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Created on: March 13, 2008 Last Updated: December 11, 2009
Dear reader:
In this letter, I will enlighten you about Canada and how it compares to the rest of the world. Canada is a beautiful country with a lot of natural landscapes and is full of natural resources. Canada is the second largest Country in the world, and who knows, if Russia keeps on shrinking, Canada might be the largest one day. Canada has is a multicultural society with immigrants from all over the world. As a multicultural society, we are also a multilingual society because Canadians came from many different backgrounds. Canada is immigrant friendly country with more and more new immigrants coming every year. Canada has a total population of approximately of 32,000,000 people. Canada is a wonderful country that provides all of its people with a free education and free health care.
Canada is composed of ten provinces and three territories. I am writing to you from Ontario which is located in central Canada along with Quebec. Ontario is also the province with the largest population in Canada and is also the second largest province. The capital of Ontario is Toronto, which is the largest city in Canada. The capital city of Canada, Ottawa is located in Ontario as well.
Canada is the largest country in North America and has a total area of 9.9 million square kilometers. Canada also has 755,170 square kilometers of water and touches 3 oceans: the Atlantic, the Arctic, and the Pacific. Canada has a coastline of 243,791 kilometers which is the longest in the world. Canada's largest city is Toronto with a population of 2.5 million people. Other large Canadian cities are: Vancouver (611,869 people), Ottawa (812,129 people), Montreal (1,620,693 people), and Calgary (988,193 people).
Canada is a country rich in scenery and wildlife. Canada has many natural attractions and has brought in tourists from all over the world. The natural attractions in Canada are incredibly diverse there are rainforests and the Rocky Mountains in the west, there are vast prairies, a arctic tundra, many beautiful lakes and the largest falls in the world, the Niagara Falls! Canada is also a great place to settle down in, with all four seasons it's an ideal place for anyone look for a place to stay.
Canada is one of the world's wealthiest nations with a per-capita income higher than most European nations. Canada has a rapidly growing economy with a low unemployment and a large government surplus on the federal level. Canada has a low national unemployment rate of 5.9%. Canada also has
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