CANADA

Canada’s national flag

The Maple Leaf flag has two red vertical bands on left and right and one white band down the center with a red maple leaf in the center. This version was adopted on February 15, 1965 as the national flag of Canada.
The colors of the flag symbolize hope and prosperity, peace, tranquility and neutrality. The maple leaf represents the cultural heritage of the nation and the natural resources of Canada.

Languages

There are two languages spoken in Canada, English and French. Other languages used for communication in the country are Italian, Chinese and Spanish.

Currency

The Canadian dollar is the currency of Canada. It is abbreviated with the dollar sign $. 1 Canadian dollar equals 0.66 euros.

Festivities

There are many festivities in Canada. One of these is the Vancouver Celebration of Light. That’s the largest fireworks competition in the world. The Celebration of Light comprises concerts, food stalls, and the Seawall Challenge, a popular urban adventure race. Another interesting festival is the Edmonton Folk Festival, one of the most important popular festivals in the world, or the Quebec Winter Carnival: The Québecois had the tradition of getting together just before Lent to eat, drink and be merry. Today, the Quebec Winter Carnival is the largest winter carnival in the world and is celebrated every year from late January to mid-February. But the most important festival is of course the 1st July. On July 1, 1867, Canada became independent from Great Britain. The anniversary of this date was called Dominion Day until 1982. Since 1983, July 1 has been officially known as Canada Day.

Interesting facts

Canada is the world's largest consumer of "mac & cheese".
It is the state that has the most lakes in the world: there are more lakes on Canadian territory than in the world.
In Canada there is the lake with the longest name in the world, Lake Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik (31 letters) which means "where wild trout are caught on a hook".
Many fans go to the forests to look for evidence of the existence of the Bigfoot and to capture an image of this animal.
Canada produces 80% of all the maple syrup in the world.
In 1967, Defense Minister Paul Hellyer inaugurated a UFO landing strip in St. Paul, Alberta with a map of the country engraved in stone.

Symbols

Canada, like any country, has its national symbols. The best known Canadian symbol is of course the maple leaf, but what about the beaver, or the maple syrup, or the Canadian moose...but the moose and the beaver aren’t the only animals that symbolize Canada. There are also the caribou, the Canadian lynx, the grizzly bear and the Canadian goose, then there are the polar bear, present on the two dollar coins, and the greater strolaga, which is represented on the one dollar coin. In addition to these, other symbols are hockey and lacrosse, two typical Canadian sports.

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Food

In general, most Canadians eat a “western” diet similar to the diet of Americans and Europeans.
Traditional breakfast foods in Canada are cooked eggs, fried pork, sausages or bacon, fried potatoes, toasted bread, pancakes, syrup and cereals.
Traditional Canadian lunch foods are easy to make, such as sandwiches, soups, or salads. On occasions when more time is available (for example, at the weekend), lunch meals can be similar to dinner meals.
Canadian dinners will usually start with meat, like chicken breast, steak, porkchop, hamburger, or ground beef, cooked vegetables (most commonly carrots, peas, broccoli, or corn), and then there are rice, pasta, potatoes, or bread. But there are also some typical foods in Canada, like Poutine, Canadian Bacon, Butter Tarts, Nanaimo Bars (which takes its name from the city of Nanaimo)…

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