| Home to hockey, Canada is a country of beautiful | | | | immigrated to Canada, particularly the Vancouver |
| cities and wide open spaces. If you are considering | | | | area.Religious preferences share the break down |
| taking a trip to the country, here is an overview of | | | | found in ethnicity. 44 percent of Canadians claim the |
| some things you might want to know.The official name | | | | Roman Catholic faith as their own, while 29 percent |
| of the country is simply Canada. It covers an area of | | | | are Protestant. Other Christian and Muslim |
| landmass over 3.8 million square miles in size and is the | | | | denominations are claimed by roughly 8 percent of the |
| second largest country by square mileage in the world. | | | | population.English and French are the languages |
| The capital is Ottawa with a population of over 1.1 | | | | spoken in Canada. Literacy rates are 99 percent. |
| million people. Other major cities include Toronto with | | | | Average life expectancy for a Canadian man is 77 |
| 4.8 million residents, Montreal with just fewer than 3.5 | | | | years while a Canadian woman will live to 82 years of |
| million people and the beautiful city of Vancouver with | | | | age on average.Canada is a country with an odd |
| a population of roughly 2 million people. With its far | | | | segmentation. Whereas most countries tend to be |
| northern location, Canada is a country with a cool | | | | divided towards eastern and western population |
| climate. The farther north one goes, the colder it | | | | centers, Canada can be said to be more of a north |
| becomes until artic conditions apply.Citizens of Canada | | | | and south designation. Specifically, most of the |
| are known as Canadians. The most recent study put | | | | population lives along the border with the United States |
| the total population at more than 32.4 million Canadians. | | | | and practically nobody lives in the far north given the |
| Of this figure, ethnicity breaks down into a wide variety | | | | cold.Canada tends to be overshadowed by its |
| of groups with no group forming a majority. Specifically, | | | | neighbor to the south. This is unfortunate as the |
| Canadians are comprised of 28 percent British-Irish | | | | country is beautiful, the people are friendly and life is |
| heritage, 23 percent French, 15 percent general | | | | lived at a comfortable pace.Richard Monk is with - a |
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| mixed. Following the transfer of Hong Kong from | | | | about Canada. |
| British rule to Chinese, many citizens of Hong Kong | | | | |