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Official LanguageEnglish and FrenchNational AnthemO Canada / Ô Canada
National Symbols
Canada, eh?
Geography of Canada
10 provinces, 3 territories
2nd largest country in the world with longest coastline.
Question #1
• Name the capital city of Canada.
Our capital city is Ottawa! (NOT Toronto – but it’s the largest city in Canada)
Canada’s Four Seasons!
Our Natural Resources
• Very rich natural resources!• Alberta = Oil Sands $$$ (that’s where Tammy’s
from! Sadly, she’s just a poor student)• iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead,
molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas, hydropower….
Question #2
Who’s Canadian here?
Multiculturalism
Very ethnically diverse!
-51% of Vancouver’s population and 46.9% of Toronto’s population were visible minorities.
- Virtually 1 in 5 Canadians (19.8%) are foreign born. (survey in 2007)
Question #3
• What are some Canadian sports?
Canadian Sports
LacrosseOfficial Summer Sport
Ice HockeyOfficial Winter Sport
Canadian Sports
Skiing
SnowboardingCurling
Did you know…?
Basketball was invented of by James Naismith, who was Canadian.
True or False?!
Canadians live in igloos.
Whistler
Hosting 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic and Paralympics games
Stanley Park
Must-See place in Vancouver
404.9 hectare (1,000 acre) urban park
Attracts an estimated eight million visitors every year.
Rocky Mountains
Major mountain range in western North America
Stretch from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in Canada, to New Mexico, in the United States.
West Edmonton Mall
- The largest shopping mall in North America and the fifth largest in the world
- Over 800 stores and services
CN Tower
A communications and observation tower standing 553.33 metres tall in Downtown Toronto, Ontario.
One of the modern Seven Wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil Engineers
The world's second tallest self-supporting tower
Niagara Falls