1. Canada
Lucie Syrová

2. Obsah General facts Flag & the Government Landscape Historical facts
Cities
Interesting facts

3. General facts from the Iroquoian “kanata” = village or settlement
over 35,150,000 inhabitants
10 provinces (co-sovereign) and 3 territories (not sovereign)
officially bilingual – English + French

4. Flag & the Government
red field with a white square at its centre + a stylized, 11-pointed red maple leaf
constitutional monarchy
head of the state – Queen Elizabeth II
represented by the Governor General
parliamentary democracy, Prime Minister
Commonwealth of Nations

5. Landscape boreal forests prevail throughout the country
northerly Arctic regions – permafrost
relatively flat Canadian Prairies in the southwest – agriculture
St. Lawrence Lowlands, the Hudson Bay lowlands
Canadian Shield – many lakes and rivers
Mt. Logan (6,050m) in St. Elias Mountains, Yukon
the St. Lawrence river, Yukon river

6. Historical facts
aboriginal peoples – 24,500BC (Yukon); 7,500BC (Ontario)
10th century – Vikings from Iceland and Greenland
15th century – rediscovered by John Cabot
1534 Jacques Cartier → New France
after the French and Indian War (18th c.) → British North America
1867 – the Dominion of Canada
1931 – full national independence

7. Cities Ottawa – the capital Quebec City – the oldest Canadian city
Toronto, Montreal – underground passageways, shops
Calgary, Vancouver – the winter Olympics sites

8. Interesting facts
L'Anse aux Meadows – Viking village from about 1,000AD (Newfoundland)
Scottish Highland Games – Nova Scotia
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The Inuit – inhabitants of Nunavut

9. Seznam použitých zdrojů
Canada. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, [cit ]. Dostupné z:
Geography of Canada. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, [cit ]. Dostupné z:

10. Photos
FRUMPY. Map of Canada. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, [cit ]. Dostupné z:
DJAMESON1983. Canadian Flag. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, [cit ]. Dostupné z:
WIKISOFT*. Canada-(geolocalisation). In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, [cit ]. Dostupné z: %28geolocalisation%29-R3.jpg
WALK. Inuit Amautiq. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, [cit ]. Dostupné z:
VETTERLI. Skyline of Toronto viewed from Harbour. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, [cit ]. Dostupné z: our.jpg
THIVIERGE. RCMP officer on a horse. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, [cit ]. Dostupné z: