ESL CANADA

Western Canada

• Canada is divided into 10 provinces and 3 territories, each with its own capital city. 
• The largest Canadian cities are Toronto (4.44 million), Montreal (3.36 million), Vancouver (1.89 million), Calgary (1.1 million) and Ottawa-Hull, the National Capital Region (1.03 million).
• The principal natural resources in Canada are natural gas, oil, gold, coal, copper, iron ore, nickel, uranium and zinc, along with wood and water.
• With 30 million people, Canada has a large network with a 850,000 km road system, a 91,000 km railway track, 100,000 km of pipelines, Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic ports, 9 international airports and 130 Canada-US border crossings.
• Canadians consume more Kraft Dinner (a.k.a Kraft Macaroni & Cheese) per capita than any other nationality on earth.
• The life expectancy of a Canadian woman is 80 years and a Canadian man is 73 years.       
• The largest ethnic groups in Canada are: British, French, German, Italian, Ukrainian, Dutch, Polish, Chinese, South Asian, Jewish, West Indian, Portuguese and Scandinavian.
•  31% of the population live in the largest cities of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
• The average Canadian drinks 68 litres of beer every year, ranking 20^th in the world.

Canada Map