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Canada

CanadaisaNorthAmericancountryconsistingoftenprovinces

dinthenorthernpartofthe

continent,it

extendsfromtheAtlanticOceanintheeasttothePacificOceanin

eworld'sc

'scommonborderwith

theUnitedStatestothesouthandnorthwestistheIongestinthe

world.

CanadaoccupiesamajornorthernportionofNorthAmerica,

sharingthelandborderswiththecontiguousUnitedStatestothe

fAlaskatothenorthwest,stretching

fromtheAtlanticOceanintheeasttothePacificOceaninthe

west;larea(including

itswaters),Canadaisthecond-largestcountryintheworld,

area,Canadaranksfourth.

Canadahasonethirdoftheworld'

arefivegreatlakesinthesouth,andtherearemanyothers,

theelectricityisproducedby

ntryhasagreatdealofcoal,oilandnaturalgas,

thecountryis

coveredbyforests,andwoodiscutandsoldallovertheworld.

Canadaisalsotheworld'sbiggestproducerofthekindofpaper

gisalsoveryimportantfor

omeastandwestcoastsissoldtomanyother

countries.

About40%oftheCanadianpopulationareofBritishdescent,

while27%r20%areofotherEuropean

background,about10%areAsianorigin,andsome3%areofaborig

inalorMtis&mixedaboriginalandEuropean)background.

Canadaisafederationoftenprovinces(Alberta,British

Columbia,Manitoba,NewBrunswick,NewfoundlandandLabrador,Nova

Scotia,Ontario,PrinceEdwardIsland,Quebec,andSaskatchewan)

andthreeterritories(NorthwestTerritories,Yukon,andNunavut).

Itisgovernedasaparliamentarydemocracyandaconstitutional

he

world'shighlydevelopedcountries,Canadahasadiversified

economythatisreliantuponitsabundantnaturalresourcesand

upontrade—particularlywiththeUnitedStates,withwhichCan

emberof

theG7,G8,G20,NATO,OECD,WTO,Commonwealth,Francophonie,

OAS,APEC,eeighth-highestHumanDevelopmentIn

dexglobally,ithasoneofthehigheststandardsoflivinginthe

world.

ThenationalflagofCanada,alsoknownastheMapleLeaf,and

l'Unifoli(Rrenchfor"theone-leafed"),isaredflagwithawhite

squareinitscentre,featuringastylized11-pointedredmaple

whitefieldisaCanadianpale(asquarecentralbandinavertical

tribandflag,namedafterthisflag),andeachborderingredfield

ixactlyhalfitssize.

Canada'h

andFrenchhaveequalstatusinfederalcourts,Parliament,andin

nshavetheright,wherethereis

sufficientdemand,toreceivefederalgovernmentrvicesin

eitherEnglishorFrench,andofficial-languageminoritiesare

guaranteedtheirownschoolsinallprovincesandterritories.

OttawaisthecapitalofCanada,thecondlargestcityinthe

ProvinceofOntario,andthefourthlargestcityinthecountry.

LocatedintheOttawaValley,thecityliesintheeasternportion

ofSouthernOntarioontheOttawaRiver,amajorwaterwayforming

thelocalboundarybetweentheprovincesofOntarioandQuebec.

TorontoistheprovincialcapitalofOntarioandthelargestcity

catedinSouthernOntarioonthenorthwestern

er2.5millionresidents,itisthe

fifthmost

ropolitanareawithover5

millionresidentsistheventhlargesturbanregioninNorth

America.

TheNiagaraFallsisthemostpowerfulwaterfallsinNorth

oluminouswaterfallsaresituatedontheNiagara

River,whichdrainsLakeErieintoLakeOntarioandformsthe

internationalborderbetweentheCanadianprovinceofOntarioand

garaFallsisrenownedbothfor

theirbeautyandasavaluablesourceofhydroelectricpower.

dinthe

LowerMainland,GreaterVancouveristhethird-largest

metropolitanareainthecountryandmostpopulousinWestern

orestryremainsitslargestindustry,Vancouveris

wellknownasanurbancentresurroundedbynature,makingtourism

verhasrankedhighlyin

worldwide"livablecity"rankingsformorethanadecadeaccording

tobusinessmagazineasssmentsanditwasalsoacknowledged

byEconomistIntelligeneeUnitasthefirstcitytorankamong

thetop-tenoftheworld'smostlivablecitiesforfivestraight

ostedmanyinternationalconferencesandevents.

BanffNationalParkisCanada'soldestnationalpark,

k,located110-

80kilometerswestofCalgaryintheprovinceofAlberta,

encompass6,641squarekilometersofmountainousterrain,withnu

merousglaciersandicefields,denconiferousforest,andalpi

ne

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dscapes.