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Map of Canada

Yukon
Iqaluit
Whitehorse
Northwest Nunavut
Territories
Yellowknife
Newfoundland
and Labrador
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DA
ANAD
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British
Columbia St. John’s
Alberta Manitoba
Saskatchewan Quebec
Edmonton Prince
Charlottetown Edward
Victoria New Island
Regina Ontario
Brunswick
Winnipeg Halifax
Quebec City Fredericton Nova
Scotia
Toronto

Map not to scale.

About Canada

CONFEDERATION POPULATION CANADA DAY
July 1, 1867 35,151,728* July 1
The first provinces to form OFFICIAL LANGUAGES • It is a national holiday to
Canada were New Brunswick, celebrate Canada becoming
Nova Scotia, Ontario, and French and English a country.
Quebec. The provinces agreed CAPITAL
that forming Canada would Ottawa NATIONAL ANTHEM
strengthen the economy, create “O Canada”
a stronger government, provide FLAG • It was proclaimed as
protection from the United National Flag of Canada Canada’s national anthem
States, and supply more money on July 1, 1980.
to build a transcontinental • It was first sung in 1880 in
railroad. It took 132 years for French in Quebec City.
all of the other provinces and • There are official English,
territories to join Canada. French, and bilingual
SIZE • It flew for the first time on versions.
9,984,670 km 2 February 15, 1965. * Population source: www.statcan.gc.ca
Canada’s total area makes it • It uses Canada’s national (Census 2016)
the second-largest country in colours (red and white) and
the world. a leaf from the national
tree (maple).

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