Canada

Canada
Location
Canada is in the hemisphere North America. Its borders are:
North: Arctic Ocean that separates it from Greenland.
South: the United States.
East: Atlantic Ocean
West: Alaska and the Ocean Pacific.
Canada includes in addition to the territory on the continent a large number of Islands, forming the Arctic Archipelago.
Major cities
Ottawa is the capital of the country.Other important cities are: Edmonton, Calgary, and Winnipeg.
Population
The Canadian population is very diverse. Around 28% is of British origin, 23% French.
In growth is the population of Asian origin, and the rest of the population consists of descendants of immigrants of German, Italian, Scandinavian, Polish, Hungarian, Greek and Netherlands.
Education
The education system is derived from theBritish, American and French traditions in areas where particular population is from this source. Many schools provide bilingual education in English and French.
Each of the 10 provinces of Canada is responsible for establishing and maintaining its own education system.
While there is a central Ministry of education, the federal Government serves schools for Canadian citizens.
LanguageEnglish and French are the official languages, because part of Canada was a French colony, and that part was in the middle of Canada, then Canada wanted to turn this colony in Canada and of that colony did not want, then when it became Canadian, the French who live in that colony refuse to speak English although the know.

Currency
The unit of currency circulating in Canada is the dollar Canadian.Culture
Canadian culture is a term that explains the features artistic, musical, literary, culinary, political and social elements that are representative of Canada and Canadians, not only to its own population, but people from all over the world. Canadian culture has historically been influenced by European culture and traditions, especially English and French, and by their own indigenouscultures. Over time, the elements of the cultures of the populations of immigrants from Canada have been incorporated into mainstream Canadian culture. Subsequently, it has been influenced by American culture, by its language, proximity and migration between the two countries.
Climate
Canada is in a very cold northern area. As a result, the General climatic conditions are extremely cold regionswindy and slightly milder temperatures in the South.
Natural resources have large areas of very fertile land. Its coasts are commercially valuable fish.
Canada is also rich on reserves of crude oil and natural gas.
Flora and Fauna
A good part of the Canadian territory is covered by timber, highlighting the pine and cedar. It also has large meadows.
Fauna is very similar to the North and AsiaEurope. They can be found bears, wolves, coyotes, American lions and pumas among other carnivorous animals. There are polar bears in the Arctic regions.
In some areas may see beavers, porcupines, and numerous rodents. In flat regions there are moles.
Some areas of Canada are also the habitat of antelopes, reindeer and moose.
There is an also abundant and diverse variety of birds, reptiles andinsects.

Canada does not have a President of the Republic because it is a country that operates under a system of monarchy parliamentary. Its head of Government or Prime Minister today is Mr. Stephen Harper.
Canada is characterized as 'very progressive, diverse and multicultural' policies of the Government of Canada, such as: The health care financed with public funds, taxes higher and moreprogressive, which prohibits the death penalty, efforts to eliminate poverty, an emphasis on cultural diversity, and more recently the legalization of same-sex marriage - are indicators of political values social and cultural of Canada
Federal Government of Canada has influenced Canadian culture with programs laws and institutions. A company of the Crown has been created to promote Canadian culture...