Canada is a vast country located in northern North America that spans from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans. It has a highly educated population with over half of adults having a college degree. Canada has a tradition of liberalism and emphasizes social justice, peace, order and good government. The country's political system is dominated by two centrist parties and has a multi-party parliament. Sports like ice hockey, lacrosse and skiing are widely enjoyed at both amateur and professional levels.
Canada is a vast country located in northern North America that spans from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans. It has a highly educated population with over half of adults having a college degree. Canada has a tradition of liberalism and emphasizes social justice, peace, order and good government. The country's political system is dominated by two centrist parties and has a multi-party parliament. Sports like ice hockey, lacrosse and skiing are widely enjoyed at both amateur and professional levels.
Canada is a vast country located in northern North America that spans from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans. It has a highly educated population with over half of adults having a college degree. Canada has a tradition of liberalism and emphasizes social justice, peace, order and good government. The country's political system is dominated by two centrist parties and has a multi-party parliament. Sports like ice hockey, lacrosse and skiing are widely enjoyed at both amateur and professional levels.
Canada is a vast country located in northern North America that spans from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans. It has a highly educated population with over half of adults having a college degree. Canada has a tradition of liberalism and emphasizes social justice, peace, order and good government. The country's political system is dominated by two centrist parties and has a multi-party parliament. Sports like ice hockey, lacrosse and skiing are widely enjoyed at both amateur and professional levels.
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Canada
By Hareth Hameed of VII-C
Canada • Canada is a country in the northern part of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometers making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Canada's southern border with the United States is the world's longest bi-national land border. Its capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. As a whole, Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its land area being dominated by forest and tundra. Consequently, its population is highly urbanized, with over 80 percent of its inhabitants concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, many near the southern border. Canada's climate varies widely across its vast area, ranging from arctic weather in the north, to hot summers in the Government and politics • Canada is described as a "full democracy", with a tradition of liberalism, and an egalitarian, moderate political ideology. An emphasis on social justice has been a distinguishing element of Canada's political culture. Peace, order, and good government are founding principles of the Canadian government. Canada has been dominated by two relatively centrist political parties at the federal level, the center-left Liberal Party of Canada and the center-right Conservative Party of Canada (or its predecessors). The historically predominant Liberal Party position themselves at the center of the Canadian political spectrum, with the Conservative Party positioned on the right and the New Democratic Party occupying the left. Far-right and far-left politics have never been a prominent force in Canadian society. Five parties had representatives elected to the federal parliament in the 2015 election: the Liberal Party who currently form the government, the Conservative Party who are Education in Canada According to a 2012 report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Canada is one of the most educated countries in the world; the country ranks first worldwide in the number of adults having tertiary education, with 51 percent of Canadian adults having attained at least an undergraduate college or university degree. Canada spends about 5.3% of its GDP on education. The country invests heavily in tertiary education (more than US$20,000 per student). As of 2014, 89 percent of adults aged 25 to 64 have earned the equivalent of a high-school degree, compared to an OECD average of 75 percent. Since the adoption of section 23 of the Constitution Act, 1982, education in both English and French has been available in most places across Canada. Canadian provinces and territories are responsible for education provision. The mandatory school age ranges between 5–7 to 16–18 years, contributing to an adult literacy rate of 99 percent.[106] In 2002, 43 percent of Canadians aged 25 to 64 possessed a post-secondary education; for those aged 25 to 34, the rate of post-secondary education reached 51 percent. The Programme for International Student Assessment indicates Canadian students perform well above the OECD average, particularly in mathematics, science, and reading. Sport • The roots of organized sports in Canada date back to the 1770s. Canada's official national sports are ice hockey and lacrosse. Golf, tennis, skiing, badminton, volleyball, cycling, swimming, bowling, rugby union, canoeing, equestrian, squash and the study of martial arts are widely enjoyed at the youth and amateur levels. Canada shares several major professional sports leagues with the United States. Canadian teams in these leagues include seven franchises in the National Hockey League, as well as three Major League Soccer teams and one team in each of Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association. Other popular professional sports in Canada include Canadian football, which is played in the Canadian Football League, National Lacrosse League lacrosse, and curling.