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Most children attend elementary school (or primary school) and then
high school (or secondary school). Usually, children enter high school at
about age 13 or 14. Some school systems have middle schools that children
attend for two years before they enter high school.
Children between six and 16 must attend school and most of them go to
public schools. In elementary and high school, classes usually start in early
September and end in late June. There is usually a two-week vacation in
December and a one-week vacation in either February or March. Children
attend school Monday to Friday, for about six hours a day. They usually bring
their lunch to school, but sometimes return home for lunch if they live close
to their school.
Elementary school for younger
children
Elementary school starts with Kindergarten at age four or five. The
purpose of Kindergarten is to help young children become used to school. At
age six, children attend Grade 1 and continue through to Grade 6 or 8 before
they enter high school.
High school and middle school
forteenagers
Some provinces have middle schools for children in grades seven and
eight. Middle school is a transition for children aged 12 and 13 between
elementary school and high school.
Religious education
Some families in Canada choose to educate their children at faith-
based schools. In some provinces, children can receive a Catholic education
within the public school system. Across Canada, there are many private
schools where you can send your children for a faith-based education. Private
schools require a fee.
FAMOUS UNIVERSITIES IN CANADA
University Of Alberta
University Of Toronto
University Of Western Ontario
.
RELIGION
St. Mary's Cathedral
inCalgary,Alberta,CanadaisaRoman
Catholiccathedral.Thebuildingsfullname
isThe Cathedral of the Immaculate
Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Christ Church Cathedral
inVancouver,BritishColumbia,isthecathedralchurchoftheAnglicanDioceseofNew
WestminsteroftheAnglicanChurchofCanada.AplaceofworshipinGreater
Vancouver,theCathedralislocatedat690BurrardStreetonthenorth-eastcornerof
WestGeorgiaStreetandBurrardStreet,directlyacrossfromtheFairmontHotel
Vancouver
St. Matthew's Cathedral
istheAnglicancathedralinBrandon,Manitoba.Thecathedralislocatedinaresidential
neighborhoodon13thStreetnearVictoriaAvenue.
Cathedral of the Immaculate
Conception
inSaintJohn,New
Brunswick,Canadaislocatedon91
WaterlooStreet.
All Saints Cathedral
isthecathedralchurchoftheAnglicanChurchof
CanadainHalifax,NovaScotia.Itisreportedtobethe
largestAnglicanchurchinCanada.
literature
Charles Fenerty
(January,182110June1892),was
aCanadianinventorwhoinvented
thewoodpulpprocessforpapermaking,
whichwasfirstadaptedintotheproduction
ofnewsprint.Fenertywasalsoapoet
(writingover32knownpoems).Healsodid
extensivetravellingthroughoutAustralia
betweentheyears1858to1865(livingin
theheartoftheAustraliangoldrushes).
Cornelius David Krieghoff
(June19,1815April8,1872)isa
Canadianpainterofthe19th
century.Krieghoffismostfamousforhis
paintingsofCanadianlandscapesand
Canadianlifeoutdoors,whichweresought-
afterinhisowntimeastheyaretoday.[He
isparticularlyfamousforhiswinterscenes,
someofwhichhepaintedinanumberof
variants(e.g.Running the Toll).
Paul Kane
(September3,1810February20,1871)
wasanIrish-bornCanadianpainter,
famousforhispaintingsofFirstNations
peoplesintheCanadianWestandother
NativeAmericansintheOregonCountry.
Meredith Quartermain
haswonthisyearsCanadian
LiteratureawardforbestarticlewithTangs
Bathtub:InnovativeWorkbyFour
CanadianPoets.Quartermaindescribes
herselfasverymuchafull-timecultural
worker.HernovelRuperts Land,herfifth
booksince2000,iscomingoutthisfall
fromNeWestPessandsheshardatwork
onanothernovel.
GOVERNMENT
HOW
GOVERNMENT
WORKS
Canada is a constitutional monarchy. The Canadian government has two branches:
legislative and judicial. The legislative branch handles the executive duties. The British
monarch (king or queen) is Canadas head of state. He or she has little real power.
.
Canadas legislature is called Parliament. It is made up of the House of Commons and the
Senate. Together, they determine Canadian laws and policies. Citizens elect
members of the House of Commons. The leader of the political party with the most elected
members becomes the head of government, or prime minister. The prime minister
runs the executive branch within the legislative branch. The prime minister chooses
senators from each of the ten provinces and three territories in Canada.
Canadas judicial branch has both federal and provincial courts. The highest court is the
federal Supreme Court. It is made up of the chief justice of Canada and eight other judges.
Canadas government is responsible for protecting peoples rights. Former Prime Minister
Pierre Trudeau led a drive to add a Charter of Rights and Freedoms to the Canadian
Constitution in 1982. The Charter guarantees freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the
right to vote. It says that Canadians are free to live and work anywhere in
Canada. The Charter guarantees equal rights regardless of a persons race, religion, gender,
age, or national origin.
How government works
Canada is a democratic constitutional monarchy, with a Sovereign as head of State and an
elected Prime Minister as head of Government.
Canada has a federal system of parliamentary government, where federal, provincial and
territorial governments share government responsibilities and functions.
The Monarchy and the executive, legislative and judicial branches of Government carry out
federal responsibilities.
Constitutional monarchy
Sovereign- Queen Elizabeth II: Monarch, Leader of Commonwealth, Canada's formal Head of
State, head of both the executive and legislative branches
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Governor General- Viceroy - represents the Queen in Canada and carries out the duties of
head of state
His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston
Executive branch
Legislative branch
Judicial branch
Elizabeth II
Queen of Canada
DAVID LLOYD JOHNSTON
GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF CANADA
Justin Trudeau,
current Prime Minister
Canada's Head of
Government
The Centre Block of the Canadian parliament buildings
on Parliament Hill
SYMBOLS
FLAG
TheNiagaraFallsarelocatedontheNiagaraRiverwhichliesontheborderofthe
provinceofOntarioandthestateofNewYork.TheNiagaraFallsarethemost
powerfulwaterfallinNorthAmericawithanaverageof4millioncubicfeetofwater
fallingoverthecrestlineeveryminute
THE CHATEAU FRONTENAC
TheChateauFrontenacisagrandhotellocatedinQuebecCityoverlookingthe
St.LawrenceRiver.ThehotelwasnamedafterLouisdeBaude,Countof
Frontenac.HewasthegovernorofthecolonyofNewFrancefrom1672to1682
andagainfrom1689until1698.
THE CN TOWER
TheCNTowerislocatedinToronto,Ontario,itisacommunicationsand
observationtower,whichisusedbyradioandtelevisionstations.Thetoweris
builtin1976,itisanastonishing1,815feettall.
THE CANADIAN ROCKIES
TheCanadianRockiesalsofamousasamajormountainrangeinwesternNorth
America,TheRockyMountainsextendmorethan3,000milesbetweenthestateof
NewMexicointheUnitedStatesandtheprovinceofBritishColumbiainCanada.
CHATEAU LAKE LOUISE
LocatedontheeasternshoreofLakeLouise,nearBanff,Alberta,
ChateauLakeLouisewasoriginallybuiltin1890.
FOODS
Tourtiere
Tourtiere,whichisaChristmasdinnerstapleonthetablesof
Quebeckers,isameatpieoftenmadewithgroundpork,vealorbeef.
MAPLE SYRUP
maplesyrupmaybeinpantriesacrosstheglobe,butthisyummy
concoctionwasfirstdiscoveredandusedbyNativeAmericansinnorth-
easternNorthAmerica,soCanadianswillgladlytakecreditformaking
maplesyrupasweetstaple.
NANAIMO BARS
NamedafterthecityinBC,Nanaimobarshavelayersuponlayersofsugary
goodnessfirst,athickcrumbcrust,thenalayerofvanillafrostingorcustard,
andthenitstoppedwithmeltedchocolate.
POUTINE
Poutine,aQuebecstaplethatsamelangeofgreasythick-cutfries,squeakycheese
curdsandwarmpepperygravy.
BEAVER TAILS
Awholewheatpastryisflattenedtoresembleabeavertail(howpatriotic!)andis
cookedbyfloatingontopofhotoil.Thentheyremoveit,slatheritwithbutter,andadd
yourfavouritetoppings(theclassicissweetcinnamonsugar).