Important information about Canada

Following is the important information about Canada which will very helpful to you in interview of Canadian Embassy.

• Canada is the world's second largest country(by area) after Russia.
• Canada consist of 10 Provinces and 3 territories. --- Provinces: (Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, , Saskatchewan). --- Territories: (Yukon, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories).
• Canada is a bilingual state where English and French are two official languages. French is majorly spoken in the province of Quebec.
• In current years, the fastest growing ethnic group of Canada is Asians.
• Montreal is Quebec's biggest city and is the hub of French art and civilization in Canada.
• Ontario is the Canada's most populous province. On third Canadians live in the province of Ontario. Ontario's main cities are Toronto and Ottawa (Capital of Canada).
• The province of Manitoba is also called as the "bread basket" of Canada because a large amount of the nation's wheat is grown there. The largest city of Manitoba is Winnipeg.
• Alberta is Canada's main producer of natural gas and oil. Largest city of Alberta is Edmonton.
• British Columbia has major sources of Logging and forestry. It is Canada's western- most province. The biggest city of British Columbia is Vancouver.
• Almost half of the Canada is covered with forests.
• There are approx 31 million people live in Canada.
• Canada ranks the number 33 in population in the world.
• More than 80 per cent of Canadians live in towns and cities in the southern areas within 250 kilometres of the United States border.
• There are 25 cities of over 100,000 people in Canada. These cities represent only 0.79 per cent of the country's total area.