Canada A Globalised Country

Canada may not seem so different from The United States, from the beautiful scenery and the delicious beer to the pretty awesome celebrities that come from Canada. But, there is a lot more that meets the eye when it comes to Canada. For example, did you know that “Canada is the 2nd largest country in the world, right behind Russia”? (Miklos Mattyasovszky, The Largest Countries in the World). Furthermore Canada is the most educated country in the world. “Topping the charts is Canada — the only nation in the world where more than half its residents can proudly hang college degrees up on their walls” (Samantha Grossman, And the World’s Most Educated Country is…). I hope to shed some light onto the clichéd country of Canada. It is more interesting

The Europeans called them Indians because they thought they had reached the East Indies; but later we would call them the Aboriginals”. The land consisted of different tribes of natives, “Huron-Wendat of the Great Lakes region, like the Iroquois, were farmers and hunters. The Cree and Dene of the Northwest were hunter-gatherers. The Sioux were nomadic, following the bison (buffalo) herd. The Inuit lived off Arctic wildlife”, (Discover Canada: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship.). However, when the Europeans arrived, they brought along diseases that ultimately would be the cause of death of thousands of natives. Jacques Cartier made three trips across the Atlantic Ocean to Canada to claim the land for King Francis I between 1534 and 1542. As a matter of fact Canada’s name came about when Cartier heard 2 captured natives speaking in Iroquoian, “Cartier heard two captured guides speak the Iroquoian word Kanata, meaning “village.” By the 1550s, the name of Canada began appearing on maps”, (Discover Canada: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship). Canada was also used as a synonym for “New France”, and Quebec was used instead of

Since Canada’s climate is diverse, its factors come from the different ocean tides, the warm climate from the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic and the cold climate from Alaska Current in the Pacific. Furthermore, Canada is also known for its brutally cold winters. “In the winter those parts of the country farthest from open water are the coldest, so that in the interior plains and in the North the winters are extremely cold”, (Canada, Ralph R. Krueger, David J. Bercuson and Others, May 02, 2017). Not to mention Canada also deals with a lot of rainfall and humidity in certain parts of the country. Less than 1/12 of the land in Canada is good for crop production. A lot of the crops are produced in the Prairie Provinces. “However, the widest range of crops and the highest yields occur in southwestern British Columbia and southern Ontario”, (Canada, Ralph R. Krueger, David J. Bercuson and Others, Encyclopædia Britannica, May 02, 2017.). Canada is also known for its beautiful scenery of forestry. “Almost half of Canada’s land area is covered with forest, the accessible portions of which provide abundant resources for lumber, pulp, and paper”, (Canada, Ralph R. Krueger, David J. Bercuson and Others, Encyclopædia Britannica, May 02, 2017.). Not to mention Canada is in the world’s lead in supplying pulp and paper and exports vast amounts of lumber to the U.S. The