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A land of vast lengths and rich natural resources,the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the
Canada turned a self-governing dominion in 1867National Film Board of Canada (NFB), and the
whilst holding ties to the British crown. Economically &Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications
technologically the country has developed in parallelCommission
sustaining the US, its neighbor to the south diameterAs Canada is a geographically vast & ethnically
an unfortified edge.various country, there are cultural variations and
Canada is the world's second-biggest country by totaldifferentiations derived from territory to territory and
region, occupying most of northern North America.region to area. Canadian civilization has also been
Extending given by the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacificgreatly acted upon by more recent immigration of
Ocean & northward into the Arctic Ocean, Canadapeople caused by all across the world. Numbers of
shares land borders by having the United States toCanadians value multiculturalism, so a select few see
the south & to the northwest.Canadian civilization as being inherently multicultural.
Inhabited first by Aboriginal peoples, Canada wasMulticultural inheritance is shrined in Section 27 of the
founded as a union of British settlements, occasionallyCanadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms.
of which one had been French settlements. CanadaNational symbolisations are acted upon by natural,
gained independence derived from the Unitedhistorical, and First Nations seeds. especially, the use
Kingdom in an incremental process that began in 1867of the maple leaf, as a Canadian symbol, dates
and ended in 1982.backwards to the early 18th century & is depicted
Canada is a federal constituent monarchy andon its current & previous flags, the penny, and on
parliamentary democracy, consisting of ten provincesthe coat of arms. Other prominent symbols admit the
& 3 territories, & defines itself as a bilingual andbeaver, Canada goose, common loon, the Crown,
multicultural nation; both English and French are officialand the RCMP.
languages. A technologically progressed &Canada's official national sports are ice hockey
industrialized state, its diversified economy relies(winter) & lacrosse (summer). Hockey is a national
heavy on an abundance of natural resources and onpastime, and is by far the virtually all popular
trade, especially with the United States, by owningspectator sport in the country. It is also the virtually
which Canada has had a long & mix relationship.popular sport Canadians play, with 1.65 million active
Canadian culture has historically been to a greatparticipants in 2004.Canada's six biggest metropolitan
extent influenced by English, French, Irish, Scottish &areas - Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa,
Aboriginal cultures and traditions, & over time hasCalgary, and Edmonton - have franchises in the
been greatly shaped by American civilization due tonational Hockey League (NHL), and there are
its propinquity and the interchange of human capitaladditional Canadian players in the league than from all
between the two countries. Many forms of AmericanMore countries compounded.
media and entertainment are popular, if not dominantAdditional popular Canadian spectator sports let in
in Canada conversely, Numbers of Canadian culturalcurling & Canadian football game (especially the
products and entertainers are successful in the USCanadian football game League). Golf, baseball, skiing,
and worldwide. Numbers of cultural products are nowsoccer, volleyball, & basketball are wide played at
commercialised toward a unified "North American"youth and amateurish levels, but professional leagues
market, or a global market generally.and dealerships are not as widespread. Canada will
The creation & preservation of distinctly Canadianserver the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, & the 2010
culture has been partly determined by federalWinter Olympics in Vancouver and Whistler, British
government programs, laws & institutions such asColumbia.