Background: Canadian national Flag

Canada
• Canada is situated in North America,
north of the U.S.A and is the second
largest country in the world. It also
shares the worlds longest border with
the United States.
• As well as French, Canada’s Official
language is English.
• The anthem is ‘O Canada’, and the
Royal Anthem is ‘God save the
Queen’.
 Ottawa
• The capital city of Canada is Ottawa,
it is in the province of Ontario. It is
the city with the 4th largest
population in Canada after Toronto
(Ontario) , Montreal(Quebec) and
Vancouver(British Columbia).
• The largest city in Canada is Toronto.

• Background: Flag of Ottawa

 Industry
• Like many First world nations,
Canada’s biggest industries is the
service industry, it employs 75% of
the population.
• However the primary sector is very
important in Canada as well with the
logging and oil industries being two
of Canada’s biggest industries.
• Canada has the second largest oil
reserve, behind Saudi Arabia.
 Canada’s major rivers
• The Mackenzie River is the longest
river in Canada and the second
longest in North America, at 1738
km. it originates in The Great Slave
Lake and flows into the Arctic Ocean.
• The St Lawrence River is another
huge River that flows through
Canada connecting The Great Lakes
to the Atlantic Ocean.
 Famous Canadians
• Nickelback is a Canadian rock band formed in
Hanna, Alberta. They are on the Canadian Walk
of fame, a walk of fame that acknowledges the
achievements of famous and successful
Canadians.
• Matthew Perry is another famous Canadian. He
is an Emmy-nominated actor who is best known
for his 10 year role as Chandler Bing on the
American Sitcom ‘Friends’. He was born in the
U.s but was brought up in Ottawa.
• One of the many famous Canadian inventors is
Alexander Graham Bell, who I am sure you all
know as he is the man who invented the
Telephone. He also invented the telegraph and
was granted 16 other Patents. When he died in
Nova Scotia in 1922, all phone services across
 Famous Places
• The CN tower in Toronto is probably Canada’s
most recognisable building. It was the worlds
tallest self-supporting structure from 1975
until 2007. it is 553m tall and has two main
observation decks- the larger but lower Sky
Pod and the smaller but higher Space Deck.
• The Niagara falls are also very well
known. They are waterfalls along the
international border between the U.S
state of New York and the Canadian
Province of Ontario. There are three
drops: Horseshoe Falls, American Falls
& Bridal Veil Falls. The Horseshoe falls
are kind of the Canadian side of Niagara
 Canada is a very diverse and multicultural country
so the customs and traditions vary from place to
place. Here are a few: All over Canada they treat
the Victoria Day weekend as the start of summer,
even though many parts of the country get snow at
that time.
 Also, Thanksgiving is on a different day than in the
U.S.A and it is celebrated for different reasons, plus
Canada makes a big deal out of Remembrance Day
on 11th November.
 The Levée is a New Year's Day social event hosted
by the Governor General of Canada and other
military groups. It has become solely a Canadian
tradition and it basically marks the start of a new
year and allows members of the public to pay their
respects.
 The National Flag
• Up until February 15th 1965, Canada flew
the British Flag ( ). Then the Canadian
Government asked the public to submit
designs for the new flag and the one picked
is shown as the background of this page.
The Maple leaf is now a symbol of national
unity and represents people form hundreds
of different cultures. The Maple leaf also
appears on the Canadian penny(between
1876 and 1901 it appeared on all Canadian
coins). Since 1939, it has also been used by
the Canadian Armed Forces. The Maple leaf
symbol used to be green but now every
Maple leaf used to represent Canada is red
as red is Canada’s official colour.
 Currency
• The Currency of Canada is
the Canadian Dollar, which
is broken down into 100
cents.

Two Dollar Coin

One Dollar Coin
 National Dress
• Probably the most recognisable attire
associated with Canada are the red
tunics worn by The RCMP (Royal
Canadian Mounted Police). The red
dress wear is also
worn by senior police officers on
special occasions.

Full Uniform with hat,

tunic and boots.
 Language
• As I have said Canada has two official
languages: English and French. About
67% of Canadians speak English and
22% speak French. About 91% of the
French-Speaking Canadians live in
Quebec. The Largest Population of
French-Speakers outside Quebec are
found in New Brunswick. Most of New
Brunswick are Bilingual, which means
they speak English and French.
The English Language owes a lot to the
French Language, as I will briefly explain.
After Norman William The Conqueror
invaded in 1066 about 10,000 French
Words were adopted by the English, of
which ¾ are still in use today. It is
believed that English speakers who have
never learned French already know about
15,000 French Words.
Here are just some french phrases that
are still used in english today- á la carte
(on the menu), chic (stylish), déjá vu
Finally, here are just a few Phrases in French
that we should all know:
Bonjour- Hello
Comment T'appelles tu?- What is your name?
Je M’appelle- My name is
Au revoir- Goodbye
Ca Va- How are you
Ca Va bien- I am fine
Ca Va Mal- I am not fine.