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The United States is the only neighboring country of Canada. As it is a populous and rich countries, it is normal that the countries that provide the greatest number of visitors to Canada. Main points of interest : Main cities : Toronto Hotel Vancouver Niagara Falls / St Catharines Quebec Victoria Ottawa / Gatineau Calgary Edmonton Halifax Winnipeg Regina The Magdalen Islands Niagara Falls National Parks of Canada Natural sites (rivers, mountains) Museums The Canadian Rockies. Canada, the world's second largest country by total area, occupying the northern part of North America. It extends from east to west from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean and northward to the Arctic Ocean, where the motto: From coast to coast. It shares land borders with the United States, south and north-west (Alaska). Docked in 1534 by French explorer Jacques Cartier, the first European to set foot on the continent since the Vikings Canada takes its origin as a French colony on the territory of present-day Quebec, founded by Samuel de Champlain in 1608 in the valley of the St. Lawrence River. The territory was first occupied by indigenous peoples with which the French developed diplomatic relations. French colonization will take until the British conquest in 1763, 69 000 French immigrants in North America. After the Conquest, the British will acquire the land of New France. Then begins a period of English colonization, mainly thanks to the arrival of Loyalist settlers from New England after the American Revolution. Later, in 1867, the British create the Dominion of Canada, born of the union of three British colonies: the United Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The Act of the British North America, 1867, the UK, will be repatriated in the early 1980s to give up in Canada. Today, Canada is a federation of ten provinces and three territories each with its own premier and legislature. The country gained independence from the United Kingdom and this peacefully, in a process that spanned from 1867 to 1982. Canada is now a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system, defining itself as a bilingual and multicultural nation, the French and English are equal in status, the official languages. Nation industrialized and technologically advanced, diverse economy is based primarily on its abundant natural resources and commerce undertaken largely with the United States, with which lasts a complex relationship since colonial times and the beginnings of modern Canada. Quebec is the only province to be safe mostly Francophone, whose only official language is French, while New Brunswick is the only legally bilingual province. The other eight provinces are inhabited by large majorities English, but each of them is inhabited by French-speaking communities of various sizes. The Yukon Territory is officially bilingual (French and English). The Northwest Territories and Nunavut which it is derived, recognized 11 official languages, including French, English and many Inuit languages. In 2006, across Canada, there were 9.6 million Canadians (30.7% of the population) able to speak French, while 26.6 million (85%) were able to speak English. |
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