加拿大英文介绍

1、。CanadaCanadaisaNorthAmerican country consistingoftenprovinces and three territories. Located in the northern partofthecontinent,it extendsfrom the Atlantic Ocean in the easttothePacificOcean inthewest and northward intothe ArcticOcean. Itistheworldssecond largest country by totalarea.Canadas commonborderwith the United States to the south andnorthwest is the longest in the world.Canada occupies a major northern portion of North America,sharing the land borders with the contiguous United States

2、tothesouthand theU.S.stateofAlaskatothenorthwest,stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the PacificOcean in the west; to the northliesthe ArcticOcean. By total。1。area (includingitswaters), Canada is thesecond-largestcountryin theworld,afterRussia.By landarea, Canada ranksfourth.Canada has one third of the worlds supply of fresh water.There are five great lakes in the south, and there are manyothers, especially in the north. Most of the electricity isproduced by water. The country has

3、a great deal of coal, oiland natural gas, and these are all exploited for energy. Muchof the country is covered by forests, and wood is cut and soldall over the world.Canada is also the worldsbiggestproducerof the kind of paper which is used for newspapers. Fishing isalso very important for Canadians. Fish from east and westcoasts is sold to many other countries.About 40%oftheCanadian population are ofBritishdescent,while27% areofFrenchorigin.Another20% areof otherEuropean background, about 10%

4、are Asian origin, and some 3%are of aboriginal or M background.tis (mixed aboriginal and European)Canada is a federation of ten provinces (Alberta, BritishColumbia, Manitoba,NewBrunswick,Newfoundland and Labrador,Nova Scotia,Ontario,PrinceEdward Island,Quebec,andSaskatchewan) and three territories (Northwest Territories,。2。Yukon, and Nunavut). It is governed as a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy with Queen ElizabethII as its head of state. One of the worlds highly developed

5、countries, Canada has a diversified economy that is reliantuponitsabundantnaturalresourcesandupontrade particularlywiththe United States, withwhich Canadahas had a long and complex relationship. It is a member of theG7, G8, G20, NATO,OECD,WTO,Commonwealth, Francophonie,OAS,APEC, and UN. With the eighth-highest Human Development Indexglobally, ithas one of the highest standards oflivingin theworld.The national flag of Canada, also known as the Maple Leaf,and lUnifoli(French for the one-leafed),is

6、 a red flagwitha white square in its centre, featuring a stylized 11-pointed red maple leaf. The width of the Maple Leaf flag is twice the height. The white field is a Canadian pale (a square central band in a vertical triband flag, named after this flag), and each bordering red field is exactly half its size.。3。Canadas twoofficiallanguagesareEnglishandFrench.EnglishandFrenchhaveequalstatusinfederalcourts,Parliament,and in all federalinstitutions.Citizenshave theright, where there is sufficient

7、demand, to receive federalgovernmentservicesineitherEnglishorFrench,andofficial-languageminoritiesareguaranteedtheirown schoolsin all provinces and territories.Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city inthe Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in thecountry. Located in the Ottawa Valley, the city lies in theeastern portionof Southern Ontarioon the Ottawa River,a majorwaterway forming the local boundary between the provinces ofOntario and Quebec.Torontoistheprovincialc

8、apitalofOntarioand thelargestcity inCanada. ItislocatedinSouthernOntarioonthenorthwesternshoreofLakeOntario.Withover2.5millionresidents,itisthefifthmost populouscityinNorthAmerica.。4。Its metropolitan area with over 5 million residents is the seventh largest urban region in North America.The Niagara Falls is the most powerful waterfalls in NorthAmerica.These voluminouswaterfallsaresituatedon theNiagara River, which drains Lake Erie into Lake Ontario andforms the international border between the Ca

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