Canada's capital is Ottawa and largest city is Toronto. The national flag features a maple leaf. Native Americans lived in Canada for thousands of years before European colonization in the 1600s by Britain and France along the St. Lawrence River. Canada has a diverse population and official languages of English and French, with many religions and the Canadian dollar as currency. Some notable aspects of Canada include its long coastline, CN Tower in Toronto, Trans-Canada Highway, and cities like Montreal, Vancouver, and Toronto.

3. Capital: Ottawa
Largest city: Toronto
Athem: “O Canada”
Area: 9,984,670 km2 (2nd after
Russia)
Population: 34,319,000 (36th)
Flag:
The National Flag of Canada,
also known as the Maple Leaf
.

4. Native Americans lived in Canada
for thousands of years. In the
early 1600s, colonists from Britain
and France began to settle in
eastern Canada, along the St.
Lawrence River. Canada proved to
be an excellent spot for trapping
and trading of furs. In the 1800s,
settlers began to push west. Most
of the native Americans were
displaced by the Europeans.

5. LANGUAGES RELIGION

6. CURRENCY

7. Hockey
Olympics
2010

8. The Canada’s holidays:
Boxing Day
Canada Day
Coptic New Year
Icelandic Festival
Polar Bear Swim Day
Thanks Giving
Remembrance Day
Victoria Day
Canada Day
Canada's National Birthday

9. Canada has more than 7100 species of plants and animals. Some
of these animals are Horse, Beaver, Deer, Bison, Rabbits,
Wolverine, Squirrels, Porcupines, Mountain Lion, Fox, Wolf.
Beaver Horse Bear

11. CUISINE
Maple syrup
Topping for Pancakes and Waffles
Poutine
French fries in gravy and cheese
Originated in Quebec

12. Salmon- Pacific Salmon
Macaroni and Cheese

13. Canada's coastline is the longest in the world (244,000 km) and it is
surrounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west, Atlantic Ocean to the
east and the Arctic ocean to the south
The CN Tower was built by the Canadian National Railway and
stands 181 stories high (553.33 meters tall)

14. Roger Centre
Capacity- 60,000
World’s first fully Retractable Roof
The Baseball glove was
invented in Canada in 1883

15. Trans-Canada Highway
Longest highway in the World (8,030 km)
Joins 10 provinces

16. Edmonton has the second greatest temperature variation in the world
+40º C-40º C

17. SOME MORE FACTS
Built a UFO Landing Pad in
St. Paul, Alta
Canada’s only desert in British
Columbia is only 15 miles long
The Hotel de Glace in
Quebec is built every year
as it melts in the summers

18. Founded- 1984
Founder- Mike Lazaridis
First BlackBerry device, the
850, was introduced in 1999
as a two-way pager
Founded- 1857
Founder- John Phillip Wiser

19. Founded- 1981
Founder- Jack Coughlan
Founded- 1985
Founder- Michael Cowpland

20. Alexander Graham Bell (Invented the Telephone)
James Cameron (Director of “Avtar" & "Titanic")
Jim Carrey (Actor)
Justin Bieber (Singer)
Adam Joseph Copeland (Wrestler)

21. West Edmonton Mall
800 stores and services
100 eating establishments
World's largest shopping center

22. Niagara Falls

23. CN Tower

24. Calgary

25. Whistler

26. Quebec City

27. Montreal

28. Vancouver

29. Toronto Zoo

30. Art Gallery of Ontario

31. Hockey Hall of Fame