General information about Canada

Canada

Introduction

Canada is the second largest country in the world in terms of area and Canada suffer from a lack of population in spite of the enormous natural wealth. And the vast area of Canada and the limits of the three trends in the three oceans are the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean and the Arctic Ocean and is bounded on the south side of the United States of America.

:: Canada is one of the seven major industrial nations and one of the world's most developed and sophisticated than most in economic terms and to provide employment opportunities in all areas.

:: The level of education and health services in Canada is the most famous in the world in addition to education and health services free of charge.

:: Canada is a modern country with a population of about 30 million people and this may constitute the most number of successive migrations to Canada, where Canada has immigrants from all over the world as Canada relies on immigration to increase the number of people therefore welcome migrants Canada is firmly in the tradition of life Canadian stems mainly from the Canadian constitution and the nature of the population.

:: Enjoy the immigrant from the first day of his arrival to Canada of all the fundamental rights enjoyed by Canadians (except the right to vote and who gets it after obtaining citizenship)

:: Any immigrants to apply for Canadian citizenship, and therefore the Canadian passport after three years of residence in Canada.

:: The official languages of Canada are English and French.

The second largest country in the world

Surface area of about 10 million square kilometers, is Canada's second-largest country in the world in terms of area, and comes after the Russian Federation. But for this gap, the number of the population according to the statistics of the year 2000 no more than 31 million people, a very small number compared with the United States with populations of more than 260 million people, Canada, and takes three bodies of water: the Pacific Ocean on the west, the Atlantic Ocean the east, the Arctic and the north.

The country is divided into 10 provinces and 3 territories. The province of Ontario is the larger population.

Toronto is also the capital of the province of Ontario, the official main destination for immigrants, with about half of the migrants come because of the relatively mild climate and strategic location in the "Great Lakes" which helped her to build a giant industry in all technical areas. The type of government of a confederation and a parliamentary democracy

The majority of Canada's population lives in the southern part of the country. Canada and the name was derived from the language Aloorouguip to the indigenous people of Canada and the meaning of the village or the community. Canada contain lake and inland water than any country in the world. The weather in Canada tends to be cold to the north, falling the most, however, tends to moderate the more you just go south. It is the most fertile territory Bmlasqp

Great Lakes, such as the province of Ontario and New Brunswick.

The most important cities

Capital: Ottawa.

"Montreal" (1996) 1.016.376 "Ottawa" the capital (1986) 819.263, "Calgary" (1996) 768.082, "Toronto" (1996) 653.784, "Winnipeg" (1996) 618,477.

9.970.610 Area: square miles

Language: English "" (official) and "French" (official) and local languages.

Neighboring countries: United States of America and oversees all of the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific and the Arctic Ocean.

Bordered by the Sea "Pefort" and the Arctic north and the Gulf, "Bwin" The Straits "Davis" in the north-east and the separate "Canada" from "Greenland" and is bounded to the east Atlantic and the "United States" from the South and the Pacific Ocean in the west and "Alaska" in the the north-west.

The nature of the terrain

The exception of the Arctic archipelago could divide the country into five regions: the bulk and the so-called "Canadian Shield", and is characterized by granite rocks of the old and the coverage has been sporadic sand erosion by means of the factors in a deep ice consists

East, "Canada" from the mountains, "the Canadian Appalachian" lakes "T he Lawrence" and "Laura Lake," This is an extension of the Mountain Region, "Appalachian" and the Atlantic coastal plains. Lakes and the "S-T-Lawrence" generally flat land, including the largest agricultural lands in eastern and central "Canada," The Interior Plains are an extension of the Great Plains of America, the Canadian Shield challenge from the West.

Part V, it includes high mountains west of the Interior Plains, "Robson, Mount" is the highest summit in the Canadian mountains, there are ten other peaks reach higher than 11,500 feet. And to the west of the mountains there is the territory occupied by the Canadian multinational chains are isolated and wide plateau. Deep river valleys and along the agricultural land is one of the most important monuments in the area of the plateau.

The aquatic environment

Enjoy the "Canada" from the many lakes and inland waters than any country in the world, embracing the Bay, "the Hudson" in the large island of water "Southampton", in addition to the Great Lakes on the US-Canadian border to the "Canada" about 31 Lake, and many large rivers are being across the Canadian territory and which are in large bodies of water, for example, the

"S-T to Oarns" comes from the Great Lakes and the Gulf is in the "S-T to Oarns," The Rivers "Ottawa" and "Saqenye" is the most important tributaries of "S-T-Lawrence" was the "S-T-John" in the Gulf, "El," The River "Saskchuan" Vidvq in the Lake "Winnipeg", as well as the "Nelson" in addition to many other rivers.

Climate

Is part of the territory and most of the main Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Arctic and other parts of the country lies in the northern half of the northern temperate zone, so that the general conditions of weather ranging from extreme cold in the polar regions to the mild temperatures in the southern latitudes. The Canadian climate is characterized by great diversity, in marine areas, the severity of cold temperatures and marine Ilotfan factors, and along the west coast summer and moderate winter, high humidity and soaking rains in the region, "Alkordilera" rain and snow records. The "Alkordilera" warm and dry and the winds prevail from the Western tempered winter conditions in the mountains and adjacent plains.

Population

(2002) Population: 31.9

Language: English, French (official).

GDP:

U.S. $ 579 billion

GDP per capita:

U.S. $ 19,330 (1996)

Economy

Canada belongs to the group of most industrialized countries in the world. Based on the economic success of Canada and the abundance of natural resources and energy and agriculture to high productivity and successful industrial sector and services are very active.

Canada contains multiple natural sources, including wood, oil, natural gas, solid minerals and fish. The most important cities of Ontario, Canada, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa (the capital), Edmonton, Calgary, and color pages, all full of civilized cities, industry and trade. Canada is the first source of fish and crustaceans in the world.

Prosperous farming relies on the cultivation of wheat and livestock to Alzionyat. Provide the forest industry.

Represents the mineral wealth and abundant energy a key factor for economic progress in Canada: oil, natural gas, iron, nickel, uranium, potash, lead, copper, zinc, gold and coal.

And diverse industrial sector has capital and technology from the United States, the active sectors in the Canadian economy is the mining industry, chemical industry, food, textile, equipment and means of transport.

Play of information and communications sector played an important role in the economy.

The services sector is more than two thirds of the active layer, which is the most important branches in the tourism, commercial and administrative services (education, health.).

The political system in Canada

Canada is a constitutional monarchy and is the Queen Elizabeth II at the top of the system. And Canada had been in 1982 so can not make any amendment to the constitution or political system without the consent of the British government. Has been amended in 1982. And has been in the same year the adoption of the Act "freedoms and duties", which celebrates Canada annually.

And the major parties in Canada are

1. The ruling Liberal Party.

2. Union Party of Canada.

3. Union Party of Quebec.

4. Conservative Party.

5. Democrats.

Geographical division of Canada

Canada is composed of ten provinces and three Oqalimo are as follows:

1. Ontario

2. Quebec

3. New Vondland

4. Nova Scotia

5. New Brunswick

6. Edward Dzerpberns

7. Mntobia

8. Saskatchewan

9. British Columbia

10. Alberta

Territories:

1. Yukon

2. Nnavi

3. Aloqalemchammalip West

Immigration

Canada receives annually from 200 to 250 thousand and is designed to increase the number of immigrants for up to 1% of the population.

Health

Canada has one of the best therapeutic and health systems in the world, which aims to provide free health care for all Canadians and immigrants to Canada.

Education

1. Education in Canada is free until the end of the secondary stage and the availability of public schools in Canada and one of the best levels of education in the world in addition to the architectural development and advancement of the level of school buildings and provision of school buses and the Canadian government is keen to provide the highest level of teachers and educational tools for school students . In addition to full care for the children of migrants, including the provision of separate courses and special programs for children of immigrants to learn English in all phases and so enables them to cope with life and education in Canada and under the supervision of qualified teachers. And as well as provide special lessons in Arabic language at the weekend in order to help students of Arab origin or of Canadian children of Arab immigrants to preserve their language of origin.

2. University education: from the highest levels of education in the world and is the most sophisticated and tuition fees for university education for the children of Canadian immigrants and low for those in the major industrialized countries other than the government's keenness to provide all assistance to the crisis to urge parents to provide university education expenses for children through the provision of social programs assist the Government of which the expenses of university education.

Social assistance

The social system in Canada based on justice for the provision of social welfare for the needy, and examples of social programs currently available in Canada:

1. Monthly allocations for children Child Tax Benefit:

The federal government, regardless of monthly salaries for all children under 18 years in the form of monthly checks sent to parents (often in the name of the mother) and that of all Canadian families or immigrants or residents of Canada and the taxpayers of this program depends on the amount of annual income for the family.

2. Aid social welfare / social assistance:

Provides assistance to poor families to help them to provide their basic needs.

3. The pension system for the elderly

4. Assistance system for the unemployed to work

The judicial system and justice

The rate of crime in Canada and one of the lowest in the world, Canada is a country of security as a people, peaceful people that ALIGN: right "> all Canadians and immigrants with equal rights and duties, and Canada is proud of its ancient traditions and the freedoms and equality enshrined in the law of the year 1982 on behalf of Charterof Rights and Freedoms and the immigrant to Canada was from the moment they set foot on the land of Canada. [*] Canadian law recognizes that Canada believes in God and country, left to their children the freedom of religious worship and the choice of

Multiculturalism and ethnic

One of the main provisions in the Constitution of Canada is proud that Canada is a multi-ethnic and cultural assets and confirms the Canadian Constitution to protect this tradition and to prevent any forms of discrimination or segregation because of their color, sex or religion.