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Canada - GENERAL INFORMATION
 
Population - Local time - Languages - Religion - Political system - Climate - Tourism - Food



Population



Main Cities Population
Toronto   4,751,400  
Montreal   3,480,300  
Vancouver   2,048,800  
Ottawa-Hull   1,081,000  
Calgary   953  
Edmonton   944,2  



Total population (millions): 31.9
Source: World Bank 2004

Urban population: 81%
Source: World Bank 2004

Average annual population growth: 0.9%
Source: World Bank 2004

Surface area (km²) : 9,970,610


Population origin

Origin of the population% Of the population
British40
French 24.1
German 3.4
Italian 2.9
Chinese 2.1
Amerindians and Inuits 1.8
Dutch 1.4
Ukrainian 0.7
Other 23.6




Local time


It is %T:%M %A in Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa
It is %T:%M %A in Vancouver


GMT-5 in winter, GMT-4 in summer in Montreal
GMT-8 in winter, GMT-7 in summer in Vancouver


Languages


Official languages: English and French.
Business language: French in Quebec and English in the other provinces.

Free translation tools in Canada :
Traducteur Google
Free French-English-French traduction of texts and web pages

Babel Fish
Free French-English-French traduction of texts and web pages

Grand dictionnaire terminologique
Free French-Engish-French dictionary with 3 billion terms



Religion


Religious practises : Catholics 45.7%
Protestants 36.5%
Atheists 12.7%
Orthodox 1.5%
Jews 1.2%
Others 2.7%.


Political system


Canada is a constitutional monarchy. In practice, it is a federal parliamentary democratic state with the British queen as monarch.
The Canadian provinces are : Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Yukon.
Capital: Ottawa
Queen: Elizabeth II (1952), represented by Governor-General Adrienne Bing Chee Clarkson (1999)
Prime minister: Paul MARTIN since the 12th of december 2003
The Parliament of Canada has two chambers. The House of Commons has 301 members, elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies. The Senate has 105 appointed members.


Climate

 


Tourism

Number of visitors in Canada 2002 2003 2004 World rank
Number of visitors (1000) 20057   17534   19150   11
Source : World Tourisme Organization, data available in November 2005

 

Tourist sites


-Parks: 34 national and 82 national historic
-Montreal: the old district, the Marie Queen of the World basilica which is a copy of St Pierre's in Roma, the Olympic park
-Niagara Waterfalls (46m)
-Montmorency's waterfalls (76m)

For more information about tourism in Canada , check out the following web site(s) :
Canadian Tourism Commission


Food


Traditional dishes


The Canadian food is very varied.
There is a big variety of fish and seafood based dishes.

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