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1、CanadaCanadaisaNorthAmericancountryconsistingoftenprovincesandthreeterritories.Locatedinthenorthernpartofthecontinent,itextendsfromtheAtlanticOceanintheeasttothePacificOceaninthewestandnorthwardintotheArcticOcean.Itistheworld'ssecondlargestcountrybytotal
2、area.Canada'scommonborderwiththeUnitedStatestothesouthandnorthwestisthelongestintheworld.CanadaoccupiesamajornorthernportionofNorthAmerica,sharingthelandborderswiththecontiguousUnitedStatestothesouthandtheU.S.stateofAlaskatothenorthwest,stretchingfromthe
3、AtlanticOceanintheeasttothePacificOceaninthewest;tothenorthliestheArcticOcean.Bytotalarea(includingitswaters),Canadaisthesecond-largestcountryintheworld,afterRussia.Bylandarea,Canadaranksfourth.Canadahasonethirdoftheworld'ssupplyoffreshwater.Therearefive
4、greatlakesinthesouth,andtherearemanyothers,especiallyinthenorth.Mostoftheelectricityisproducedbywater.Thecountryhasagreatdealofcoal,oilandnaturalgas,andtheseareallexploitedforenergy.Muchofthecountryiscoveredbyforests,andwoodiscutandsoldallovertheworld.Ca
5、nadaisalsotheworld'sbiggestproducerofthekindofpaperwhichisusedfornewspapers.FishingisalsoveryimportantforCanadians.Fishfromeastandwestcoastsissoldtomanyothercountries.About40%oftheCanadianpopulationareofBritishdescent,while27%areofFrenchorigin.Another20%
6、areofotherEuropeanbackground,about10%areAsianorigin,andsome3%areofaboriginalorMétis(mixedaboriginalandEuropean)background.Canadaisafederationoftenprovinces(Alberta,BritishColumbia,Manitoba,NewBrunswick,NewfoundlandandLabrador,NovaScotia,Ontario,PrinceEdw
7、ardIsland,Quebec,andSaskatchewan)andthreeterritories(NorthwestTerritories,Yukon,andNunavut).ItisgovernedasaparliamentarydemocracyandaconstitutionalmonarchywithQueenElizabethIIasitsheadofstate.Oneoftheworld'shighlydevelopedcountries,Canadahasadiversifiede
8、conomythatisreliantuponitsabundantnaturalresourcesandupontrade—particularlywiththeUnitedStates,withwhichCanadahashadalongandcomplexrelationship.ItisamemberoftheG7,G8,G20,NATO,OECD,WTO,Commonwealth,Francophonie,OAS,APEC,and