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Канада : Пособие по страноведению

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Данная книга представляет собой пособие по страноведению, которое знакомит учащихся с природой, основными достопримечательностями, историей Канады и биографиями ее знаменитых граждан. Книга предназначена для учащихся старших классов гимназий и школ с углубленным изучением английского языка, для студентов высших и средних специальных учебных заведений.
Трофимова-Рыбкина, Е. А. Канада : Пособие по страноведению : учебное пособие / Е. А. Трофимова-Рыбкина, Л. Б. Сааринен, М. М. Рыбаков. - Санкт-Петербург : КАРО, 2024. - 320 с. - ISBN 978-5-9925-1716-3. - Текст : электронный. - URL: https://znanium.ru/catalog/product/2189518 (дата обращения: 03.01.2025). – Режим доступа: по подписке.
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Трофимова-Рыбкина Е. А. 
Сааринен Л. Б.
Рыбаков М. М.


УДК 372.881.111.1
ББК 81.2 Англ-922
 
Т76
Трофимова-Рыбкина Екатерина Анатольевна, 
Сааринен Людмила Борисовна, 
Рыбаков Михаил Михайлович.
Т76         Канада : Пособие по страноведению / Е. А. ТрофимоваРыбкина, Л. Б. Сааринен, М. М. Рыбаков. — СанктПетербург : КАРО, 2024. — 320 с. : илл. 
ISBN 978-5-9925-1716-3.
Данная книга представляет собой пособие по страноведению, которое знакомит учащихся с природой, основными 
достопримечательностями, историей Канады и биографиями 
ее знаменитых граждан.
Книга предназначена для учащихся старших классов гимназий и школ с углубленным изучением английского языка, для 
студентов высших и средних специальных учебных заведений.
УДК 372.881.111.1
ББК 81.2 Англ-922
Составители:  Трофимова-Рыбкина Екатерина Анатольевна 
	
	
Сааринен Людмила Борисовна 
	
	
Рыбаков Михаил Михайлович
КАНАДА 
Пособие по страноведению
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CHAPTER 1
GENERAL INFORMATION
CANADA’S LANDMASS
Canada is the world’s second-largest country with an area 
of 9,984,670 km2, surpassed only by the Russian Federation.
CAPITAL
Ottawa, in the province of Ontario.
PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES
Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories, each with its own 
capital city (in brackets): Alberta (Edmonton); British Columbia 
(Victoria); Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown); Manitoba 
(Winnipeg); New Brunswick (Fredericton); Nova Scotia (Halifax); Nunavut (Iqaluit); Ontario (Toronto); Quebec (Quebec City); 
Saskatchewan (Regina); Newfoundland (St. John’s); Northwest 
Territories (Yellowknife); and Yukon Territory (Whitehorse).
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Provinces and Territories of Canada
GEOGRAPHY
Diversity is the keynote of Canada’s geography, which 
includes fertile plains suitable for agriculture, vast mountain ranges, lakes and rivers. Wilderness forests give way 
to Arctic tundra in the Far North.
CLIMATE
There are many climatic variations in this huge country, 
ranging from the permanently frozen icecaps north of the 
70th parallel to the luxuriant vegetation of British Columbia’s West Coast. Canada’s most populous regions, which 
lie in the country’s south along the U.S. border, enjoy four 
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distinct seasons. Here daytime summer temperatures can 
rise to +35°C and higher, while lows of -25°C are not uncommon in winter. More moderate temperatures are the 
norm in spring and autumn.
PARKS AND HISTORIC SITES
Canada maintains 37 national parks and 10 national park 
reserves, which represent 31 of Canada’s 39 terrestrial ecoregions and cover about 3 % of the country’s landmass. Banff, 
located on the eastern slopes of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains, 
is the oldest (est. 1885); Tuktut Nogait, in the Northwest 
Territories, was established in 1996. There are 836 national 
historic sites, designated in honour of people, places and 
events that figure in the country’s history. Canada also has 
over 1000 provincial parks and nearly 50 territorial parks.
MOUNTAIN RANGES
Canada’s terrain incorporates a number of mountain 
ranges: the Torngats, Appalachians and Laurentians in the 
east; the Rocky, the Coastal and Mackenzie ranges in the 
west; and Mount St. Elias and the Pelly Mountains in the 
north. At 6050 m, Mount Logan in the Yukon is the Canada’s 
tallest peak.
LAKES
There are about two million lakes in Canada, covering 
about 7.6 % of the Canadian landmass. The main lakes, in 
order of the surface area located in Canada (many large 
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lakes are traversed by the Canada–U.S. border), are Huron, 
Great Bear, Superior, Great Slave, Winnipeg, Erie and Ontario. The largest lake situated entirely in Canada is Great 
Bear Lake (31,326 km2) in the Northwest Territories.
RIVERS
The St. Lawrence (3058 km long) is Canada’s most important river, providing a seaway for ships from the Great 
Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. The longest Canadian River is 
the Mackenzie, which flows 4241 km through the Northwest Territories. Other large watercourses include the Yukon and the Columbia (parts of which flow through the U.S. 
territory), the Nelson, the Churchill, and the Fraser—along 
with major tributaries such as the Saskatchewan, the Peace, 
the Ottawa, the Athabasca, and the Liard. 
TIME ZONES
Canada has six time zones. The easternmost, in Newfoundland, is three hours and 30 minutes behind Greenwich 
Mean Time (GMT). The other time zones are the Atlantic, 
the Eastern, the Central, the Rocky Mountain and, farthest 
west, the Pacific, which is eight hours behind GMT. The 
Moscow time zone is three hours after GMT.
POLITICAL SYSTEM
Canada is a constitutional monarchy and a federal state 
with a democratic parliament. The Parliament of Canada, in 
Ottawa, consists of the House of Commons, whose members 
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are elected, and the Senate, whose members are appointed. On 
average, members of Parliament are elected every five years.
CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
Canada’s Constitution contains a Charter of Rights and 
Freedoms, which sets out certain fundamental freedoms 
and rights that neither Parliament nor any provincial legislature acting alone can change. These include equality 
rights, mobility rights, and legal rights1, together with freedoms such as speech, association, and peaceful assembly.
NATIONAL EMBLEM
The maple leaf has been associated with Canada for 
some time: in 1868, it figured in coats of arms granted to 
Ontario and Quebec; and in both world wars, it appeared 
on regimental badges. Since the 1965 introduction of the 
Canadian flag, the maple leaf has become the country’s 
most important symbol.
THE CANADIAN FLAG
Several people participated in designing the Canadian 
flag. Jacques St. Cyr contributed the stylised maple leaf, 
George Bist the proportions, and Dr. Gunter Wyszechi the 
coloration. The final determination of all aspects of the new 
flag was made by a 15-member parliamentary committee, 
which is formally credited with the design. After lengthy 
1 равенство прав, право на передвижение и право на судебную 
защиту
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debate, the new flag was adopted by the Parliament. It 
officially became the national flag on February 15, 1965, 
now recognised as Canada’s Flag Day.
NATIONAL ANTHEM
O Canada was composed in 1880, with music by Calixa 
Lavallée and words by Judge Adolphe-Basile Routhier. In 
1908, Robert Stanley Weir wrote the translation on which 
the present English lyric is based. On July 1, 1980, a century 
after being sung for the first time, O Canada was proclaimed 
the national anthem1.
CURRENCY
The Canadian dollar is divided into 100 cents.
POPULATION
According to the 2023 Census, Canada’s population was 
about 40 million.
A large majority of Canadians, 86 %, live in cities and 
towns.
MAIN CITIES
In 2023, the leading Canadian cities were Toronto (5.64 
million), Montreal (3.6 million), Vancouver (2.4 million), 
Calgary (1.3 million) and Ottawa (1.3 million).
1	 national anthem — государственный гимн
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LIVING STANDARD
According to the World Bank’s latest data from 2023, 
Canada’s rank in the world for purchasing power parity of 
average wage is the 18th out of 191 countries.
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY
Basic health care, with the exception of dental services, is 
free at the point of delivery. Prescription drugs are in most cases 
dispensed without charge to people over 65 and social aid recipients. Canada also has an extensive social security network, 
including an old age pension, a family allowance, unemployment 
insurance and welfare. In 2012, the federal government announced changes to the Old Age Security (OAS) program, which 
provides financial support to seniors. These changes included 
raising the age of eligibility for OAS from 65 to 67.
ABORIGINAL PEOPLES
The Aboriginal population of Canada includes First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples (people of mixed Aboriginal 
and European blood). According to the 2023 Census, there 
were 1.7 million people in Canada who identified as Aboriginal, representing 4.6 % of the total Canadian population. 
Of this population, the majority (62.7 %) identified as First 
Nations, followed by Métis (34.3 %) and Inuit (3.0 %). 
RELIGION
Religion in Canada is diverse, reflecting the country’s 
history of immigration and multiculturalism. According to 
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the 2023 Census, the largest religion in Canada is Christianity, accounting for 62.7 % of the population. Within 
Christianity, the largest denominations are Roman Catholicism (23.3 %) and Protestantism (27.9 %), which includes 
various denominations such as Anglican, Baptist, Lutheran, 
and The United Church.
Other religions in Canada include Islam (3.2 %), Hinduism (1.5 %), Sikhism (1.4 %), Buddhism (1.1 %), and 
Judaism (1.0 %). Additionally, 23.1 % of Canadians reported 
no religious affiliation.
LANGUAGES
Canada is a bilingual country with two official languages: 
English and French. According to the 2023 Census, the majority of Canadians reported English as their mother tongue1 
(58.9 %), while 21.8 % reported French as their mother 
tongue. French is more commonly spoken in the province of 
Quebec, where it is the dominant language, and in other regions of the country with significant Francophone populations.
ETHNIC ORIGIN
Canada is a diverse country with a wide range of ethnic and 
cultural backgrounds represented in its population. According to the 2023 Census, the major panethnic origin groups in 
Canada are: European (52.5 %), North American (22.9 %), 
Asian (19.3 %), North American Indigenous (6.1 %), African 
(3.8 %), Latin, Central and South American (2.5 %), Caribbean 
(2.1 %), Oceanian (0.3 %), and Other (6 %).
1	 mother tongue — родной язык
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