A place where everybody knows your name. Canada A place where everybody knows your name.

A very brief history Native tribes spread across land now referred to as Canada 1600-1700 European settlements and Hudson Bay Company 1700’s Upper and Lower Canada 1867 Confederation 1950 to present – Bill of Rights and Constitution

Geography Area: 9,984,670 sq km highest point: Mount Logan 5,959 m Natural Resources: iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas, hydropower Fast-Facts: second-largest country in world (after Russia); 90% of the population is concentrated within 160 km of the US border

Makes no difference to me … Climate Cold … and really cold Makes no difference to me …

Languages & Culture English (official) 59.3% French (official) 23.2% British Isles origin 28 % French origin 23 % other European 15 % Amerindian 2 % Asian, African, Arab 6 % Mixed origin 26% English (official) 59.3% French (official) 23.2% other 17.5%

People Population: 33,098,932

Top 10 Inventions AM radio Invented by : Guglielmo Marconi IMAX projector and system Telephone Invented by : Alexander Graham Bell Television Zipper Music Synthesizer Electron Microscope Trivial Pursuit Basketball Invented by : James Naismith Canadarm

Calgary Places to go … New Brunswick Montreal Vancouver Ottawa Wiarton

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Taste the difference … Maple Syrup Poutine Tim Hortons Butter Tarts

National Holiday Canada Day – July 1st

Resources http://www.national-anthems.net/web/find.webpage?from=anthems&what=canada&id=CA http://www.2ontario.com/software/presentations_templates.asp http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ca.html http://www.canadians.ca/top_ten_inventions.htm http://www3.sympatico.ca/goweezer/canada/canhist.htm http://www2.history.ubc.ca/hist426/clips.htm