COMMONWEALTH

CANADA

Manel Ballester

Ivan Jimenez

Ainhoa Puertas

Gemma Solanas

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LANGUAGES

A multitude of languages are used in Canada. English and French are

the mother tongues of 56.9% and 21.3% of Canadians respectively. There are

more or less 20 minority languages.

Spanish (758,280)

Italian(660,945),

German (622,650),

Chinese(472,080),

Punjabi (456,090)

Cantonese(434,720)

Arabic (365,085)

Dutch(350,470)

Tagalog(Pilipino/Filipino)(324,120)

Hindi(299,600),

Mandarin (281,840),

Portuguese (274,670),

Polish(242,885),

Urdu (208,125)

Russian (191,520)

Ukrainian(174,160)

Greek (157,385)

Persian (Farsi)(154,385)

Tamil(138,675)

Korean (133,800)

POPULATION

Canada's population was estimated at 35,158,300, up 404,000 over the last

year.

The origin of the Canadian people is a French Britisher, since in the 15th

century, numerous British and French expeditions invaded the Canadian lands.

ETHNIC GROUPS

76.7% White 14.2% Asian 4.3% Aboriginal 2.9% Black 1.2% Latin America 0.5% Multiracial 0.3% Other

THE CLIMATE

The average temperature in winter and

summer varies depending on your

location.

The Winters can be harsh in many parts

of the country, where daily average

temperatures are near −15 °C (5 °F)

While the average summer high

temperature 25 to 30 °C (77 to 86 °F),

with temperatures in some interior

locations occasionally exceeding 40 °C

(104 °F).

EDUCATION

Education in Canada is for the most part

provided publicly, funded and overseen by

federal, provincial, and local governments.

Education is within provincial jurisdiction and

the curriculum is overseen by the province. Education in Canada is generally

divided into primary education, followed by secondary education and post-

secondary.

GEOGRPAHY OF CANADA

The geography of Canada describes the geographic features of Canada, the

world's second largest country in total area.

Situated in northern North America (constituting 41% of the continent's area),

Canada spans a vast, diverse territory between the North Pacific Ocean to the

west and the North Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Arctic Ocean to the north

with the United States to the south (contiguous United States) and northwest

(Alaska). Greenland is to the northeast; off the southern coast

of Newfoundland lies Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, an overseas collectivity of

France. Since 1925, Canada has claimed the portion of the Arctic between

60°W and 141°W longitude to the North Pole; however, this claim is

contested.[1] While the magnetic

North Pole lies within the Canadian

Arctic territorial claim as of 2011,

recent measurements indicate it is

moving towards Siberia.[2]

Covering 9,984,670 km2 or

3,855,100 mi, Canada is slightly less

than three-fifths as large

as Russia and slightly larger

than Europe. In total area, Canada is

slightly larger than both the U.S.

and China; however, Canada ranks

fourth in land area China is

9,326,410 km2 and the U.S. is

9,161,923 km2

The population of Canada, some 34,980,000 as of November 2012, is

concentrated in the south in proximity to its border with the contiguous U.S.;

with a population density of 3.5 people per square kilometer (9.1/ mi), it is one

of the most sparsely populated countries in the world. The northernmost

settlement in Canada.

DAILY LIFE OF CANDA

POUTINE: Poutine is a common Canadian dish, originally from Quebec, made

with french fries, topped with a light

brown gravy-like sauce and cheese

curds.

MONTREAL-STYLE BAGEL:

The Montreal bagel, is a distinctive

variety of handmade and wood-fired

baked bagel. In contrast to the New

York-style bagel, the Montreal bagel is

smaller, sweeter and denser, with a

larger hole, and is always baked in

a wood-fired oven. It

contains malt, egg, and no salt and is

boiled in honey-sweetened water

before being baked in a wood-fired oven, whose irregular flames give it

a delight-and-dark surface color.

DRINKS

Canadians drink a lot of carbonated (fizzy) soft drinks, referred to in Canada as

'pop' or 'soda', such as cola and orange. These are sold in cans and bottles up

to about 2 litres. Generally these are cheap, especially the larger sizes. Small

sizes are available from vending machines in many locations although these are

expensive when compared to buying the same item in a supermarket.

MAIN CELEBRATIONS

This is a list

of festivals and carnivals in Canada.

Canada's largest festivals are represented

by the Canadian Festivals Coalition,

formed in 2010 to lobby the federal government for stable funding under the

"Marquee Tourism Events Program”.

-LARGEST BY ECONOMIC IMPACT

-Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival Toronto

-Toronto International Film Festival

CHILDREN’S FESTIVALS

-Calgary International Children's Festival

-Winnipeg International Children's Festival

ECONOMY

Canada has the eleventh-largest economy in the world (measured in US dollars

at market exchange rates), is one of the worlds wealthiest nations, and is a

member of the Organization for

Economic Co-operation and

Development and Group of Eight. As

with other developed nations, the

Canadian economy is dominated by the

service industry, which employs about

three quarters of Canadians. Canada is

unusual among developed countries in

the importance of the primary sector,

with the logging and oil industries being

two of Canadas most important. Canada also has a sizable manufacturing

sector, centred in Central Canada, with the automobile industry and aircraft

industry especially important.

GOVERNAMENT

He OECD reports the Central Government Debt as percentage of the GDP. In

2000 Canada's was 40.9 percent, in 2007 it was 25.2 percent, in 2008 it was

28.6 percent and by 2010 it was 36.1 percent. The OECD reports net financial

liabilities measure used by the OECD, reports the net number at 25.2%, as of

2008, making Canada’s total government debt burden as the lowest in the G8.

The gross number was 68%.

POLITICS

The politics of Canada function within a framework of parliamentary democracy

and afederal system of parliamentary government with strong democratic

traditions. Canadais a constitutional

monarchy, in which the Monarch is head

of state. The country has amulti-party

system in which many of its legislative

practices derive from the

unwrittenconventions of and of non-

Cabinet Members of Parliament (MPs).

Such members, in the government

caucus, and junior or lower-profile

members of opposition caucuses, are

known as backbenchers. Backbenchers

can, however, exert their influence by

sitting in parliamentary committees, like

the Public Accounts Committee or the National Defence Committee. The two

dominant political parties in Canada have historically been the Liberal Party of

Canada and Conservative Party of Canada (or its predecessors), however, as

of the 2011 election the social-democraticNew Democratic Party (NDP) has

risen to prominence.