CULTUREETHNIC GROUPS

Canadian 40.6%, English 19.8%, French 15.5%, Scottish 14.4%, Irish 13.8%, German 9.8%, Italian 4.5%,

Chinese 4.5%, North American Indian 4.2%, Other 50.9%.

RELIGIONSCatholic 40.6% (includes Roman

Catholic 38.8%, Orthodox 1.6%, other Catholic .2%) Protestant 20.3% (includes United Church 6.1%,

Anglican 5%, Baptist 1.9%, Lutheran 1.5%, Pentecostal 1.5%, Presbyterian 1.4%, other Protestant 2.9%), other Christian 6.3%, Muslim 3.2%, Hindu

1.5%, Sikh 1.4%, Buddhist 1.1%, Jewish 1%, Other 0.6%, None 23.9%.

LANGUAGESEnglish (official) 58.7%, French

(official) 22%, Punjabi 1.4%, Italian 1.3%, Spanish 1.3%, German 1.3%,

Cantonese 1.2%, Tagalog 1.2%, Arabic 1.1%, Other 10.5%.

6TH GRADE PROJECTNOVEMBER 2014

BY:MARCELO DE LEON

GENERAL INFORMATIONPOPULATION

34,834,841 (2014)GOVERNMENT

TYPE OF GOVERNMENTA parliamentary democracy, a federation and a constitutional

monarchy.CHIEF OF STATE

Queen Elizabeth II

HEAD OF GOVERNMENTPrime Minister Stephen Joseph Harper

CANADA

ECONOMYCURRENCY

Canadian DollarsINDUSTRIES

Transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and unprocessed minerals,

food products, wood and paper products, fish products, petroleum,

natural gas.AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

Wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fruits, vegetables, dairy products,

fish, forest products.EDUCATION

DEFENITIONAge 15 and over can read and write.

MALES99%

FEMALES99%

COMUNICATION AND TRANSPORTATION

NUMBERS OF TELEPHONE LINES18.01 million

RAILWAYS46,552km of railways

ROADWAYS1,042,300km of roadways

NUMBER OF AIRPORTS1,467

GEOGRAPHYAREA

9,984,670 sq kmCAPITAL

OttowaIMPORTANT CITIES

Toronto, Vancouver, MontrealLOCATIONCONTINENT

North AmericaNEIGHBORS

United States, Greenland, RussiaNATURAL FEATURES

MAJOR BODIES OF LANDMostly plains with mountains in west

and lowlands in southeast.MAJOR BODIES OF WATER

Arctic Ocean, Hudson Bay, Labrador Sea, North Pacififc Ocean, North

Atlantic Ocean, Beufort Sea, Baffin Bay.

NATURAL RESOURCESIron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold,

lead, rare earth elements, molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal,

petroleum, natural gas, hydropower.LAND USE

Arrable land: 4.3%. Permanent Crops: 0.49%. Others: 95.2%.

CLIMATEVaries from temperate in south to

subarctic and arctic in north.