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Canada

Canada. Where?. Northern and Eastern Hemisphere Part of the North American Continent Directly above the US! Size: Slightly larger than the US and 2 nd -largest country in the world!. Geography of Canada. Mountain ranges in the far West and far East of the country Appalachian (East)

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  1. Canada

  2. Where? • Northern and Eastern Hemisphere • Part of the North American Continent • Directly above the US! • Size: Slightly larger than the US and 2nd-largest country in the world!

  3. Geography of Canada • Mountain ranges in the far West and far East of the country • Appalachian (East) • Rockies (West) • Lots of lakes and rivers throughout the country • Great Lakes • Hudson Bay • Great Bear Lake and Great Slave Lake • Forests in the middle of the country • Natural Resources: Canada is rich in coal, minerals, natural gas, timber, and oil

  4. Climate of Canada • Along the US-Canada border, temperatures are more moderate: mid-latitude climates • Most of the country is in the high-latitudes • Subarctic • Tundra • This is why most people in Canada live along the US border • This is why Native peoples had to wear animal skins, live in igloos (further north), and find other ways to adapt to survive…or migrate south

  5. A Short History… • First settled by Native people, just like America; around 200,000 groups lived in Canada when Europeans arrived in the 1400s • Vikings (from Scandinavia) arrived in Canada around 1000 AD but didn’t settle permanently • English and French began to explore, settle, and fight for control of Canada from the 1400s-1800s • 1867: Canada became a self-governing country within the British empire • 1931: Canada became fully independent, but Britain still had some power over changing the Constitution • 1982: Canada became fully independent from Britain

  6. Population Shifts • The British government encouraged people to immigrate (move to) Canada, so from 1815-1855, one million people from Great Britain moved there • French-speaking people in Quebec became a minority and they felt very nationalistic (fiercely patriotic); this feeling became like a tradition in many families • Gold was found in the western areas, which brought many immigrants from overseas and America • Canada was a safe-haven for escaping slaves • Native populations were pushed off their lands… the Canadian government eventually formally apologized, started to pay the Inuits back (in 1999), and set aside a large portion of land to give back

  7. Economy • Canada has a Socialist economy • High taxes to provide… • Free health care and other public services • Some people sneak over the border to take advantage of this • Canada has free trade with the US through NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement • means that they won’t have barriers for companies in each country selling and buying things from each other • Helps the economies of both countries! • Some feel it’s hurt Canadian culture because it’s become more “Americanized” with more American things coming in

  8. Government • Federal Government: power divided between the national government and local governments • Democracy • Executive Branch: Governor-General, Prime Minister, and cabinet • British Monarch (Queen) is still symbolically the head of state • Judicial Branch: Supreme Court with 9 judges • Legislative Branch: Parliament • House of Commons • Senate

  9. People, Culture, and Religion • 90% of the population of Canada lives very near the US-Canada border • Main cities: Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Quebec, and Edmonton • Two official languages: French and English • Christians make up the biggest religious group, but nearly every religion in the world is practiced in Canada • Good education and health care systems…and strict gun control laws… all lead to a high life expectancy • Canadian culture is known for a love of hockey and other fun things, but it’s really a lot like America

  10. Justin Bieber

  11. AvrilLavigne

  12. Pamela Anderson

  13. Keanu Reeves

  14. Celine Dion

  15. Jim Carrey

  16. Top 10 Canadian Myths • We live in igloos.  We live in houses, and they are very well built houses. • Canadians do not have the same technology as Americans. Canadians have access to the same technology as Americans and the rest of the civilized world. • There is snow everywhere all year long.  Anyone who has spent a summer in Vancouver, Toronto, or Montreal will strongly disagree with this. • We don't get the same movies Americans do.  We get the same movies, on the same day, and our censorship is less severe.  Furthermore, the Paramount theater in Montreal is the most attended and most lucrative movie theater in North-America. • Canada does not have a film industry.  We have a thriving film industry, and many of the syndicated US TV shows, not to mention major studio motion pictures are filmed here.  Canada is renowned to have some of the best production crews in the world. • Canadians all say "eh" and "aboot".  Sure, some of us do, but Canada is a big country with many different people who speak many different languages with different dialects. • Everyone in Quebec speaks French.  Although a large percentage of the Province's population is Francophone, there is also a large number of Anglophones and Allophones. • Canadians have fewer guns than Americans.  Canadians have just as many, if not more; we just have fewer murders. If you want stats and figures, see Michael Moore's excellent documentary, Bowling for Columbine. • Canada's national sport is Hockey.  Not completely true. While Hockey is very popular, and considered our national pastime, our national sport is Lacrosse*.  Oh, and we invented Baseball too.*In 1994, the Federal Government introduced Bill C-212 that officially made Hockey Canada’s National Winter Sport and Lacrosse Canada’s National Summer Sport. • Canadians policemen are all Mounties dressed in red uniforms.  Our cops are the same as American cops.  The Mounties usually only dress up in red for special occasions.

  17. Top 10 Canadian Inventions •   AM radio Invented by : Guglielmo Marconi • IMAX projector and system Invented by : Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroitorand Robert Kerr • Telephone Invented by : Alexander Graham Bell • TelevisionInvented by : Reginald A. Fessenden • ZipperInvented by : Gideon Sundback • Music SynthesizerInvented by:Hugh LeCaine Electron microscope Invented by : Eli Franklin Burton, Cecil Hall, James Hillier, and Albert Prebus Trivial PursuitInvented by : Chris Haney and Scott Abbott BasketballInvented by : James Naismith CanadarmInvented by : Spar Aerospace Ltd

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