Canada is the second largest country in size! It's highest elevation is Mount Logan, which stands 19,551 feet above sea level. It is in the continent of North America. It's capital is Ottawa and about 35 million people live there. Because Canada is largely a nation of immigrants, people here belong to more than 100 ethnic groups. The official languages here are French and English. Did you know that most professional U.S. hockey players are Canadians? In Canada, people wear clothes like us. People also live in urban, suburban, and rural towns like us too. In Canada, maple syrup is a big thing. People pour syrup in the snow to make a syrup-flavored snow cones. They also eat mince pies. In Canada, a school year is 190 days. In Quebec, they only have 180 school days.They have to start going to school at age 5 or 6 until they are age 16-18. In Canada, they get summer, spring, winter, and fall. The climate is extremely frigid in the north and is cold in most other places although there are warm temperatures along the west coast and far south east. Few countries can match Canada's greatness in it's resources. Beavers, Polar bears, Wolves, and Mink are prized for their fur. Canada's leading area of manufactured goods is transportation equipment. This country exports meat and mined products. The best known animal is the beaver because it encouraged the civilization in Canada.Canada's national anthem is "O Canada". It's form of government is the constitutional monarchy. The head of government is the prime minister. Canada is divided into 10 provinces and 3 territories. It's territories are Yukon, Nunavut, and northwest territories. It's provinces are Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Newfoundland and Labrador. There are also physical regions, which are the Innuitian Region, The Arctic Lowlands, The Canadian Shield, the Huson Bay Lowlands, the Cordilleran Region, the Interior Plains, the St. Lawrence Lowlands, and the Appalchian Region. The best part is that the pitcher plant, a famous carnivorous plant lives there!
Sources: Websites: World Book Kids Online Wikipedia Book: Count Your Way Through Canada by Jim Haskins