So I hope you've learned something........

So that's it!

Thanks for visiting my blog.................... and if you haven't managed to learn something.........

YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO MANKIND!

jk :)

bye

>:)

References

Now, all the sites I got my info from......

Wikipedia,

www.sakschools.ca/~gregory/canada/emblems/.ca.html,

www.probability.ca/jeff/canadians.html,

& blogger

Famous People

Canada has a whole bunch of famous people including:

Scott Abbott and Chris Haney (inventors of game "Trivial Pursuit")
Pamela Anderson (actress on "Baywatch")
Michael Bublé (pop/jazz singer; won 2007 Grammy award)
James Cameron (director of movie "The Titanic" and "Avatar")
Jim Carrey (actor)
Celine Dion (ballad singer; many huge hits including "Where Does My Heart Beat Now")
Nelly Furtado (singer and songwriter)
& L M Montgomery ( Author of Anne of Green Gables)

Awesome, huh?

National anthem

Canada's National anthem is pretty cool (and yes, I know I'm saying that a lot)
here's a link to this website that has a thingo that lets you listen to it.

http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/symbl/anthem-eng.cfm

Population and length in the commonwealth

Canada was one of the original countries to join the commonwealth along with Australia in 1931.
Canada's census in 2006 counted a total population of 31,612,897 people,
1,130,761 of which live in the capital city of Ottawa (wikipedia). Above is a picture of their parliament house in Ottawa. (WOW)

Flora and Fauna emblems

Now onto the Emblems.

The beaver is the animal emblem. This is because in the olden days people killed them so that they could make hats. Before they started this beaver fur trade there were 6 million beavers in Canada, but by the end the furry creature was critically endangered. When the fur trade stopped Canada made the Beaver it's emblem (maybe as a way to say sorry!). The beaver is also on the Canadian nickel.

Now, I'm not giving any prizes out to who guesses what the floral emblem is (I'll give you a clue, the Canadians are obsessed with it)

YAY! YOU WERE RIGHT!!!

It's the maple leaf!!
It's said that the maple leaf has been the emblem of Canada since the 1700's and that before that the natives used the sap of the maple tree as food, which got me thinking..........

And Finally, this is the currant coat of arms, It's based on the UK's coat of arms, but has been changeed a little bit to be more Canada-ish ( the maple leaves for example)

This is coat of arms #3. It was in use from 1957-1994

This is the 2nd coat of arms which was used from 1921-1957

Coat of arms

The Canadian coat of arms is pretty cool as well. The pictures above show how the coat of arms has changed over the years. Above is the first, which was used from 1905-1921

What does Canada even look like???

Well, if you're wondering what Canada looks like i could show you a map......... But that would be really boring.

So.....

IT'S CAKE TIME

(mwa ha ha)

The Flag

The flag of Canada is really cool! it's red and white and has a picture of a maple leaf on it as you can see.

Because I was bored I decided to paint my nails like the flag.

EPIC FAIL

But if you want to see my failedness look at the pics above the flag

Canada

When asked to do a project on a country in the commonwealth I couldn't decide...
Should I do Vanuatu.....St. Helena.....or maybe Ireland????

But then it came to me

Canada

So here is my blog... read it and fill up your noggin with all this Canadian info stuff!!!

:)