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Article #313: An Overview of Canada for Travelers

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Home to hockey, Canada is a country of Following the transfer of Hong Kong from
beautiful cities and wide open spaces. If British rule to Chinese, many citizens of
you are considering taking a trip to the Hong Kong immigrated to Canada,
country, here is an overview of some particularly the Vancouver area.
things you might want to know. Religious preferences share the break
The official name of the country is down found in ethnicity. 44 percent of
simply Canada. It covers an area of Canadians claim the Roman Catholic faith
landmass over 3.8 million square miles in as their own, while 29 percent are
size and is the second largest country by Protestant. Other Christian and Muslim
square mileage in the world. The capital denominations are claimed by roughly 8
is Ottawa with a population of over 1.1 percent of the population.
million people. Other major cities English and French are the languages
include Toronto with 4.8 million spoken in Canada. Literacy rates are 99
residents, Montreal with just fewer than percent. Average life expectancy for a
3.5 million people and the beautiful city Canadian man is 77 years while a Canadian
of Vancouver with a population of roughly woman will live to 82 years of age on
2 million people. With its far northern average.
location, Canada is a country with a cool Canada is a country with an odd
climate. The farther north one goes, the segmentation. Whereas most countries tend
colder it becomes until artic conditions to be divided towards eastern and western
apply. population centers, Canada can be said to
Citizens of Canada are known as be more of a north and south designation.
Canadians. The most recent study put the Specifically, most of the population
total population at more than 32.4 lives along the border with the United
million Canadians. Of this figure, States and practically nobody lives in
ethnicity breaks down into a wide variety the far north given the cold.
of groups with no group forming a Canada tends to be overshadowed by its
majority. Specifically, Canadians are neighbor to the south. This is
comprised of 28 percent British-Irish unfortunate as the country is beautiful,
heritage, 23 percent French, 15 percent the people are friendly and life is lived
general European and a whopping 26 at a comfortable pace.
percent are classified as mixed.






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