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Canada has about 3,854,082 square miles and 34.88 million

people

CANADA

CANADA’S OLYMPIC HOCKEY JERSEYS 2014

Hockey and lacrosse are Canada's national sports.

Lacrosse

• Lacrosse was invented in the 1850s, when the Anglophone middle class of Montreal adopted the aboriginal people’s game of “baggataway”, which was a violent game played by the first nation teams numbering hundreds of players.

Canada’s map

Canada has 13 provinces and capital.With 3 territories

Canadian Goose

A familiar and widespread goose with a black head and neck, white chinstrap, light tan to cream breast and brown back. Has increased in urban and suburban areas in recent years; just a decade or two after people intentionally introduced or reintroduced “gaint “ Canada Goose to various areas, they are often considered pests.

Canada dog sledding

dog sledding has a history of over thousands of years. It outdates any modern vehicle. It is believed that dog sledding has started in the arctic region. These regions are covered in ice and no transportation was possible. Horses could not last in the harsh arctic region. But the dogs were a better solution to this problem.

CANADIAN FOOTBALL

• Saskatchewan rough riders• bc lions• Edmonton eskimos• Calgary stampeders• Winnipeg blue bombers • Hamilton tiger – cats• Toronto argonauts• Ottawa redblacks• Montreal aluettes

Sources

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Canadian_Football_League

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