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1、ASurveyofCanada“Theflagisthesymbolofthenation’sunity,forit,beyondanydoubt,representsallthecitizensofCanadawithoutdistinctionofrace,language,belieforopinion.”GeneralInformationacountryoccupyingmostofnorthernNorthAmerica,extendingfromtheAtlanticOceanintheeas
2、ttothePacificOceaninthewestandnorthwardintotheArcticOcean.Itistheworld’ssecondlargestcountryintermsofterritoryandshareslandborderswiththeUnitedStatestothesouthandnorthwest.GeneralInformationCapital:OttawaLargestcity:TorontoOfficiallanguages:EnglishandFrenc
3、hNationalDay:July1stAnthem:OCanadaPopulation:31.9million2ndlargestinsizewithasmallpopulationGeneralInformationG8(US,UK.Germany,France,Japan,Italy,CanadaandRussia)thebeststandardsoflivingspectacularsceneryofmountains,oceans,forestsandprairiesfirstbecameapol
4、iticalentity(政治实体)in1867anddidnotassumeitspresentshapeuntil1949tenprovincesandthreeterritoriesGovernment:FederalparliamentarydemocracyandconstitutionalmonarchyMonarch:QueenElizabethIIGovernorGeneralPMParliamentUpperHouseSenateLowerHouseHouseofCommonsHistor
5、ytheFirstNations(theAboriginalpeople):Indianpeoples,primarilytheInuit(Eskimo)EuropeansettlementinCanada:1497,JohnCabotreachedNovaScotia1534,JacquesCartierinthe17thcentury,FrenchcolonistsfirstsettledinCanada.TheearliestmajorsettlementswereestablishedinNovaS
6、cotiain1604andQuebecin1608.HistoryIn1867CanadawasbornwhenQuebec,Ontario,NewBrunswickandNovaScotiaalljoininto“oneDominionunderthenameofCanada”onJuly1.In1919,CanadajoinedtheLeagueofNationsindependentlyofBritain;in1931,theStatuteofWestminsteraffirmedCanada’si
7、ndependence.In1945,duringthewar,CanadabecameoneofthefoundingmembersoftheUnitedNations.Newfoundland:thelastprovincetojoinCanadain1949CanadaisacountryinNorthAmerica,extendingfromtheAtlanticOceanintheeasttothePacificOceaninthewestandnorthwardintotheArcticOcea
8、n.Itistheworld'ssecondlargestcountrybytotalarea.Canada'scommonborderwiththeUnitedStatestothesouthandnorthwestisthelongestintheworld.In1867,withtheunionofthreeBritishNorthAmericancoloniesthroughConfederation,C
