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day and life in Canada

day and life in Canada. By: Sean Gorman. Every day things. French people usually start their day around 7 a.m. Have breakfast with either coffee or tea. Mother takes care of the kids, bring them to school. Makes dinner, washes the kids, helps them with HW.

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day and life in Canada

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  1. day and life in Canada By: Sean Gorman

  2. Every day things • French people usually start their day around 7 a.m. • Have breakfast with either coffee or tea. • Mother takes care of the kids, bring them to school. Makes dinner, washes the kids, helps them with HW. • Father works all day, comes home late at night. He makes all the family income.

  3. Cont. • Couples normally marry later & wait longer to have kids. • Discipline is a big part of every day life in the household. Just a general understanding that the children will do as they are told.

  4. Montreal • Built on a series of terraces that rise from the banks of the St. Lawrence River west to Mont Royal. • Saint Laurent- Downtown historical east-west dividing line of the city. • It’s split up into 2 territories:

  5. Cont. East End-(French) Factories, taverns, buildings with steep iron stairs. West End-(English) wealthy homes, department stores, skyscrapers, and tourist attractions.

  6. Places to go, Things to see! Montreal’s Underground City- • Largest Underground city in the world • Built in 1962, they call it Place Ville-Marie. • Modeled after Ney York City’s Rockefeller Center. • Stretches for 32 kilometers ( 20 miles) and covers 4 million square meters. • Approximately 2,000 stores in the mall, restaurants, offices, businesses, museums, metro stations and bus terminal.

  7. Notre-Dame Basilica • Church built in 182. • Located downtown Montreal. • Represents an important part of Montreal’s religious heritage. • This architecture is among the most dramatic in the world.

  8. Holidays • Christmas in Canada- Celebrate on Christmas eve Family gathers around at 12 and eat late meal. After the meal, family would go to midnight mass. Children celebrate and open their presents.

  9. Main Sources of Transportation 1. Montreal Metro • Main form of public transportation (underground) • Busiest subway system used by citizens. • 1,111,700 passengers on a daily week day. • 26 stations on three separate lines. • 69.2 km (43 mi) in length North to south & east to west.

  10. Cont. 2.STM ( Societe de transport de Montreal) • Bus takes you in and out of Montreal. • Save money, no parking. • Separate lane on highway for the bus during rush hour traffic. • 1,403,700 passengers on a daily weekday.

  11. Cont. 3. Car • Car’s are way more expensive in Canada. Canadians pay 10% more than Americans would. • Separate lanes for the amount of people in your car. • Age 16 to get provisional license. Must drive with an adult over 25. • Age 17 to get license.

  12. Winter Activities • Snow Boarding, Skiing. • Mt. Tremblant- Tremblant Is the city in the Laurentian mountains of Quebec, Canada. Quebec’s #1 ski resort. • Cross Country Skiing Good exercise

  13. Sports • Sports in Canada are big part of people’s every day life. • Hockey is Canada’s most dominant winter sport. Montreal Canadians was the first organized clubs. • Canadian Football League 8 separate cities, East & West divisons. Runs from late June to Early November

  14. Olympic Stadium • Built in 1970. • capacity of 56,000 • 1976 Olympics‘ were held at the stadium. • Located in bad spot. • All parking has to be in garages.

  15. Cont. • Retractable dome • Show’s concerts and many events held here. • Was the stadium for baseball team Montreal Expos.

  16. Living styles • Apartment- one of several swellings joined together by common walls. There entrance comes from a common hall. Duplex- Two separate dwellings attached either side by side.

  17. More living styles • Semi –detached house Are two single-family dwellings joined together by a common middle wall. Regular family House- One which has no common walls.

  18. Cuisines • Fromage en grains- Squeaky Cheese! • Poutine- A Quebec popular fast food dish French fries with a brown gravy, topped with Fromage en grains.

  19. Cuisines • Crepe’s- When cooking crapes, make them very thin. Made with Eggs, Flour and milk. • Maple Syrup Native Americans recognized the sap of the tree. Most Canadian's will only use maple syrup vs regular American syrup.

  20. Cuisines Cont. • Pate de viande ( Meat pie)- Pie made with diced port, and/or veal, or beef. Tarte Au Sucre (Sugar Pie) - Popular dessert dish. A single cruse pie with a brow sugar filling.

  21. Bibliography • http://www.francethisway.com/wp/family-life-in-france/2007/05/ • http://elib.kkf.hu/france/francia/everyday/EN.htm • http://www.aviewoncities.com/montreal/reso.htm • http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php?ci_id=6828 • http://www.quebecensaisons.com/printemps2009/BasiliqueNotreDame-en.html • http://frenchfood.about.com/od/maindishes/r/tourtiere.htm • http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/tag/canada-sugar • http://thezieglersblog.com/2010/10/what-are-the-different-kind-of-houses-you-can-find-in-canada/

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