CANADA

Canada is the 2nd biggest country in the world

It has 10 provinces and 3 territories

The capital city is OttawaWe have 2 official languages:

English and French

We have a prime minister named Stephen Harper

He lives in Ottawa and works in the Parliament Buildings

Many people love Canada because it’s a beautiful country. What do you think?

Banff National Park

Niagara Falls

Whistler

Saskatchewan wheat fields

Videos

Canada from above

Ice hockey in Windy Arm, Yukon

Northern Lights in the Yukon

AnimalsMany different animals live in Canada. Where I live you can see these animals all the time:

Beavers Canada geese Coyotes

You can also see...

Deer Moose Raccoons

....and skunks!!! Gross.

Where do polar bears live?

Polar bearsPolar bears live in the

Arctic regionThey need cold

temperatures, ice, and snow to live

They mostly eat sealsPolar bears are in

danger of dying because the ice is melting. We must always take care of the environment to help stop this from happening.

In the north of Canada, people use huskies as a means of transport.

The Inuit people choose 8 to 12 dogs to form a dogsled team and use them to travel from place to place

The OgopogoThe Ogopogo is a famous sea monster that lives in Okanagan Lake in British ColumbiaMany people have said they have seen the monster but no one has taken a good picture of him... Do you think he’s real?

WeatherCanada has VERY cold winters! There’s always lots of snow. The temperature is usually -20°C but sometimes reaches -60°C. Brrrrr.

...sometimes there is TOO MUCH snow!

In 2004, the province of Newfoundland got this much snow in February!

SummerCanada also has very warm summers. In July and August, many people travel ‘up north’ to their cottages to relax and go swimming

SportsThe most popular sport in Canada is ice hockey. In 2010 Canada won the gold medal in ice hockey in the Winter Olympics when Sidney Crosby scored the winning goal. Canada went crazy.

Canadians also love basketball. Basketball was invented by a Canadian named James Naismith. Jose Calderon, who is from Spain, plays for the Toronto Raptors.

We also love baseball too! Lots of kids play baseball (and soccer!) in the summer.

FoodThe most popular kind of food in Canada is called poutine

I think it’s DISGUSTING

We also eat:

Nanaimo bars

Beaver tails

Maple Syrup

And drink our milk from a bag

Native Americans Native Americans were the first people to live

in CanadaThere are many different groups of Native

Americans that believe in different things. Each group is called a ‘tribe’

Today, Native Americans live like the rest of Canadians but still practice their own traditions. One example is the pow wow:

In the past, some Native Americans lived in houses called tipis, made from sticks and the skin of an animal.

In the Arctic, some Native Americans lived in igloos, made from snow and ice.

The Hockey SongHello out thereWe're on the airIt's hockey night tonightTension growsThe whistle blowsAnd the puck goes down the ice

The goalie jumpsAnd the players bump And the fans all go insaneSomeone roars“Bobby scores!"At the good old hockey game

Oh the good old hockey gameIs the best game you can nameAnd the best game you can nameIs the good old hockey game

(Second period)

Where players dashWith skates a-flashThe home team trails behindBut they grab the puckAnd go bursting upAnd they're down across the line

They storm the creaseLike bumblebeesThey travel like a burning flameWe see them slideThe puck insideIt's a 1-1 hockey gameThe Hockey Song

Oh the good old hockey gameIs the best game you can nameAnd the best game you can nameIs the good old hockey game

(Third period, last game of the playoffs too)

Oh take me whereThe hockey playersFaceoff down the rinkAnd the Stanley CupIs all filled upFor the chance to win the drink

Now the final flickOf a hockey stickAnd a one gigantic screamThe puck is inThe home team winsThe good old hockey game

Thank you for listening!

Je vous remercie de m'avoir écouté!