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Location: North America
Capital: Ottawa
Area: 9 984 670 km2
Population: 38 436 440
Official languages: English and French
Other spoken languages: Inuktitut, other indigenous languages, and immigrant’s languages.
Ethnic groups: English and French speaking Canadians, Inuits, Native Americans, immigrants from Asia (mainly Chinese), and Latin America
Currency: CAD (1 USD = 1,27 CAD; 1 EUR = 1,44 CAD)
Basic facts: Canada is a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Its monarch is the monarch of the United Kingdom.
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10 best destinations and routes in Canada:
Toronto: The largest city in Canada, a metropolis with 6 million population.
Montreal: The second largest city in Canada, and the second largest French speaking city in the world after Paris.
Vancouver: The largest Canadian city at the Pacific coast, one of the starting points for travelling to the Rocky Mountains.
Calgary City, Banff and Jasper National Parks: One of the most attractive mountain areas in North America, featuring the best of the Canadian Rockies.
Newfoundland: An island, the easternmost piece of Canadian land, with beautiful forests, lakes, and fjords.
Yukon: A northwestern territory, located east of Alaska, featuring fantastic boreal and polar nature.
Winnipeg and the Canadian Prairies: Winnipeg is the capital of Manitoba Province, located at the edge of a grassland area, called Canadian Prairies.
Labrador Peninsula: One of the largest peninsulas on the Earth, very sparcely populated, featuring boreal forests, tundra and a lot of lakes.
Continental Nunavut: A very sparcely populated area, covered mainly by tundra, with mostly Inuit population.
Canadian Archipelago: One of the largest archipelagos on the Earth, where some of the northernmost pieces of land are located. It is almost uninhabited, covered mainly by Arctic tundra and glaciers.
British Columbia (BC) is a hiker’s paradise, boasting a diverse […]
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