CANADA 

·         There is the Atlantic Ocean in the east, the Pasific Ocean in the west and its north extends in the Arctic Ocean.

         

·         Ottawa is the national capital of Canada.

·         The motto of Ontario is  "Loyal she began, loyal she remains"

·         You can take a whale-watching tour, hike in the path of the Vikings, dance a jig or reel, taste cloudberry pie.

·         Nunavut means our land in the Inuit language of Inuktitut which is one of Canada’s native peoples.

·         The motto of Québec is "Je me souviens" which is French for “I remember”.

·         The discovery was made by the Norse seafarers known as Vikings in AD 985.

·         Aboriginal peoples includes First Nations, Métis  and Inuit .

·         Who began to call for the independence of Upper Canada?

William Mackenzie

·         The Act of Union was passed in 1840.

·         About 800.000 immigrants came to Canada between 1815 and 1850, sometimes spoken of as the period of the Great Migration.

·         The London Conference led directly to the most important statute in Canadian constitutional history: The British North America Act of 1867.

·         On May 4, 1992, voters in Northwest Territories authorized the partition of their huge area into two separate territories, one to become a self-governing homeland for Inuit, or Eskimos.

·         The new territory was to be called Nunavut, meaning Our Land.

·         The current Canadian government supports universal health care, same sex marriage and decriminalization of marijuana.

·         The most popular sport in Canada is ice hockey and for many Canadians hockey is more than a sport: it’s a way of life.

·         But maple syrup and maple products are popular everywhere, reflecting the significance of the maple tree, whose leaf adorns their flag.