The Maple Leaf
The Great Seal
The Coat of Arms
National Horse of Canada
The Beaver
Hockey: Canada’s national winter
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Lacrosse: Canada’s national summer
The Healthcare
• All of Canada uses the Canadian Dollar20.
• There are no 1 or 2 dollar bills in Canada, they have been replaced by the 1 and 2 dollar coins – the “loonie” and the “toonie”20.
the nation from a primarily rural economy into one predominantly industrial and urban8.
•Canada is the 10th largest exporter of oil and the 3rd largest exporter of natural gas in the world17. •Canada is the largest foreign supplier of energy to the
• Life expectancy for females8: 84.2 years
• Percentage of overweight or obese adults24: 52.1%
• Percentage of overweight or obese youth (age 12-17)24: 20.4%
System
• Often referred to as “Medicare”, Canada’s national health insurance program30 consists of a group of socialized health insurance plans that provide publicly funded healthcare coverage to most all the citizens of Canada regardless of medical history, personal income, or standard of living. Healthcare is administered on a provincial or territorial basis, with guidelines that are set
• 7% of Canada’s land mass is covered with over 2 million lakes, the
largest being the Northwest Territories’ Great Bear Lake4.
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3 An estimated 14% of the world’s fresh water supply is located in
An Introduction to Canadian Culture
Marc Upton
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CANADA’s HISTORY
Native Americans lived in Canada for thousands of years. In the early 1600s, colonists from Britain and France began to settle in eastern Canada, along the St. Lawrence River. Canada proved to be an excellent spot for trapping and trading of furs. In the 1800s, settlers began to push west. Most of the native Americans were displaced by the Europeans.
• Canada has 10 provinces; British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland & Labrador, and 3 territories; Yukon, Northwest territories, Nunavut6. The capital city is Ottawa, in Ontario11.
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Percentage of leisure time dedicated to physical activity24: 53.8%
Queen
Governor General: David
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Ottawa
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Economy
•The economy in Canada is the 9th strongest17 in the world8. and The substantial growth of the manufacturing, mining, revamseprevdice sectors in Canada since World War II has
13 hospitals, dental surgery and some additional medical
services29.
Toronto
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Health Statistics
• Current smokers24: 19.9%
• Percentage of Canadians with a doctor24: 84.7%
• The provinces or territories have responsibility for things like education, highways, healthcare, and welfare8.
• In areas with a municipal government, the municipal government is responsible for local matters like firefighting and city streets12.
10 •Canada is a leader in the production of gold, silver, copper, uranium, oil,
natural gas, agriculturated products8. •.
Currency
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Government
Responsibilities
• The federal government is responsible for things effecting the entire country such as citizenship, immigration, national defense, trade with other countries12, the banking system, criminal code, and indigenous populations8. The federal government also has some involvement in things like employment, insurance, and Medicare that were once controlled by the provinces, because of the greater resources of the federal government8.
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Land & Climate
• Canada is the second largest country in the world, with over
3,851,877 square miles of land2 varying in climate from permafrost in
the north to four distinct seasons of spring, summer, fall, and winter nearer the equator3.
Canada4.
• Some of Canada’s natural resources are; iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, rare earth elements, molybdenum, potash, diamonds,
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Banff National Park
11 ➢ The newest Canadian bills, released in 2011, are made of polymer instead of paper21.
Just a Symbols of
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Canada
National Flag of Canada
The Maple Tree
• In history, the Canadian dollar has usually been at least a bit weaker than the United States dollar, but recently the trend has changed8.
➢ Canadian bills are brightly colored and easy to distinguish- which also happens to be a point of cultural Canadian pride20.