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Canada

By: Kiki Lochner, Meg Davies, and Chrissy dePenaloza

Government

Government

• Canada is a limited government.• Canada is a parliamentary democracy.• There is an Executive branch, a

Legislative branch, and a Judicial branch.

• In the Executive branch, there is chief of state. In the Legislative branch, there is Parliament that consists of the Senate. In the Judicial branch, there is a Supreme Court of Canada.

Provinces and Cities

• The capital of Canada is Ottawa in the province of Ontario.

• There are thirteen provinces that make up Canada, Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Nunavut, Saskatchewan.

• The provinces are governed by a Premier

Head of Government

• Stephen Harper is the current Prime Minister of Canada

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