Canada
- Country in North America
- Capital: Ottawa
- Largest cities: Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver
- Population: 38,526,760; density: 4.2/km²
- Borders: United States of America (8,891 km long border is the world’s longest bi-national land border)
- Seas: Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean
- Area: 9,984,670 km² (world’s second-largest country) (water 11,76%)
- Highest point: Mount Logan 5,959 m
- Lowest point: Atlantic Ocean, Sea Level
- Longest river: Mackenzie River (4,241 km)
- Largest lake: Great Bear Lake (31,153 km²)
- Climate: temperate, or humid continental to subarctic or arctic in north, and tundra in mountainous areas, and the far north
- Terrain: mostly plains and mountains in west, to highlands (low mountains) in the south east, and east, to flatlands in the Great lakes
- Natural resources: iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas, hydropower
- Natural hazards: permafrost, cyclonic storms, tornadoes, earthquakes, forest fires
- Official language: English, French
- Religion: 67.2% Christianity, 23.9% no religion, 3.2% Islam, 1.5% Hindus, 1.4% Sikhs, 1.1% Buddhists, 1.0% Jews.
- Government: federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- National day: Canada Day (Festa della Repubblica) – 1 July (1867), flag day: 14 February
- Currency: Canadian dollar ($) (CAD)
- Time zone: UTC−3.5 to −8, summer (DST): UTC−2.5 to −7
- Calling code: +1
- ISO 3166 code: CAN
- Internet TLD: .ca
- Driving side: right
- Electricity: 120V supply voltage and 60Hz, plug types: A and B
∇ Location: view on Google Maps
CANADA: filming locations on 40thousandkm movies
PROVINCES (10) and TERRITORIES (3)
Ontario (ON) – capital: Toronto
Québec (QC) – capital: Québec City, largest city: Montreal
Bromont | Brossard | Île des Sœurs | Laurentian Mountains | Laurentides | Longueuil | Montreal | Oka | Parc Linéaire Le P’tit Train du Nord | Piedmont | Prévost | Verdun
Nova Scotia (NS) – capital: Halifax
New Brunswick (NB) – capital: Fredericton, largest city: Moncton
Manitoba (MB) – capital: Winnipeg
British Columbia (BC) – capital: Victoria, largest city: Vancouver
Prince Edward Island (PE) – capital: Charlottetown
Saskatchewan (SK) – capital: Regina, largest city: Saskatoon
Alberta (AB) – capital: Edmonton, largest city: Calgary
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) – capital: St. John’s
Northwest Territories (NT) – capital: Yellowknife
Yukon (YT) – capital: Whitehorse
Nunavut (NU) – capital: Iqaluit
PLACES (A-Z)
Baldwin Mills | Bécancour River | Beloeil | Boucherville | Bromont | Brossard |
Chambly | Chambly Basin | Chambly Canal | Châteauguay | Chateauguay River | Coaticook
Île des Sœurs | Inverness | Irlande
Lac Aylmer | Lake Champlain | Lake of Two Mountains | Laval | Laurentian Mountains | Laurentides | Longueuil | Lysander Falls
Montreal | Mont Saint-Bruno | Mont-Saint-Hilaire
Oka | Ottawa | Ottawa River | Otterburn Park
Palmer River | Parc Linéaire Le P’tit Train du Nord | Piedmont | Pointe-Saint-Charles | Prévost
Richelieu | Richelieu River | Rivière Saint François | Rougemont
Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière | Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière Falls | Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville | Saint-Gérard | Saint-Hyacinthe | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu | Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine | Saint Lawrence River | Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu | Saint-Rémi | Stratford
Vaudreuil-Dorion | Vaudreuil-Soulanges | Verdun
National Historic Site of Canada
CUISINE
A VIEW FROM THE TOP (aerial photography)
MUSIC
Céline Dion – Pour que tu m’aimes encore
Céline Dion – I’m Alive
Alannah Myles – Black Velvet
Shania Twain – That Don’t Impress Me Much
Michael Bublé – Sway
Nelly Furtado – Say It Right
Justin Bieber – Sorry (PURPOSE : The Movement)
© Agata Ziz • All photos were taken by me • All rights reserved
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