Welcome to Canada!

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Fact File

Official Name - Canada Capital City - Ottawa Largest cities - Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg Total area - 9,985,000 sq km Population - 33,390,000 people Main religions - Roman Catholic, Protestant, other Christian, Muslim Official language - English, French

Coat Of Arms Maple- a national tree The current Canadian Flag was adopted in the year 1965.

“Maple Leaf”-another name of the Canada National Flag.

The red and white colors are the national colors of Canada.

The map of Canada

Canada is situated in the northern part of the continent of North America. It does not include Alaska. Canada has an area of nearly 10 million sq km. It is the second largest country in area after Russia. Its western coast is washed by the Pacific Ocean and the eastern coast is washed by the Atlantic Ocean. In the North it is washed by the Arctic Ocean.

The country is very big and occupies the territory from the Great Lakes in the South to the Arctic Circle in the North.

So, it has many different types of land: arctic tundra, mountains, forests, central plains and vast prairies, highlands, fjords, lakes and rivers, islands and even a desert.

There are many islands in the north – the best known is Victoria Island.

The Rocky Mountains and the Coast Mountains run along the Pacific coast.

The Western Cordillera is famous for the country’s highest mountain, Mount Logan , 5,951 metres high. It is situated on the territory of the Yukon.

In Labrador and parallel to the eastern coast of Canada there are also mountains.

The Great Lakes of Canada

The Great Lakes are situated along the boundary between Canada and the USA. They include 5 lakes.

The Huron

The Ontario

The Michigan (this lake is on the territory of the USA)

The Erie

the Superior

For you to remember their names better, keep in mind the combination of letters – H,O,M,E,S – HOMES – where H stands for the Huron, O stands for the Ontario etc.

There are three larger lakes such as: - Great Bear Lake - Great Slave Lake - Lake Winnipeg

The Great Bear Lake

The Great Slave Lake

Lake Winnipeg

In addition to the lakes Canada has three of twenty world’s largest rivers.

- The St. Lawrence River - The Mackenzie - The Yukon All of them flow into three different oceans: the St. Lawrence River flows into the Atlantic Ocean, the Mackenzie flows into the Arctic Ocean from the Rocky Mountains and the Yukon flows into the Pacific Ocean. Besides, there are also the Nelson and the Saskatchewan.

The St. Lawrence River

The Mackenzie

The Yukon

The Nelson

The Saskatchewan

The Niagara Falls are one of the most wonderful sights in the world. They are located on the Niagara River between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the USA.

Winter in Canada lasts from four to five months with heavy snowfalls. There is much rain in the east and west but less in the central area. The north of the country, near the Arctic, is tundra with great forests to the South. The central plains form the prairies – a large area of grass-covered land.

There are many trees in this country – forests cover around 25 per cent of its land.

The prairies in Canada

Questions

1. What is the symbol of Canada?

2. Where is Canada situated?

3. What is the total area of this country?

4. What are the great lakes of Canada?

5.

How many the world’s greatest rivers has Canada?

6. Where is the Niagara Falls situated?

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