11. Maturitní téma - Canada

CANADA

Capital city: Ottawa (in the south-east)

Other important cities:

• Toronto

• Montreal

• Quebec (in the east)

• Vencouver (in the south-west)

• Calgary (in the middle-west)

• Edmonton

Geographic position: Canada lies on the North American continent. Between the Pacific, the Atlantic and the Arctic oceans. It borders the USA.

Area: Canada occupies the area of 10 mil. sq. km.

Population: 30 million inhabitants. First people was Indians and Inuits, second was people of the British and French descent and now there are many minorities.

Symbols:

• maple

• ice hockey

• Canadial dollar

• flag - The flag is consist in 3 stripes. 2 red stripes on the marging and white square in the middle in which is red 11 pointed maple leaf

Subdivision: Canada is divided into -

• 10 provinces

• 2 territories (have no self government)

Political system:

• The head of the state is the British Monarch, so it´s a constitutional monarchy, but in real it´s a federal republic.

• Guvernor General represents the British Monarch in their absence.

• Prime Minister is head of the Government

• Parliament - 2 chambers -

  • the Senate (they are apointed by the provinces)

  • House of Commons (they are elected by the canadian people)

International organization: The Canada belongs to -

• UN

• NATO

• WHO, WTO

• Commonwealth

• G8

• NAFTA

Economy and business:

• Canada belongs to G8 -> economically strong developed

• second largest exporter of wheat -> agriculture, fishing, hi-tech, car industry, tourism

• Canada is rich in mineral resources = oil, gold, coal, uranium, iron

Climate:

• mild in coastal areas

• cols on arctic elsewhere

Landscape:

• west - hilly with mountains (the Rocky M.)

• east - flat with prairies

• Niagara, Ottawa