CULTURA DE LOS PU

EBLOS ANGLOPARLA
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central canada
TEAM 2
CORTES BARRIENTOS LOMAS RODRÍGUEZ
SÁNCHEZ ROMERO TORRES TORRES
CANADA
 CANADA
Canada is the largest country
in North America and the
second-largest country in the
world.

It has 2 official languages:

English and French.
 POPULATION
Although Canada is a very
large, its population is
relatively small compared to
other large countries. Canada
is home to about 34 million
people, most of whom live in
cities.
 Constitutional framework
Canada has a democratic system of government. Three branches work together
to govern Canada: the executive, legislative and judicial branches.

Parliament is made up of the following

three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and
the House of Commons.
Canada is a constitutional monarchy,
which means that we recognize the Queen
or King as the Head of State, while the
Prime Minister is the Head of Government.
 CANADA AND THE Commonwealth
Canada first joined the
British Commonwealth as
an independent state in
1931. All territories in
Canada are part of the
Commonwealth.
 Provinces, Territories And Regions
Canada is a federal state composed of ten provinces and three territories.

The 10 provinces are Ontario,

Quebec, New Brunswick, and
Nova Scotia, Manitoba, British
Columbia, Prince Edward
Island, Saskatchewan and
Alberta, and Newfoundland.
The 3 territories are the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.

The territories have delegated

powers under the authority of the
Parliament of Canada.
The provinces exercise
constitutional powers in their
own right.
This huge country is made up of five
geographic regions:

The Atlantic Provinces,

Central Canada,
the Prairies,
the West Coast,
and the Northern Territories.
CENTRAL
CANADA
 CENTRAL CANADA
Central Canada, also called the
Central provinces, is a region
consisting of Canada's two largest
and most populous provinces:
Ontario and Quebec.
QUÉBEC
 QUÉBEC
Quebec, in French Québec, is
the eastern province of Canada.

Population: 8.4 Million.

Capital city: Québec city.
Largest city: Montreal.
Quebec is the largest of Canadian province by land area and the
second most populated province in Canada.

Its capital, Quebec city, is the oldest city in Canada.

 POPULATION
Nearly eight million
people live in Quebec,
the vast majority along
or near the St. Lawrence
River.
 ABORIGINAL PEOPLE
One in ten Aboriginal people in
Canada live in Quebec.
The First Nations who occupy
Quebec are Abenaki, Algonquin,
Atikamekw, Cree, Haudenosaunee,
Huron-Wendat, Innu, Wolastoqiyik
(Maliseet), Mi’kmaq and Naskapi.
FLAGS AND EMBLEMS
The Arms of the Province of Québec were granted
by Queen Victoria, May 26, 1868, and revised by a
Provincial Order-in-Council on December 9, 1939.

The official flag of the Province of Québec was

adopted by a Provincial Order-in-Council of
January 21, 1948.
 GEOGRAPHY
The province of Quebec is composed of
three of Canada’s seven physiographic
regions. These regions are the St.
Lawrence Lowlands, the Canadian
Shield, and the Appalachian region.
The St. Lawrence Lowlands is the most
fertile and developed region.
 HISTORY
French colonization started when Jacques Cartier
landed in Gaspé in 1534. Jacques Cartier was the
first French explorer to claim Canada on behalf of
France. He mapped the Gulf of St. Lawrence and
attempted to start the first settlement there.
The real beginning of French colonization in the St.
Lawrence Valley was in 1608, when Samuel de
Champlain established a fort at Cap Diamant, the
site of Quebec City today.
In the battle on the Plains of
Abraham (part of the French
and Indian war), it was the
English that finally won and
took control of Québec City.
It was the Treaty of 1763 that
ended the French and Indian
War.
Rather than engage in
another costly war, Britain put
into effect the Québec Act.

Since the 1960s, several laws

have been put in place to
ensure that Québec remains a
predominantly French-
speaking province.
 LANGUAGE
French is the official language of the province
of Québec. More than three-quarters speak
French as their first language.
During the most recent census, French was
the mother tongue of 80% of residents of
Québec, with over 90% able to speak French
on a day-to-day basis.
 ECONOMY
Quebec is also home to much of
Canada’s economic activity.

Canadian Shield have helped Quebec

to develop important industries,
including forestry, energy, and mining.
Other key industries include
aeronautics, pharmaceuticals,
agriculture and filmmaking.
They're the largest supplier of
maple syrup and they even
have the world's largest Maple
syrup reserve.
 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
The political institutions of the
province of Quebec have not
fundamentally changed since
1867. Initially a French colony,
Quebec was later administered
directly by British authorities.
 CLIMATE
Southern Quebec normally sees very cold winters and moderate
to very warm summers, the Extreme North of the province will
normally experience extremely cold winters and cool summers.
 WILDLIFE AND LANDSCAPE
Québec is home to some 650
animal species, including 90
mammal species and 300 bird
species.

Its landscape is covered

with forested hills, arable
plateaus, and high plains.
 CULTURE
Quebec films, music, literary works, and
food have international stature,
especially in La Francophonie, an
association of French-speaking nations.

Montreal is famous for its cultural

diversity.
ONTARIO
Population: 14.2 Million
ontario
Ontario is Canada’s most populous
Capital city: Toronto. province with about 40% of the
Largest city: Toronto. country's entire population entire
country.
 POPULATION
With a population of more than
14 million, Ontario is home to
about 2 in 5 Canadians. The
people of Ontario make up more
than one-third of Canadians.
 ABORIGINAL PEOPLE
First Nations people in Ontario
include Algonquian-speaking
Cree, Oji-Cree, Algonquin,
Ojibwa, Odawa, Potawatomi
and Delaware, plus the
Iroquoian-speaking Six Nations.
FLAGS AND EMBLEMS
The Arms of the Province of
Ontario were granted by Royal
Warrants on May 26, 1868 (shield),
and February 27, 1909 (crest and
supporters).
 gEOGRAPHY
Ontario is Canada's second largest
province.
It is divided by three of Canada's
seven physiographic regions.
It can really be divided into two
separate parts, Northern and
Southern Ontario.
 History
People have lived in what is now Ontario for more
than 12,000 years. Before the arrival of the
European settlers, Algonquian- and Iroquoian-
speaking Aboriginals had settled on the land.
Beginning in the 1600s, French and British settlers
arrived in Canada and began to work the land.
After the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763), most of
the land in Canada belonged to the British.
After the American Revolution (1775-
1783), many American colonists who were
loyal to Britain moved to Ontario.
In 1791, the British enacted the
Constitutional Act, which split Quebec into
two parts.
In 1867, Ontario and Quebec became
separate provinces. They joined Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick to form a
federal union called the Dominion of
Canada.
 LANGUAGE
The principal language of Ontario is English.
 ECONOMY
Ontario is home to much of Canada’s
economic activity.
Ontario also hosts a wide variety of industries,
from those dedicated to harnessing the
province’s vast natural resources, to
manufacturing, service, and high-tech
industries. Much of Canada’s automobile
manufacturing takes place in southern Ontario.
Toronto is the largest city in Canada
and the country’s main financial
center.

The Niagara region is known for its

vineyards, wines, and fruit crops.
 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
Ontario has three main
political parties:
The Progressive
Conservatives, the Liberals,
and the New Democratic
Party (NDP).
CLIMATE The climate conditions are very
different based on where in the
province you are due to the vast
area. Winters are much colder
in the north and summers much
warmer in the south.
 WILDLIFE AND LANDSCAPE
In the Ontario wilderness you can discover a diversity of plant and
wildlife that’s practically unparalleled.

You can find a variety

of birds, small and
large mammals.
Ontario has the most varied
landscape of any Canadian
province.

Two-thirds of the province lies

under the Canadian Shield.
 CULTURE
Toronto, is well-known for its art galleries
and has the largest variety of theatres
and performing arts companies in Ontario,
and the second largest in North America
after New York.
Ontario’s entertainment and creative
industry is the third largest in North
America.
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