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Canada
Facts
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Population: 32mill
Money: Canadiske dollar
Language: English and Fransh
Size: 9 976 140km²
Capital city of Canada: Ottawa
Leader of Canada: Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Governor General of Canada: Michaëlle Jea
Most of the people live in the southern part of
Canada
• Biggest religion is Kristendom
• Valuta: Dollar(CA)
Sports
• Hockey is the national
sport of Canada
• Canadians also swim, ski,
golf, curl, ride horses, play
baseball, football, soccer,
tennis and lacrosse.
History
• The first people were the Aboriginal people.
• Explorers and settlers from Weatern Europe
arrived in the 1500s.
• Canada was named by the French explorer
Jacques Certier (1535).
• The name ”Canada” comes from the Huron
and Iroquois word ”Kanata” meaning
”village”.
• Canada became a country an July 1st, 1867.
Land And water
• Canada has the world`s longest coastline.
• There are oceans on three sides pacific(west), Atlantic (east), Arctic (north)
• Forests cover almost half of Canada
• Canada has one-tente of the worlds forests.
• Nearly one-fourth of all the fresh water in
the world is in Canada.
Geography
• Canada has six main georaphical regions:
Appalachia Highland, Canadian Shield ,
Arctic, Lowlands, Interior plains and
Cordillera.
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