likely named after Colin Robertson, who worked for both the North West Company and the Hudsons Bay Company at various times in the early 1800s. The Texqakallt, a Secwepemc people and the earliest inhabitants of the area, call it Yuh-haihas-kun or The Mountain of the Spiral Road. Other unofficial names include Cloud Cap Mountain and Snow Cap Mountain.

Food language and culture

Culture
Main articles: Culture of Canada, National symbols of Canada, Sport in Canada, and Music of Canada

`r A Kwakwaka'wakw totem pole and traditional "big house" in Victoria, British Columbia Canadian culture has historically been influenced by British, French, and Aboriginal cultures and traditions. It has also been influenced heavily by American culture because of its proximity and migration between the two countries. The great majority of English speaking immigrants to Canada between 1755-1815 were Americans from the Lower Thirteen Colonies who were drawn there by promises of land or exiled because of their loyalty to Britain during the American War for Independence. American media and entertainment are popular, if not dominant, in English Canada; conversely, many Canadian cultural products and entertainers are successful in the U.S. and worldwide.[107] Many cultural products are marketed toward a unified "North American" or global market. The creation and preservation of distinctly Canadian culture are supported by federal government programs, laws and institutions such as the Canadian Broadcasting

Corporation (CBC), the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), and the Canadian Radiotelevision and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Canada is a geographically vast and ethnically diverse country. Canadian culture has also been greatly influenced by immigration from all over the world. Many Canadians value multiculturalism and see Canadian culture as being inherently multicultural. Multicultural heritage is the basis of Section 27 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Hockey game, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec (1901) National symbols are influenced by natural, historical, and First Nations sources. Particularly, the use of the maple leaf as a Canadian symbol dates back to the early 18th century and is depicted on its current and previous flags, the penny, and on the coat of arms.[109] Other prominent symbols include the beaver, Canada Goose, Common Loon, the Crown, the RCMP,[109] and more recently the totem pole and Inukshuk. Canada's official national sports are hockey in the winter and lacrosse in the summer.[110] Hockey is a national pastime and the most popular spectator sport in the country. It is the most popular sport Canadians play, with 1.65 million active participants in 2004.[111] Canada's six largest metropolitan areas Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Calgary, and Edmonton have franchises in the National Hockey League (NHL), and there are more Canadian players in the league than from all other countries combined. After hockey, other popular spectator sports include curling and football; the latter is played professionally in the Canadian Football League (CFL). Golf, baseball, skiing, soccer, volleyball, and basketball are widely played at youth and amateur levels,[111] but professional leagues and franchises are not as widespread. Canada hosted several high-profile international sporting events, including the 1976 Summer Olympics, the 1988 Winter Olympics, and the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Canada will be the host country for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia.[112][113]

Language

The population of Quebec City, Quebec is mainly French-speaking. Canada's two official languages are English and French. Official bilingualism in Canada is law, defined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Official Languages Act, and Official Language Regulations; it is applied by the Commissioner of Official Languages. English and French have equal status in federal courts, Parliament, and in all federal institutions. The public has the right, where there is sufficient demand, to receive federal government services in either English or French, and official-language minorities are guaranteed their own schools in all provinces and territories.[114] English and French are the mother tongues of 59.7% and 23.2% of the population respectively,[115] and the languages most spoken at home by 68.3% and 22.3% of the population respectively.[116] 98.5% of Canadians speak English or French (67.5% speak English only, 13.3% speak French only, and 17.7% speak both).[117] English and French Official Language Communities, defined by First Official Language Spoken, constitute 73.0% and 23.6% of the population respectively.[118] Although 85% of French-speaking Canadians live in Quebec, there are substantial Francophone populations in Ontario, Alberta and southern Manitoba, with an Acadian population in the northern and southeastern parts of New Brunswick constituting 35% of that province's population, as well as concentrations in southwestern Nova Scotia, on Cape Breton Island, and through central and western Prince Edward Island. Ontario has the largest French-speaking population outside Quebec. The Charter of the French Language in Quebec makes French the official language in Quebec, and New Brunswick is the only province to have a statement of official bilingualism in its constitution.[119] Other provinces have no official languages as such, but French is used as a language of instruction, in courts, and for other government services in addition to English. Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec allow for both English and French to be spoken in the provincial legislatures, and laws are enacted in both languages. In Ontario, French has some legal status but is not fully co-official. Several aboriginal languages have official status in Northwest Territories. Inuktitut is the majority language in Nunavut, and one of three official languages in the territory. Non-official languages are significant in Canada, with over five million people listing one as a first language.[115] Some of the most common non-official first languages include Chinese (853,745 first-language speakers), Italian (469,485), German (438,080), and Punjabi (271,220).

Canada's native people have heavily influenced this nation's cuisine. There's pemmican (dried meat mixture), buffalo meat, wild turnips and wild rice to name a few. The traditional method of preparing these dishes has been abandoned but not forgotten. As heard in this CBC Radio interview, two elders from Western Canada remember the days of slow-aged pemmican and bannock bread cooked over an open fire with sticks.

Homework Holiday homework Write, draw and design a brochure on a interesting country which u have visited. Include these in your brochure: a) Background information on the country b) Interesting places to visit c) Food, language and culture d) Why is this country an interesting place to visit You may use an A4 paper for this project and each point should be a paragraph long with lots of illustration. Imitate Mona Lisa

Masking tape, old news paper, plastic animal toy