CANADA
Location
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History
· First people were the Aboriginal people.
· Explorers from Europe arrived in the 1500s.
· "Canada" means "village" in Huron.
· Canada became a country on July 1st, 1867.
· It has evolved from French and British colonies
to a multicultural federation.
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· Population: 33,212,696
· Capital city: Ottawa
· Second largest country in the world after Russia.
· Ranks 9th in the least densely populated
countries (3 people per sqkm).
· Its motto is "from sea to sea".
· National animal: the beaver
· There are 6 time zones.
· Ten provinces and three territories.
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