Canada
Area: second-largest country in the world - 9.9 million sq. km Geography of Canada Area: second-largest country in the world - 9.9 million sq. km Cities: Capital--Ottawa + Other major cities--Toronto – Montreal - Vancouver Terrain: Mostly plains with mountains in the west and lowlands in the southeast. Canada is the world's second largest country after Russia. Canada is thinly populated, however, with much of the land too cold or too mountainous for human settlement most Canadians live within 300km of the southern border. The total Area of Canada is 9,976,140 km² (Land: 9,220,970 km² and Water: 755,170 km²) approximately 1.3 times the size of Australia and over 40 times the size of the United Kingdom.
General Information About Canada Languages: English, French. Natural resources: nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas 10% of the world's Freshwater is in Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories and Nunavut
Canadian population structure Age structure: 0-14 years: 20% (male 3,105,944; female 2,960,171) 15-64 years: 68% (male 10,587,553; female 10,461,455) 65 years and over: 12% (male 1,652,044; female 2,239,180)
Education In Canada
More than 60 Univeristy known for the quality of teaching and research Degrees equivalent to those from American and other Commonwealth universities .
The university year usually runs from September to May. official languages -English &French TOEFL 550 - 600
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Established in 1827 Canada's largest university Placed 28th in the world in the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities as of July 2007.
Applied Science and Engineering Commerce Humanities Life Sciences Mathematical, Physical and Computer Science Social Sciences(and Economics Music Physical Education and Health
The University of British Columbia Established in 1915 Placed 35th in the world in the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities as of July 2007. More than 45,000 students a range of innovative undergraduate
Sciences Medicine Law Commerce Arts
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA Opened in 1908 as a board-governed public institution. placed 53th in the world in the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities as of July 2007.