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Canada is situated in northern North
America. Its land border is with the United States of America; sea
borders are the North Pacific Ocean to the west, the North Atlantic
Ocean on the east, and the Arctic Ocean in the north.
Ottawa is the capital. Other important cities include Calgary, Edmonton,
Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Winnipeg.
Canada is divided into ten provinces and three territories: Alberta,
British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, the Northwest
Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut Territory, Ontario, Prince Edward
Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan and the Yukon Territory.
The terrain consists of plains, mountains in the west, and lowlands in
the southeast. Lakes include part of the Great Lakes (Erie, Huron,
Ontario and Superior), the Great Bear, the Great Slave Lake, Lake
Athabasca and Lake Winnipeg. Major rivers are the St Lawrence and the
MacKenzie.
The climate varies from temperate in the south to sub-arctic and arctic
in the north. On the whole, the climate tends to be warm in the summer
and cold in the winter.
Population: The population of Canada was 33,098,932 in 2006. Around
one-third of the people live in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.
The population includes descendants of people from France, Germany,
Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Scandinavia, Ukraine, the UK,
and the USA. Jamaicans sought work in Canada in the 1960s and immigrants
arrived from India, China, Hong Kong and the Philippines in the 1990s.
Languages: Canada has been officially bilingual since the Official
Languages Act was passed in 1969. Official languages are English and
French. Most French speakers live in Quebec. Cree is the most commonly
used language of the Canadian indigenous peoples.
Religion: Religion in Canada is almost equally divided between the Roman
Catholic and Protestant religions. Other religions include Buddhism,
Hinduism, Sikhism and Islam.
Sport: Ice hockey is Canada’s favourite sport, followed by baseball,
football and lacrosse. Surfing, sailing, canoeing and fishing are also
popular. Winter sports include skiing, skating and curling.
Canadian sportsmen and sportswomen compete successfully at international
and Olympic level.
The Ironman Canada Triathlon is an annual Canadian event.
Holidays: Holidays such as Christmas and Easter are observed. Canada Day
is on 1 July. Labour Day and Thanksgiving Day are celebrated in
September and October respectively.
