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Canada

Canadaisa

\o"NorthAmerica"

NorthAmerican

countryconsistingof

\o"ProvincesandterritoriesofCanada"

tenprovincesandthreeterritories

、Locatedinthenorthernpartofthecontinent,itextendsfromthe

\o"AtlanticOcean"

AtlanticOcean

intheeasttothe

\o"PacificOcean"

PacificOcean

inthewestandnorthwardintothe

\o"ArcticOcean"

ArcticOcean

、Itistheworld'ssecondlargest

\o"Listofcountriesandoutlyingterritoriesbytotalarea"

countrybytotalarea

、Canada's

\o"Canada–UnitedStatesborder"

monborder

withthe

\o"UnitedStates"

UnitedStates

tothesouthandnorthwestisthelongestintheworld、

CanadaoccupiesamajornorthernportionofNorthAmerica,sharingthelandborderswiththe

\o"ContiguousUnitedStates"

contiguousUnitedStates

tothesouthandtheU、S、stateof

\o"Alaska"

Alaska

tothenorthwest,stretchingfromtheAtlanticOceanintheeasttothePacificOceaninthewest;tothenorthliestheArcticOcean、Bytotalarea(includingitswaters),Canadaisthe

\o"Listofcountriesandoutlyingterritoriesbytotalarea"

secondlargestcountry

intheworld,afterRussia、Bylandarea,Canada

\o"Listofcountriesandoutlyingterritoriesbylandarea"

ranksfourth

、

Canadahasonethirdoftheworld'ssupplyoffreshwater、Therearefivegreatlakesinthesouth,andtherearemanyothers,especiallyinthenorth、Mostoftheelectricityisproducedbywater、Thecountryhasagreatdealofcoal,oilandnaturalgas,andtheseareallexploitedforenergy、Muchofthecountryiscoveredbyforests,andwoodiscutandsoldallovertheworld、Canadaisalsotheworld'sbiggestproducerofthekindofpaperwhichisusedfornewspapers、FishingisalsoveryimportantforCanadians、Fishfromeastandwestcoastsissoldtomanyothercountries、

About40%oftheCanadianpopulationareofBritishdescent,while27%areofFrenchorigin、Another20%areofotherEuropeanbackground,about10%areAsianorigin,andsome3%areofaboriginalorMétis(mixedaboriginalandEuropean)background、

Canadaisafederationoftenprovinces(Alberta,BritishColumbia,Manitoba,NewBrunswick,NewfoundlandandLabrador,NovaScotia,Ontario,PrinceEdwardIsland,Quebec,andSaskatchewan)andthreeterritories(NorthwestTerritories,Yukon,andNunavut)、Itisgovernedasa

\o"Parliamentarydemocracy"

parliamentarydemocracy

anda

\o"Constitutionalmonarchy"

constitutionalmonarchy

withQueen

\o"ElizabethII"

ElizabethII

asits

\o"Headofstate"

headofstate

、Oneoftheworld'shighly

\o"Developedcountries"

developedcountries

,Canadahasadiversifiedeconomythatisreliantuponitsabundantnaturalresourcesandupontrade—particularlywiththeUnitedStates,withwhichCanadahashada

\o"Canada–UnitedStatesrelations"

longandplexrelationship

、Itisamemberofthe

\o"G7"

G7

,

\o"G8"

G8

,

\o"G20"

G20

,

\o"NATO"

NATO

,

\o"OECD"

OECD

,

\o"WTO"

WTO

,

\o"monwealthofNations"

monwealth

,

\o"Francophonie"

Francophonie

,

\o"OrganisationofAmericanStates"

OAS

,

\o"APEC"

APEC

,and

\o"UN"

UN

、Withthe

\o"ListofcountriesbyHumanDevelopmentIndex"

eighthhighest

\o"HumanDevelopmentIndex"

HumanDevelopmentIndex

globally,ithasoneofthehighest

\o"Standardsofliving"

standardsofliving

intheworld、

ThenationalflagofCanada,alsoknownastheMapleLeaf,andl'Unifolié(

\o"Frenchlanguage"

French

for"theoneleafed"),isared

\o"Flag"

flag

withawhitesquareinitscentre,featuringastylized11pointedred

\o"Mapleleaf"

mapleleaf

、ThewidthoftheMapleLeafflagistwicetheheight、Thewhitefieldisa

\o"Canadianpale"

Canadianpale

(asquarecentralbandinaverticaltribandflag,namedafterthisflag),andeachborderingredfieldisexactlyhalfitssize、

Canada'stwoofficiallanguagesareEnglishandFrench、EnglishandFrenchhaveequalstatusinfederalcourts,Parliament,andinallfederalinstitutions、Citizenshavetheright,wherethereissufficientdemand,toreceivefederalgovernmentservicesineitherEnglishorFrench,andofficiallanguageminoritiesareguaranteedtheirownschoolsinallprovincesandterritories、

Ottawaisthe

\o"Capital(political)"

capital

of

\o"Canada"

Canada

,thesecondlargestcityinthe

\o"ProvincesandterritoriesofCanada"

Province

of

\o"Ontario"

Ontario

,andthefourthlargestcityinthecountry、Locatedinthe

\o"OttawaValley"

OttawaValley

,thecityliesinthe

\o"EasternOntario"

easternportion

of

\o"SouthernOntario"

SouthernOntario

onthe

\o"OttawaRiver"

OttawaRiver

,amajor

\o"Waterway"

waterway

formingthelocalboundarybetweentheprovincesofOntarioand

\o"Quebec"

Quebec

、

Torontoisthe

\o"ProvincesandterritoriesofCanada"

provincial

\o"ProvincesandterritoriesofCanada"

capital

of

\o"Ontario"

Ontario

andthe

\o"Listofthe100largestmunicipalitiesinCanadabypopulation"

largestcityinCanada

、Itislocatedin

\o"SouthernOntario"

SouthernOntario

onthenorthwesternshoreof

\o"LakeOntario"

LakeOntario

、Withover2、5millionresidents,itisthe

\o"ListofcitiesinNorthAmerica"

fifthmostpopulouscityinNorthAmerica、

Itsmetropolitanareawithover5millionresidentsisthe

\o"ListofthelargesturbanagglomerationsinNorthAmerica"

seventhlargesturbanregioninNorthAmerica、

TheNiagaraFallsisthemostpowerful

\o"Waterfall"

waterfalls

inNorthAmerica、Thesevoluminouswaterfallsaresituatedonthe

\o"NiagaraRiver"

NiagaraRiver

,whichdrainsLakeErieintoLakeOntarioandformsthe

\o"Canada–UnitedStatesborder"

internationalborder

betweenthe

\o"ProvincesandterritoriesofCanada"

Canadianprovince

of

\o"Ontario"

Ontario

andthe

\o"U、S、state"

U、S、state

of

\o"NewYork"

NewYork

、TheNiagaraFallsisrenownedbothfortheirbeautyandasavaluablesourceof

\o"Hydroelectricpower"

hydroelectricpower

、

VancouverisacoastalharborcityinCanada、Locatedinthe

\o"LowerMainland"

LowerMainland

,

\o"GreaterVancouver"

GreaterVancouver

isthe

\o"Listofthe100largestmetropolitanareasinCanada"

thirdlargest

\o"Metropolitanarea"

metropolitanarea

inthecountryandmostpopulousin

\o"WesternCanada"

WesternCanada

、Whileforestryremainsitslargestindustry,Vancouveriswellknownasanurbancentresurroundedbynature,making

\o"TourisminCanada"

tourism

itssecondlargestindustry、Vancouverhasrankedhighlyinworldwide"livablecity"rankingsformorethanadecadeaccordingtobusinessmagazineass