Canada
Capital: Ottawa
Largest city: Toronto
Official Languages: English and French
Area: 9,984,670 km² (2nd biggest country of the world)
Population 2006: 31,612,897
Official Symbols: the maple leaf, beaver, and the Canadian Horse
Ottawa seen from the museum of civilization.
Toronto Skyline
One of the national symbols of Canada, the beaver is depicted on the Canadian five-cent piece and was on the first Canadian postage stamp, the Three Penny Beaver.
Maple leaves
Canadian Horses
I was researching on it when I found a funny information about Canadian Holidays. In Canada on December 26 th, the Canadian people celebrate the "Boxing Day" ; the stores sell excess goods that they didn't sell on Christmas. Actually, The USA commemorate this date too, but they rarely use the term "Boxing Day".
Katie (left) and Hannah vanBuuren take a break before continuing their shopping during the annual Boxing Day sales in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday
More information:
http://www.canada-city.ca
http://www.craigmarlatt.com/canada/symbols_facts&lists/symbols.html
http://www.canada.com/cityguides/halifax/info/story.html?id=6d5af4dd-d413-4b3d-baea-975353ec42e0&k=98913
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