1 / 16

Canada

Canada. Janka Krotká Katarína Tomajková Martin Kučma. Overview. Continent : North America Capital city: Ottawa Official languages : English and French Member of many international organisations : NATO, OSCE, OAS and APEC The national emblem is the maple leaf since 1700 ’ s.

keaira
Download Presentation

Canada

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Canada Janka Krotká Katarína Tomajková Martin Kučma

  2. Overview • Continent: NorthAmerica • Capital city: Ottawa • Officiallanguages: English and French • Memberofmanyinternationalorganisations: NATO, OSCE, OAS and APEC • Thenationalemblemisthemapleleafsince 1700’s

  3. History • ThenameCanadacomesfrom a IroquoianIndianword „kanata“ (village) • GroupsofInuitinhabitedCanadafrom 26 500 yearsago • Vikingssettledat L’anseauxMeadows • Frenchexplorer Samuel deChamplainestablished in 1603 thefirstpermanentEuropeansettlementat Port Royal • A ConfederationofCanadianprovinces wasestablished in 1867 and Canada gainedindependencefromBritain withthe status of a dominion

  4. Politicalsystem • There are 10 provinces: -Alberta -Manitoba -Ontario -NovaScotia -New Brunswick -Quebec -Newfoundland and Labrador -Saskatchewan -PrinceEdward Island -British Columbia • and 3 territories: -NorthwestTerritories -Nunavut -Yukon

  5. Canada: • Is a ConstitutionalMonarchy • Is a memberoftheBritishCommonwealth • Has a Parliamentaryformofthegoverment • Has theQueenastheHeadof state • Has GovernorGeneralwhorepresentstheQueen Her Majesty, the Queen Elizabeth II

  6. Population • theworld’s second-largest country by area • About 33 millionpeoplelive in Canada • 3 quartersofCanadianslivewithin 150 km ofthe US border • Inuits(Eskimos) inhabitthenorthernterritories in a very poor conditions in reservations • has 34 ethnicgroups (thelargestisEnglish – 20%) • Only 40% peopleidentifiedtheir ethnicityasCanadian • 83% ofpopulationis whiterace

  7. Culture • Canadiancultureismulticultural (Torontoisthe most multicultural city in theworld) • NationalanimalofCanadaisbeaver – therewere a lotofbeaversatthebeginningofsettling • Canada’sofficialnationalsportiscurling

  8. Nature and Animals • has multiple ecosystems: forests of British Columbia prairies of Western Canada tundra of the NorthernCanada • home to about70 000 known species of plants and animals (perhaps many more that have yet beendiscovered) • The fauna is considered to be diverse across Canada • The most threatened wildlife species (with flora too) of Canada are listed in theList ofWildlifeSpieciesatRisk

  9. Almost half of the territory of Canada takes Canadian Shield • To the west of the country lies more than 800 km wide mountain range • In much of Canada's climate has a significant temperature fluctuations, mild summers and long cold winters and the far north of the Arctic climate

  10. Canadianfacts • LakeOntarioisthesizeofSwitzerland • Canada has sixtimezones • The baseball glovewasinvented in Canadain 1883 • Otherinventionsinclude: theelectronmicroscopethekayak the table hockeytheinstantfood thetelegraphthetelevisionthegingerbeerthesnowshoes thetelefonthechocolate bar thezippertheelectricwheelchair

  11. Canadianfacts • With 2 millionlakes, Canada has thelargestamountoffreshwater in theworld • 89% ofCanadaisnothabitable, becausetheclimateistooextreme • On the Niagara River are Niagara fallswiththehighestflow rate ofanywaterfall in theworld and vertical drop 50m • Itisillegal to practise „woodoo“ in Canada • 40% oftheworld’s newspapers are printed on Canadianpaper • Yongestreet in Torontoisthelongeststreetintheworld • TheTrans-CanadaHighwayisthelongestnationalhighway • Theworld’s smallestjailis in Ontario

  12. Jail in Ontario TheTrans-CanadaHighway

  13. Niagara falls

  14. Canadianmystery • In little Canadian town Kitchenuhmaykoosib was found a mysterious animal • It has long and hairy body with tail what looks like rats tail • No one knows what it could be but people think that it's a mysterious animal Chupacabra that sucks at night blood from goats and sheeps through their neck

  15. Thank you for your interest in learningaboutCanada Resources: Wikipedia.org Google.com Englishmagazines

More Related