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1、CanadaCanadaisaNorthAmericancountryconsistingoftenprovincesandthreeterritories.Locatedinthenorthernpartofthecontinent,itextendsfromtheAtlanticOceanintheeasttothePacificOceaninthewestandnorthwardintotheArcticOcean.Itistheworld'ssecondlargestcountrybytotala
2、rea.Canada'scommonborderwiththeUnitedStatestothesouthandnorthwestisthelongestintheworld.CanadaoccupiesamajornorthernportionofNorthAmerica,sharingthelandborderswiththecontiguousUnitedStatestothesouthandtheU.S.stateofAlaskatothenorthwest,stretchingfromtheAt
3、lanticOceanintheeasttothePacificOceaninthewest;tothenorthliestheArcticOcean.Bytotalarea(includingitswaters),Canadaisthesecond-largestcountryintheworld,afterRussia.Bylandarea,Canadaranksfourth.Canadahasonethirdoftheworld'ssupplyoffreshwater.Therearefivegre
4、atlakesinthesouth,andtherearemanyothers,especiallyinthenorth.Mostoftheelectricityisproducedbywater.Thecountryhasagreatdealofcoal,oilandnaturalgas,andtheseareallexploitedforenergy.Muchofthecountryiscoveredbyforests,andwoodiscutandsoldallovertheworld.Canada
5、isalsotheworld'sbiggestproducerofthekindofpaperwhichisusedfornewspapers.FishingisalsoveryimportantforCanadians.Fishfromeastandwestcoastsissoldtomanyothercountries.About40%oftheCanadianpopulationareofBritishdescent,while27%areofFrenchorigin.Another20%areof
6、otherEuropeanbackground,about10%areAsianorigin,andsome3%areofaboriginalorMétis(mixedaboriginalandEuropean)background.Canadaisafederationoftenprovinces(Alberta,BritishColumbia,Manitoba,NewBrunswick,NewfoundlandandLabrador,NovaScotia,Ontario,PrinceEdwardIsl
7、and,Quebec,andSaskatchewan)andthreeterritories(NorthwestTerritories,Yukon,andNunavut).ItisgovernedasaparliamentarydemocracyandaconstitutionalmonarchywithQueenElizabethIIasitsheadofstate.Oneoftheworld'shighlydevelopedcountries,Canadahasadiversifiedeconomyt
8、hatisreliantuponitsabundantnaturalresourcesandupontrade—particularlywiththeUnitedStates,withwhichCanadahashadalongandcomplexrelationship.ItisamemberoftheG7,G8,G20,NATO,OECD,WTO,Commonwealth,Francophonie,OAS,APEC,and
