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1、CanadainmyeyesAbstract:Canada,oneofthemostbeautifulmodernnationsintheworld,containsamountaincalledRockyMountain.Itisalsoafamousnationbecausetheybuildupanuniversalinstitutionsystemandattractmanypeoplearoundtheworld.CitizensofCanadaprideontheirnationalteamof
2、hockeybecausetheyarethebestandhavewontheVancouver2010WinterOlympics.Keywords:Canada,location,naturalresources,language,city,culture,historyFirstIntroductionCanadaisacountryoccupyingmostofnorthernNorthAmerica,extendingfromtheAtlanticOceanintheeasttothePacif
3、icOceaninthewestandnorthwardintotheArcticOcean.Itistheworld'ssecondlargestcountrybytotalarea.Canada'scommonborderwiththeUnitedStatestothesouthandnorthwestisthelongestintheworld.ThelandoccupiedbyCanadawasinhabitedformillenniabyvariousgroupsofAboriginalpeopl
4、e.Beginninginthelate15thcentury,BritishandFrenchexpeditionsexplored,andlatersettled,alongtheAtlanticcoast.FrancecedednearlyallofitscoloniesinNorthAmericain1763aftertheSevenYears'War.In1867,withtheunionofthreeBritishNorthAmericancoloniesthroughConfederation
5、,Canadawasformedasafederaldominionoffourprovinces.ThisbegananaccretionofprovincesandterritoriesandaprocessofincreasingautonomyfromtheUnitedKingdom.ThiswideningautonomywashighlightedbytheStatuteofWestminsterof1931andculminatedintheCanadaActof1982,whichsever
6、edthevestigesoflegaldependenceontheBritishparliament.Afederationconsistingoftenprovincesandthreeterritories,CanadaisgovernedasaparliamentarydemocracyandaconstitutionalmonarchywithQueenElizabethIIasitsheadofstate.ItisabilingualnationwithbothEnglishandFrench
7、asofficiallanguagesatthefederallevel.Oneoftheworld'shighlydevelopedcountries,Canadahasadiversifiedeconomythatisreliantuponitsabundantnaturalresourcesandupontrade—particularlywiththeUnitedStates,withwhichCanadahashadalongandcomplexrelationship.Itisamemberof
8、theG8,G-20,NATO,OECD,WTO,Commonwealth,Francophonie,OAS,APEC,andUN.Second,thelocationCanadaislocatedinthenorthernhalfofNorthAmerica. Landareaof9,970,610squarekilometers,isthelargestareaoftheWesternHemisphere,t
