canada

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PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Canada is a country in North America with 10 provinces and 3 territories. The provinces are British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador . The territories are the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Capitals of the provinces and territories are listed below:
Province or Territory Capital City
Alberta
Edmonton
British Columbia
Victoria
Manitoba
Winnipeg
New Brunswick
Fredericton
Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John's
Northwest Territories
Yellowknife
Nova Scotia
Halifax
Nunavut
Iqaluit
Ontario
Toronto
Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown
Quebec
Quebec City
Saskatchewan
Regina
Yukon
Whitehorse

With 3.855 million square miles, Canada has the second most area in the world next to Russia. The United States has 3.794 million square miles. The land in Canada covers seven time zones. The territory known as Nunavut has the most square miles, followed by Quebec, Northwest Territories and, Ontario.

Canada is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the west, the Arctic Ocean and Labrador Sea on the north, and the Atlantic Ocean on the east. Canada mostly borders the United States to the north. However, Alaska, one of the fifty states in the United States is North of some parts of Canada, and certain parts of Michigan are father north than Canada. Canada is also bordered by Greenland to the northeast and the French islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon to the east.
Canada’s highest point is Mount Logan in the Yukon Territory at 19,551 feet. Canada’s lowest point is the bottom of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories at -1,503 feet. This is also the lowest fresh water point ...

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...er medal the four times there has been women’s hockey in the Olympics.
This year the Canadian men’s team won the gold medal in the the Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Extinctions
As Canada is spread over so much area, it has many different climate zones, and a wide variety of animals in each zone. Recently, due to mining, pipelines, trapping for food and sport, and failure to preserve some forestland, many species of animals in Canada have become extinct. These include the blue walleye, sage grouse and greater prairie chicken. The woodland caribou and the marten are two of several other species that are threatened.

CONCLUSION
Canada is a very diverse country – in terms of its people, climate, industries, topography and wildlife. I look forward to visiting it soon, as I have cousins in Saskatoon, British Columbia and Toronto.

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