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CANADA  

CITIES: Ottawa is capital of Canada, but the biggest Canadian city is Toronto. Toronto has got the tallest building in the world - the CN Tower­-. It’s 553 metres high. At the top of CN Tower you can look at the city through a glass floor. The biggest French- speaking city is Montreal.

ADMINISTRATION  AND  PRINCIPAL CITIES:

The country is divided in ten provinces: Alberta, Québec Columbia Britannica, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Terranova e Labrador, Nuova Scozia, Ontario, Isola Principe Edoardo, , Saskatchewan.

The greatest cities are Ottawa, federal capital, Edmonton, Québec, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Winnipeg, , , Calgary, Halifax e Fredericton.

Canadian money is Canadian dollar.

PEOPLE AND RELIGION:

In Canada 32.507.874 people live. The 75% of people live on the border between U.S.A. and Canada primarily in Québec and in Ontario. The biggest religious community is Catholic.

LANGUAGES:

Canada has got two national languages – English and French. The French-speaking people mainly live in Quebec. Many French and English Canadian still practise the tradition from their original countries. Inuit people have their original countries. Inuit people have their own languages.

INUITS:

Inuits are some of the original people of Canada. They live in cold artic regions in the north. It’s traditional for Inuits to hunt for whales, seals and fish. They use these animals for food, clothes, boats and houses for the winter igloos from stone or wood. When Inuits go on long journeys in the winter, they make snow igloos.

ANIMALS:

The most famous Canadian animals are mooses. Mooses are big animals. They are often over two metres tall and their antlers can grow up to 1.5 meters long. They usually live near mountains or in forest. Canada also has polar bears. In some cities, near Hudson bay polar bears walk into town. The polar bear police have to catch them and take them back to the bay.

NIAGARA FALLS:

Niagara falls are on the border between the U.S.A. and Canada, but the highest waterfalls are in Canada. The Canadian part of Niagara falls is 790 meters long and 49 metres high –5.5 million litres of water goes through the waterfalls every second. Canadians make a lot of electricity from water.

Notizie cercate e rielaborate da Francesco Cerizza