Canada's economy...

This is an artical explaining Canada's recent economy change. We got this article in http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=amzwDVs5G5PI&refer=canada

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the economy is in ``pretty good shape,'' despite a slowdown in growth. The economy is in better shape than other industrialized countries, and inflation remains low relative to historical levels, Harper said at a press conference today in Ontario. ``Now is not the time to panic,'' Harper said. Harper also said the government can't afford further cuts in the federal sales tax. The governing Conservative Party has lowered the rate by two percentage points to 5 percent.Canada is one of the world's wealthiest nations.

Bibliograghy....

Some of the wedsites we used were http://ca.yahoo.com/ and http://www.google.ca . We also used http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com. We found most of our information in this websites. We also found info of Quebec's river in http://www.quebecweb.com. If you would like to visit this websites just click on the websites links.

Timeline

EVENTS:

1)July 4, 1604: Quebec was founded.
2) December31st, 1775: Americans tried to take over Canada but failed.
3) June 21, 1749 to July 9, 1749: Edward Cornwallis founded Halifax, Nova Scotia.
4) December 5, 1837: A rebellion forms in Upper Canada.
5) May 8, 1871: Treaty with Washington.
6) April 9, 1917: Battle of Vimy Ridge.
7) September 10, 1939: Canada declared war on Germany.
8) March 23, 1949: Newfoundland becomes a province.
9) August 4, 1960: Canadian Bill of Rights aproved.
10) April 2, 1980: Terry Fox begins his run.

Publishing titles in Canada....

Each year over 45,000 titles are published in canada. New publications appear in a variety of formats, but lots of then don't sell much in the market place. Some libraries in Canada try to preserve as much publications as possible. Since 1950 the Candadian Library has been producing a Canadiana program, that shows the titles that were resently published or long ago published titles.

TAXESS!!!

CANADIAN TAXES:

17.5% of a product is pure tax!

(unless it is a book)

Locations!

Here is a map labelled with all the Canada provinces:
and here are the Capial cities for each province:

Ontario-Toronto
Alberta-Edmonton
British Colombia- Vancouver
Nova Scotia- Halifax
Yukon- Whitehorse
Newfoundland and Labradour-St. John's
Sascatchewan- Regina
Manitoba-Winnipeg
Northwest territories-Yellowknife
Nunavut- Iqualit
Prince Edward Island- Charlottetown
New Brunswick- Fredriction

Languages and Culture

Canada is English-speaking country, in other words, english is the first language to MOST Canada provinces, all except Quebec. Quebec is a province wich english is the second language and French is the first. Yet, it is one of the most culture-varied countries in the world. It has Chinatown, even Salvadorean restaurants with pupusas! There is no getting bored in Canada. The usual traditions are the Quebec's parade for Christmas with floats, and dances and fireworks...it's beautiful! Toronto and other Ontario countries host the x-mas Santa parade. When they walk all aroung Younge street (the longest street in the world) and you get a visit from Santa himself! He gives out prizes and you can give him your christmas letter for your gifts. Toronto also hosts own Film Festival and operas. There is also an amazing event where special guests come to Canada and it is called
Cavalcade of Lights, it is when fireworks fall over the City Hall in Toronto.







One other amzing natural beauty in Canada is the Northen Lights. Only seen in winter in Yukon and the Northwest territories. (which are provinces located more to the north of Canada.)

The Great Lakes

The great lakes, formed over 10,000 years ago by the ice age are one of the most precious water resources in the world. The lakes within are: lake Huron, lake Superior, lake Ontario (which is about the size of El Salvador),lake Michigan and lake Erie. They provide fresh water and homes to 40 million canadians and Americans and countless amount of animals. Lake Ontario even has its own island! (Toronto island)

Niagara falls....

The Niagara falls one of Canada's famous tourist place has a volume of water of 150,000 U.S gallons per second. 18,000 years ago Ontario was covered by ice sheets
2-3 kilometers thik. Now all the ice melted and created these beautiful fall. The Niagara falls also divide Canda and U.S.A half of it is from the U.S and the other is from Canada. There once was a museum where it had things about Niagara fall history but it was burned down. This museum was founded in 1827 by Thomas Barnett.

National Anthem!

Here is Canada's National Anthem:
Titled 'Oh Canada' and officially became Canada's National anthem July 1st 1980 as part of Canada Day. It was written by Calixa Lavallée.

So here are the lyrics:

English Words

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


(repeat)

French Words

O Canada, terre de nos aïeux,
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux.
Car ton bras sait porter l'épée,
Il sait porter la croix.
Ton histoire est une épopée
Des plus brillants exploits.
Et ta valeur, de foi trempée,
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits


(repeat)

Ice paradise...

Another amazing place in Canda is the Ice Hotel Glace located in Quebec, unfortunately it melts in spring.
In Quebec is the only province in Canada which speaks French as it's first language.

Here are two pictures of the hotel:

Climate tables of Canada's weather

Next, here is a table provided by: http://www.theweathernetwork.com/statistics/C02017/caon0696
It is showing the average climate in a very popular city in Ontario called 'Toronto', through the period of 30 years during 1961-1990 the table covers the average temperature from the city.

Click on the picture to enlarge it.

Ottawa and West Edmond Mall..

Here is a picture of a water park inside West Edmond Mall .

Canda is located in North of the U.S.

It's capital city is Ottawa, where the prime misnister Steven Harper lives and all of the country goverment is there.

West Endmonton mall; the biggest mall in Canada has it's very own indoor amusement park and a ice hockey ice rink as well. It is the size of a small city or Disney Land.

Welcome.....

Hi...

Lucy and I Andrea are making a blog about Canada.

We are going to write about:

It's Location

What are it's features

Culture

History

Tourism

Economy

Bibliography