Parliament of Canada
The Parliament of Canada (in French:
le Parlement du Canada) is on the Parliament
Hill in Ottawa,
Ontario.
The future of the country is decided in this building.
Niagara Falls
The CANADIAN PART of the Niagara Falls
in width about 800 m and height 48 m through which passes about 90 % of a drain
of the river of Niagara.
History
Aboriginal people
(they call them First Nations) lived on the territory of Canada
at least 10,000 years ago. At 1000, Vikings settled for a short time at L'Anse aux Meadows. The
French settled the St. Lawrence and Atlantic
Canada regions in the 16th
and 17th
centuries.
France
surrendered to Britain
nearly all of New France, including Acadia and what
comprises present-day Quebec and Ontario in the Treaty of
Paris of 1763.
Britain established the
colonies of Nova Scotia, Lower Canada,
and Upper Canada.
New colonies were soon formed.
During and after
the American Revolution, many British Loyalists left the Thirteen
Colonies to settle in Canada.
Other settlers during this time came from Europe, in particular the British Isles.
On July 1,
1867 three colonies - Canada, Nova Scotia,
and New Brunswick received from Britain
constitution. This may the Dominion of Canada was formed. It consisted of the
provinces of Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick, Quebec (formerly Canada
East), and Ontario
(formerly Canada West).
Other British
colonies and territories soon joined Canada:
by 1880,
Canada included all of its
present area except for Newfoundland and Labrador, which joined in
1949.
In the second
half of the 20th century, some there were citizens of the
mainly French-speaking province
of Quebec
demanded independence there were two referendums
in 1980 and 1995. In the 1980 referendum the vote against
independence was 60%; in the 1995 Quebec referendum the vote against
independence was 50.6%.Many think that in future there must take place another
referendum.
Placement and Neighbors
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Official languages
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English & French, federally
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Capital
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Ottawa
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Largest city
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Toronto
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Political system
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Confederation with parliamentary
democracy
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Population
- July 2005 est.
- Density
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Ranked 35th
32,805,041
4/kmІ ( 222nd)
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GDP (2004)
- Total (PPP)
- Total
- GDP/head (PPP)
- GDP/head
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$1.056 trillion (11th)
$0.834 trillion (9th)
$32,463 (6th)
$29,900 (18th)
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Currency
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Canadian dollar ($)
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Time zone
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UTC
−3.5 to −8
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National anthem
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O Canada
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Canada is the second-largest
country in the world (9 970 610 km2.) which is surpassed in the
sizes only by Russia.
Canada is located on the
north from the USA, between Atlantic and Silent oceans. From the West on the east it
reaches 7700 km, and from the north on the south - 4600 km. Almost 90 % of all
population of Canada live
within the limits of 160 km from border from the USA.
Canada is divided into ten provinces
and three territories, each of which has own capital (in brackets): Albert,
British Columbia, Island Prins-Eduard, Manitoba, Fredericton, Nova Scotia, Nunavut,
Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, New Land, North-West territories and Yukon.
Canada borders in the south and
in the West on the USA.
Extent of borders (including Alaska)
- 8893 km Extent of sea coast - 243 791 km.
The highest point of Canada is Mount Logan in height in 5950 m above sea level.
Traditions
Canada Day is Canada's national holiday. It is celebrated on July 1.Since 1958 the government
establishes annual ritual of carrying out of national day of Canada. At
festival it is possible to look multinational and professional concerts on the
Parliamentary Hill, including the television show broadcast all over the
country and with addition of fireworks in 15 basic cities on all country.
Travel Preparations
Some norms of
behavior of Canadians can seem to you more conservative in comparison with to
what you have got used in the country, others on the contrary more liberal.
Probably, it will be interesting to you to learn, some of the accepted rules of
behavior in Canada
to not collide with misunderstanding and censure from Canadians and to
facilitate to itself arrangement in the new country.
The
standard rules of behavior:
All by turns - at Canadians it
is not accepted to be pushed in turn and to try to make the way without turn.
All turns in Canada
are under construction by a principle " Who the first has come, that and
is served by the first ".
On a visit do not
smoke
- the most part of Canadians do not smoke. If you pay a visit someone before smoking
it is necessary to ask permission of the owners. If owners do not smoke, you,
most likely, will be suggested smoking in the street.
Punctuality, first
of all
- you should come always in time for work, on a meeting, to school. Those who
often is late, can discharge from office or exclude from school. The majority
of Canadians more than 10 or 15 minutes of the one who is late for a business
meeting will not wait. If you are invited to action, it is meant, that you will
arrive, a maximum during half an hour from appointed time of a meeting.
The valid attitude
to an environment
- Canadians are respectful to an environment and wait from you for the same.
They hope that you will not throw out dust under legs or from a window of your
car.
The tender is not
pertinent
- in Canada
it is not accepted to bargain in occasion of the price, however there are
exceptions. For example, almost each Canadian will try to agree about the best
price, doing very dear purchase (the house, the machine, furniture).
Where to drive on skis in the big city?
At the Canadian
city of Quebec
which towers, similarly to the lock, on coast of the river Sacred Laurent, - colorful
and long history. Three main resorts, hundreds kilometers of high-speed lines
and miles of descents for snowboarding surround this monumental city.
Mont-Saint-Anne and Stoneham as a magnet draw
inhabitants and visitors of Quebec,
offering excellent lines and amazing descents. Le Massif, located approximately
in an hour of driving from Quebec,
is unique mountain with descents which come to an end directly in the river
chained by an ice Sacred Laurent. Except for skis and a snowboard, in city
there is still a set of interesting employment and sights. The oldest business
street of Northern America runs by ancient
stone buildings and comes to an end at the river. Along narrow streets Old
Quebec majestic houses in which hundreds restaurants and hotels now are located
rise.
Transport: Canada is a
huge country. The best type of transport between the basic cities of the
country - aircraft. The airports are in all large and average cities. On
long-distance bus lines two companies "Greyhound" and
"Voyageur" compete. To hitchhike on highway is not recommended. In
provinces of Ontario and Quebec special agencies which connect
passengers with drivers. It is cheap enough service there are.
Marriott
Chateau Champlain
The 36-storeyed
hotel, one of the most magnificent in Montreal,
is located in the center of a business centre of city, connected to underground
City and Molson Center. The hotel is in 1 km. From
historical quarters Old Montreal and Mount
Royal Park,
in 3 km from Montreal Casino. Beside 611 rooms of hotels there is a desktop, a
color cable television, phone, a minibar, a hair drier, an iron and an ironing
table, round-the-clock room-service. In hotel to services of visitors
restaurants, a bar, the closed pool, a sauna, a jacuzzi, beauty saloon,
business center, gift shop, laundry, dry-cleaner.
Parliament of Canada
The Parliament of Canada (in French:
le Parlement du Canada) is on the Parliament
Hill in Ottawa,
Ontario.
The future of the country is decided in this building.
Niagara Falls
The CANADIAN PART of the Niagara Fal