 Things
you should know:
- Canada is the
world’s second largest nation. Only Russia
has more land.
- Canada
is a bilingual nation where both English and French are accepted.
- The St. Lawrence
Seaway flows from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic
Ocean.
- Native
Americans of northern Canada prefer to be known as the Inuit
instead of Eskimos.
- The Inuit in Canada have a territory of their own called Nunavut.
- Canada
is divided into ten provinces and three territories.
- Asians have been the fastest growing ethnic group in Canada in
recent years.
- The head of government
in Canada is the Prime Minister.
- The Prime Minister is a member of the House of Commons.
- The capital
city of Canada is Ottawa.
- Montreal and Toronto
are the two largest cities in Canada.
- The Atlantic Provinces are located along Canada’s East Coast.
- There are four Atlantic
Provinces: New
Brunswick, Nova
Scotia, Prince
Edward Island and Newfoundland.
They are the smallest provinces in Canada.
- Most people in Quebec
speak French. Montreal
is Quebec’s largest city.
- More than one of three Canadians live in Ontario, Canada’s most
populated province. Ontario includes Toronto
and the capital city of Ottawa.
- Manitoba is often called
the "bread basket" of Canada because a great deal of the nation’s
wheat is grown there. Manitoba’s
largest city is Winnipeg.
- Manitoba,Saskatchewan
and Alberta comprise the "Prairie
Provinces" because most of the land is flat.
- Alberta
is Canada’s largest producer of oil and natural gas. Edmonton
is Alberta’s largest city.
- Logging and forestry are the major sources of wealth in British
Columbia, Canada’s western- most province. Vancouver
is the largest city in British
Columbia. Victoria is the capital city.
- Forests cover more than fifty percent of Canada.
- Most Canadians live within two hundred miles of the United States.
- Canada signed the North American Free Trade Agreement with the
United States and Mexico in 1994.
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