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Canada

10 provinces 3 territories

Area: 9. 9 million km 2 (2 nd) Population: 3. 15 million (36 th) Density: 3. 41/km 2 Nationality: Noun and adjective Canadian (s) Capital: Ottawa, Ontario Largest city: Toronto Official languages: Canadian English & French (Quebec)

Climate: Winter: avg. -15 to -40℃(continental) Summer: 20 to 30℃ (interior 40 ℃) Snow covers 6 months the English Canadian cuisine: wild blueberries, rice, mussels, salmon, beer, and cheese

breakfast cereal (corn flakes) Canadian bacon, pancakes or waffle with maple leaf syrup scrambled eggs, hash brown milk, fruit (orange) juice, tea with cream, coffee

dinner: spaghetti, macaroni, Spanish rice, fried rice, salami sausages, soup, liver, cheese & crackers, tuna fish sauce on toasts baked/mashed potato

homemade cookies homemade preserved peaches in syrup gingerbread man

danish pastry cinnamon bun doughnuts

rhubarb pie blueberry muffins strawberry, blackberry, raspberry, cherry, blueberry cheese cake

roast ham roast beef turkey stuffing / dressing cranberry sauce

veal steak T-bone steak on the grill

Multicultural diversity Ethnic groups: British descent (28%), French descent (23%), Italian descent (3%), aboriginal peoples (2%), plus significant minorities of German, Ukrainian, Dutch, Greek, Polish and Chinese.

Currency: Canadian Dollar ($) (CAD)

maple leaf, from maple tree totem pole by Native Canadian

Canadian football baseball curling

Canadian men’s ice hockey won the gold medal in the winter Olympics, 2001 skiing & skating

Rodeo, Calgary Stampede, Alberta

beaver goose

Canadian canoeing tobogganing

down fill parkas mittens ear muffs scarf tuque

plait jackets / lumberjack shirts

Banff National park

Lake Louise Canadian Rockies

Royal Canadian Mounted Police, British Commonwealth The Queen inspecting the guard while visiting RCMP Depot in Regina, Saskatchewan in 2005.

Changing of the guard, Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario

Holidays: (Christmas, New Year's, Good Friday, Easter, Labour Day), national holidays not celebrated elsewhere: 1. Canada Day—July 1 2. Victoria Day—Last Monday in May before May 24 3. Thanksgiving—Second Monday in October 4. Remembrance Day—November 11

Ontario, Canada

Prince Edward Island

Common expressions • • Howdy? How do you do? How’s it going? ciao (Italian) goodbye sick (do something wrong) Ooops! ouch! merci (thank you)

Religions • Christianity 77% • None 16. 2% • Islam 2. 0% • Judaism 1. 1% • Hinduism 1. 0% • Buddhism 1. 0% • Sikhism 0. 9% Statistics Canada, 2001 census survey results

visiting • Visa-free Access for HKSAR Passports (duration up to 6 months) • travelling seasons: April to September each year (early spring to early autumn) • Long distant calling (IDD) country code: (From HK) 001 + area code + telephone no. (From Canada) 011 + 852 + telephone no. • Emergency services : 911 (firemen / police / ambulances)

Time zone difference Hong Kong Jan 5 Wed 8: 30 a. m. flight time Vancouver, B. C. Jan 4 4: 30 p. m. -16 hours 12 hours, 46 minutes Toronto, Ontario Jan 4 7: 30 p. m. -13 hours 15 hours, 38 minutes

Official Lyrics of O Canada! • Our home and native land! • True patriot love in all thy sons command. • With glowing hearts we see thee rise, • The True North strong and free! • From far and wide, • O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. • God keep our land glorious and free! • O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.