My Canada: An Illustrated Atlas

My Canada: An Illustrated Atlas — page 1 — Oh Canada Canadian Flag National Symbols beaver Canadian horse When you think of Canada what comes to mind Maybe you think of the maple leaf a beaver or hockey they’re our national symbols after all Or maybe you picture our country’s snowy mountains endless forests or busy cities What about maple syrup Lacrosse Or your very own neighbourhood The list could go on and on because Canada is all these things and so much more Canada has been a country since 1867 We think its name came from the Huron-Iroquois word for village But Canada is more than just a village today It’s the world’s second biggest country stretching all the way from British Columbia in the west to Newfoundland and Labrador in the east and from the United States in the south to the Arctic in the north My Canada takes you across our amazing country stopping in each province and territory The museums and monuments wildlife and waterways sights and shorelines all tell a story about Canada and the many different people places and landscapes you’ll ﬁnd here Are you ready to explore Canada from coast to coast to coast Let’s get going lacrosse national summer sport Legend Canada’s Capital City hockey national winter sport Provincial Territorial Capital City City National Parĸ

My Canada: An Illustrated Atlas — page 2 — and more than half of the world s polar bears the world’s longest coastline the world s longest international border more lakes than any other country 3 territories and 10 provinces Did you know that Canada has 2official languages French and English More than 60 Aboriginal languages speakers of more than 200 world languages more than 36 million people living mostly in cities along our southern border

My Canada: An Illustrated Atlas — page 3 — Arctic Ocean United States Pacific Ocean Yukon WHITEHORSE Northwest Territories Nunavut YELLOWKNIFE British Columbia Alberta Manitoba Saskatchewan EDMONTON VICTORIA REGINA WINNIPEG W N E S United States

My Canada: An Illustrated Atlas — page 4 — Canada Greenland Baffin Bay IQALUIT Newfoundland and Labrador Labrador Sea Quebec Prince Edward Island ST JOHN’S CHARLOTTETOWN FREDERICTON QUEBEC CITY Nova Scotia HALIFAX New Brunswick OTTAWA Lake Huron Lake Ontario TORONTO Lake Erie Atlantic Ocean Hudson Bay Ontario Lake Superior Lake Michigan

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