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

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

3. 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

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

5. 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%

6. People
Population: 33,098,932

7. 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

8. Calgary
Places to go …
New Brunswick
Montreal
Vancouver
Ottawa
Wiarton

9. Things to see …

10. Taste the difference …
Maple Syrup
Poutine
Tim Hortons
Butter Tarts

11. National Holiday
Canada Day – July 1st

12. Resources