Canada

The name "Canada" originates from the Huron-Iroquois word "kanata," it means a village or settlement. Until now there are more than 30,000 Inuit native people living in the area of Arctic Circle.

With its age old history, multi-cultural hospitable people, incredible landscape and natural beauty, Canada offers you loads of well-known attractions, cities, parks and provinces that make for magnificent destinations whether you're looking for a tour that's truly inspirational, educational or just plain fun.

Canada is the second largest country of the world. It is also regarded as one of the most developed economies. More than 31 million affluent residents of the country enjoy the best quality of life and culture. The country boasts of its human capital that continually ranked #1 from the United Nations.
Canada has two official languages, English and French. The stronghold of the French language in Canada lies in Quebec and more than three quarter of the population is of French origin. A traveler might experience all French and no English through the Quebec countryside. In addition, English is widely spoken almost entirely in the cities and towns of the Canadian east and also in the Canadian west.

Indian tribes originally inhibited modern Canada. European explorers (Vikings) first visited Canada in the tenth century. Since 1496, the English and French kept exploring Canada. Subsequently France established a colony in Quebec now known as New France. From 1670 onwards, English settlers also established colonies.

Due to protest of British colonists, Quebec was split in 1791 in Upper Canada and Lower Canada (French speaking Quebec). Both colonies had limited self-government and more or less pre-democratic structures. Britain also founded the colonies of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Newfoundland. In both Upper and Lower Canada, armed revolts broke out in 1837. The rebels were defeated.

The upper and lower Canada united in 1841 as the British colony. In 1848, Canada became a parliamentary state and in the year 1867, the British colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Canada united as Dominion of Canada to form a parliamentary federation. When the universal suffrage was introduced in 1921, Canada became a full-fledged parliamentary democracy.

Canada became fully independent in 1931 and Newfoundland was incorporated into Canada. At the 2004 elections, the Liberal Party lost its absolute majority, but remains the largest party. Martin can form a minority government.

Canada became fully independent in 1931 and Newfoundland was incorporated into Canada.

Geography of Canada

Area
9,976,140 km

Total Land:
9,220,970 km

Water
755,170 km

Languages
According to the Official Languages Act of 1988, Canada recognizes English and French as the official language of the country.

Climate:
Summers generally range from mild to quite hot in the majority of regions; gaining a temperature of over 30°C in Montreal and 15°C in places like Iqaluit, Nunavut. In Vancouver though, temperature usually range in between 5-25°C round the year, whereas in parts of the central plains, the temperatures can drop up to -40°C in the winter and can reach up to 35°C in the summer. Canada experiences four distinct seasons

Currency
The currency of Canada is Canadian Dollar (CAD or Can$). Canadians use dollar bills of similar denominations to United States.i.e; $1, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100. 100 cents (¢) add up to one Canadian dollar.


Religion
Christian 72%
Roman Catholic 43.2%
Total Protestant 34.9%
No religion 16.2%
Other 6%

Culture and Society

As a result of its colonial history, Canadian culture has been wonderfully blended by British and French traditions and cultures. In addition, Canadian culture has been influenced by American culture due to the close proximity with its people, ideas and popular culture. By truly embracing these culture and traditions from British, Americans and French, Canadians have seen the transformation of a robust and distinct culture with its own and individual insightful characteristics.
American movie stars, writers, TV soaps and musicians are immensely popular in Canada, and it is the same there across the border too. Most cultural ideas of these types are now increasingly common towards a unified "North America",

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