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An Introduction to Canada

Did you know… that Canada is home to some towns with names such as Billy Butts Pond, Community Punch Bowl, Poopoo Creek, and Pugwash Junction?

*Location

Canada is on the continent of _________________.

The country stretches from the ____________ Ocean to the ___________Ocean.

The Arctic Ocean is _________ and the United States is ________.

Canada is __________ of the 49th parallel of latitude.

The 49th parallel was chosen as a border from the Great Lakes to the west coast.

*Some Facts

________________________ country in the world

Ten provinces and three territories

Capital city: ___________ (located in Ontario)

Leader: Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Emblem: ____________

Birthday: July 1st

Animal: The beaver

Motto - "From sea to sea”

(National anthem: __________________

*The People

Population: 32,270,500 (2005)

Most of the people live in the ________________ part of Canada.

About _____ percent of Canadians live in cities and towns.

The largest cities are Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.(2005 population)

The two main languages are English and __________.

Ethnic groups include British Isles origin 28%, French origin 23%, other European 15%, North American Indian 2%, other, mostly Asian, African, Arab 6%, mixed background 26%

(Canada is the home of over a million Aboriginal people.

*The Land and Water

( Canada has the world's ___________ coastline.

• There are oceans on three sides - __________ (west), ___________ (east), ___________ (north).

• Nearly one-fourth of all the fresh water in the world is in Canada.

• Glaciers shaped the land and created many lakes (about 2 million lakes).

• The __________________ River is the longest river in Canada.

• Forests cover almost _________ of Canada.

• Mount ____________ in the Yukon Territory is Canada's tallest peak at 5,959 meters

*Geography

Canada has six main geographical regions:

* Appalachian Highland

* Canadian Shield

* Arctic

* Lowlands

* Interior Plains

-Cordillera

*History

The first people were the ___________________ people.

Explorers and settlers from Western Europe arrived in the 1500s.

Canada was named by the French explorer Jacques Cartier (1535).

The name "Canada" comes from the Huron and Iroquois word ____________ meaning "village”

Canada became a country on July 1st, 1867.

The first provinces were Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec.

*Resources

Forests, plants, animals and fish are some of Canada's ______________

resources.

* Renewable resources can be replaced by nature.

Minerals, metal, natural gas, and oil are some of Canada's _____________

resources.

Hydro-_____________ power is sold to the United States.

There are many different types of farms in Canada: 
grain farms, vegetable farms, fruit orchards, livestock and dairy farms 


There are ______ national parks in Canada.

Parks were created to protect the forests, plants and wildlife.

*Sports

• __________ is the national sport of Canada.

• Canadians also swim, ski, golf, curl, ride horses, play baseball, football, soccer, tennis, and lacrosse.

• The native people of Canada invented the game of _________.

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