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Canada

CanadaisaNorthAmericancountryconsistingoftenprovinces

dinthenorthernpartofthecontinent,it

extendsfromtheAtlanticOceanintheeasttothePacificOceanin

eworld's

'scommonborderwith

theUnitedStatestothesouthandnorthwestisthelongestinthe

world.

CanadaoccupiesamajornorthernportionofNorthAmerica,

sharingthelandborderswiththecontiguousUnitedStatestothe

fAlaskatothenorthwest,stretchingfrom

theAtlanticOceanintheeasttothePacificOceaninthewest;tothe

larea(includingitswaters),

Canadaisthecond-largestcountryintheworld,

landarea,Canadaranksfourth.

Canadahasonethirdoftheworld'

arefivegreatlakesinthesouth,andtherearemanyothers,especially

countryhasagreatdealofcoal,oilandnaturalgas,andtheareall

thecountryiscoveredbyforests,and

isalsotheworld's

biggestproducerofthekindofpaperwhichisudfornewspapers.

omeastandwest

coastsissoldtomanyothercountries.

About40%oftheCanadianpopulationareofBritishdescent,

while27%r20%areofotherEuropean

background,about10%areAsianorigin,andsome3%areof

aboriginalorMétis(mixedaboriginalandEuropean)background.

Canadaisafederationoftenprovinces(Alberta,BritishColumbia,

Manitoba,NewBrunswick,NewfoundlandandLabrador,Nova

Scotia,Ontario,PrinceEdwardIsland,Quebec,andSaskatchewan)

andthreeterritories(NorthwestTerritories,Yukon,andNunavut).It

isgovernedasaparliamentarydemocracyandaconstitutional

he

world'shighlydevelopedcountries,Canadahasadiversified

French,andofficial-languageminoritiesareguaranteedtheirown

schoolsinallprovincesandterritories.

OttawaisthecapitalofCanada,thecondlargestcityinthe

ProvinceofOntario,andthefourthlargestcityinthecountry.

LocatedintheOttawaValley,thecityliesintheeasternportionof

SouthernOntarioontheOttawaRiver,amajorwaterwayforming

thelocalboundarybetweentheprovincesofOntarioandQuebec.

TorontoistheprovincialcapitalofOntarioandthelargestcityin

catedinSouthernOntarioonthenorthwesternshore

er2.5millionresidents,itisthefifthmost

ropolitanareawithover5

millionresidentsistheventhlargesturbanregioninNorth

America.

TheNiagaraFallsisthemostpowerfulwaterfallsinNorth

oluminouswaterfallsaresituatedontheNiagara

River,whichdrainsLakeErieintoLakeOntarioandformsthe

internationalborderbetweentheCanadianprovinceofOntarioand

garaFallsisrenownedbothfor

theirbeautyandasavaluablesourceofhydroelectricpower.

dinthe

LowerMainland,GreaterVancouveristhethird-largest

metropolitanareainthecountryandmostpopulousinWestern

orestryremainsitslargestindustry,Vancouveris

wellknownasanurbancentresurroundedbynature,making

verhasrankedhighlyin

worldwide"livablecity"rankingsformorethanadecadeaccording

tobusinessmagazineasssmentsanditwasalsoacknowledgedby

EconomistIntelligenceUnitasthefirstcitytorankamongthe

top-tenoftheworld'

hostedmanyinternationalconferencesandevents.

BanffNationalParkisCanada'soldestnationalpark,established

k,located

110–180kilometerswestofCalgaryintheprovinceofAlberta,

encompass6,641squarekilometersofmountainousterrain,with

numerousglaciersandicefields,denconiferousforest,andalpine

landscapes.