Canada

1. Canada

2. Coat of arms of Canada Royal Arms of Canada - one of the official state symbols of Canada. Initially, Canada does not have its own coat of arms, was first created in 1868 as the Canadian confederation and coat of arms consisted of the first four provinces. But in 1915 started the development of a completely new coat of arms, which was approved by King George V on November 21, 1921. In 1957, the flag has been slightly modified, and after some minor amendments in 1994 coat made ​​modern.

3. Anthem of Canada The history of emergence of the national anthem of Canada and contents of its text as well as possible reflect unique two-national character of the Canadian state and its difficult way to independence.

4. Ottawa, the capital of Canada, is located on the banks of the Ottawa, left tributary of the St. Lawrence River. Ottawa name in Indian means "exchange." This place really serves item trade meetings.

5. In 1969, the government passed a law on language. The purpose of the law - to protect the interests of both language groups: English and French, to make advances to bilingualism.

6. Who opened Canada? The Icelandic Vikings were the first Europeans who have stepped into the Canadian earth. They came to the island of Newfoundland in 1000 of our era. However attempt to colonize the country didn't crown success. Failure discouraged Europeans to float to these lands till the end of the XV century, there was no yet a need to look for a new sea way to Asia. In the summer of 1497 after a long break the ships of the Venetian seafarer Giovanni Kaboto reached coast of Canada. The following guests arrived in 1948 and landed on the island of Newfoundland. Then they floated along east coast to the South. Frenchman Jacques Karye from 1534 to 1541 made some expeditions down the river Sacred Lavrenti then lands were declared by a property of France.

7. The work produced Kate Savenko Form 11-A School 18