Canadian+Core

Canadian Core The Canadian Core includes Southern Ontario and Southern Quebec. There is some overlap with the Manufacturing Core.

Beautiful Places of the Canadian Core
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=CN Tower=

The famous CN Tower is located in the heart of Toronto, Ontario. It is Canada's National Tower and is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. The tower is 1,815 feet tall and is considered the Worlds largest tower. It opened to the public in 1976 after 40 months of construction. It can withstand winds up to 260 miles per hour and an earthquake of 8.5 magnitude on the Richter Scale. The tower attracts about 2 million tourists per year. It has many attractions including shops, restaurants, and adrenaline seeking fun. The Glass Floor is 113 stories tall, which you can stand on and overlook the city below you. The look out level is 114 stories tall, giving you a great view of Toronto. The Sky Pod is the highest level you can view, which is 147 stories tall. It is the second highest public observation deck in the world. It is the world’s tallest lightning rod and is safe to be in the tower when it is hit by lightning, which happens about 75 times per year. It has six elevators with glass floors and walls, which gives you a complete view as your going up 15 miles per hour. It takes only 58 seconds to reach the top. The tower also has a restaurant, which does a full 360 degrees rotation every 72 minutes. The Edge Walk is an adrenaline rush attraction, which you are hooked to harnesses and can walk on and around the roof of the main pod of the tower at 1,168 ft which is directly above the 360 Restaurant. Canadian National Railway decided to build a communications tower tall enough so that any radio or TV communications from it would not be obstructed by other high-rise buildings in the city.

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=Niagara Falls= Niagara Falls is three waterfalls in between the international border of New York, USA and Ontario, Canada. The three waterfalls are the American Falls, the Bridal Veil Falls and the Horseshoe Falls. The Horseshoe Falls are on the Canadian side, which are 167 feet tall. The Horseshoe Falls are the largest of the three. They are a source of hydro power, which produces a lot of electricity. At the current rate of erosion, scientists believe that the Niagara Falls will be gone in around 50000 years. The Niagara Falls are visited by around 30 million people every year. Numerous movies have shown footage of Niagara Falls, causing tourism rates to increase. There are a lot of attractions including boat rides and helicopter rides to view the falls. There is a Skylon Tower, which looks similar to the CN tower, containing restaurants, shops and more.







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=Parliament Building= ====The Parliament Building is located in Ottawa, Ontario, which is Canada's capital. It is located on top of Parliament Hill, overlooking the Ottawa River.The building is the home of Canada's federal government. The old structure was destroyed in a fire in 1917, and a new structure was built and designed in the Modern Gothic Revival style. The Parliament building attracts approximately three million visitors each year. There is three main blocks. The center block is dominated by the Peace Tower which is 302 feet tall and contains 53 bells. The east block houses restored offices of the Canada's first Prime Minister, and the west block houses offices for members of the Parliament.====

Parliament Hill overlooking the Ottawa River.



Old photograph of firemen putting out the fire in 1917.



= Historical Sites = Canada has a lot of National historic sites such as museums, parks and old buildings. Most historic sites are located in Quebec, Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto the main cities of Canada.

[|Toronto Canada Historic Sites]

Fort York Historic Site
Fort York is a historic site of military fortifications and buildings. Located in the heart of Downtown Toronto. It was built in the1793 by British army and Canadian militia troops. It is best known as the location where the Battle of York came to its violent climax during the War of 1812. After the War of 1812 Fort York was the home of a military garrison until 1930s. It become a public museum in 1934. Every year there is the War of 1812 festival where hundreds of costumed volunteers perform a reenactment of the 1813 Battle of York in the actual site of the battle.

[|Quebec Historic Sites] La Citadelle de Quebec was built about 300 years ago. Most of it was built during 1820-1832, although the bastions and cape polygon which were integrated into the design, date from 1720 and 1745 respectively. It was founded by members of the regiment in 1950. It has served as the second official residence of Canada's governors general since 1872. It is located besides the St. Lawrence river facing the city.

[|Ottawa Canada Historic Sites]

Parliament Building in Ottawa is the Canada's Federal Government. The Centre, East and West block of the Parliament buildings were built between 1859 and 1866 (excluding the tower and library). In 1867, Confederation was brought in, and the buildings were immediately chosen as the seat of government for the new Dominion of Canada. There was a fire in 1916. It began the rebuilding the Centre block during the first world war. The new structure, designed in the Modern Gothic Revival style, was completed in 1922. The peace tower was completed in 1927.

= = =Language/ Dialect =

Canada is known for being a home to many bilingual families; the two most spoken languages are English and French. English is currently the most speaking language in Canada, French is the second most spoken language, but seems to be decreasing. Quebec is the only place where they wish to only speak French; they even wanted to separate from Canada. The Officials Languages Act was a law passed to give English and French an equal status in government. They have street signs written in French with an English translation on the bottom.

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=Canadian Holidays=

Many of the Canadian holidays are similar, including New Years, Valentines Day, St. Patrick's Day, Mothers Day, Fathers Day and Christmas. A few that are limited to Canada are: February 17- Family Day April 21- Easter- Canadians celebrate Easter MONDAY instead of Easter Sunday. May 19- Queen Victoria Day, which Canadians celebrate the birth of Queen Victoria. June 21-National Aboriginal Day-National Aboriginal Day is an opportunity for Canadians to join together to celebrate the unique culture and heritage of Métis, Inuit and First Nations people June 24- National Holiday of Quebec. July 1st- Canada Day- National Holiday. Canada was born July 1, 1867 July 9- Nuvanut Day August 4- August Civic Holiday August 18- Discovery Day September 1- Labour Day October 13-Thanksgiving- Canada's first Thanksgiving was celebrated in the Arctic in 1578. American refugees brought with them the customs and practices of the American Thanksgiving, such as Turkey, Pumpkin and Squash. November 11- Remembrance Day- It is like our Veterans Day December 26- Boxing Day- When servants of the wealthy in Britain were allowed to take the day off to be with their families and the employers would give the servants a box to take home with them, sometimes including food. But today boxing day in Canada is just another day to take off work and shop sales at the mall.

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Toronto is the largest city of the Canadian Core with a land area of 243.2 square miles 630 square kilometers and. Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario located in southern Ontario known as Golden horseshoe. Toronto is considered the financial capital of Canada because it has a high concentration of banks and brokerage firms on bay street in the financial district.

=Population=
 * Canada is ranked number 37 in the 2014 world’s population.
 * Its current population is 35.1 million.
 * At 3,855,103 square miles, Canada is the second largest country in the world, behind Russia.
 * Its population density is 8.6 people per square mile, making Canada the ninth-most sparsely populated nation in the world.
 * The average life expectancy at birth for a Canadian is 81.16 years, the eighth highest in the world.
 * Annual Births is 377,636.
 * Immigration to Canada is 248,748 new permanent residents. Canada's growth is fueled largely by immigration. In fact, relative to its size, Canada is the largest importer of human capital in the G8, attracting even more immigrants per capita than the USA.


 * **Rank** || **Province/Territory** || **Abbreviation** || **Population (2011)** ||
 * Ontario || ON || 12,851,821 || 38.4% ||
 * Quebec || QC || 7,903,001 || 23.6% ||
 * British Columbia || BC || 4,400,057 || 13.1% ||
 * [|Alberta] || AB || 3,645,257 || 10.9% ||
 * [|Manitoba] || MB || 1,208,268 || 3.6% ||
 * [|Saskatchewan] || SK || 1,033,381 || 3.1% ||
 * [|Nova Scotia] || NS || 921,727 || 2.8% ||
 * New Brunswick || NB || 751,171 || 2.2% ||
 * Newfoundland and Labrador || NL || 514,536 || 1.5% ||
 * Prince Edward Island || PE || 140,204 || 0.4% ||
 * Northwest Territories || NT || 41,462 || 0.1% ||
 * Yukon || YT || 33,897 || 0.1% ||
 * Nunavut || NU || 31,906 || 0.1% ||

= = =__//**Canadian Foods**//__=

**//Poutine//** is a popular food in Quebec. It consists of a messy pile of fries, gravy, and cheese curds.


Montreal is famous for their bagels

Maple is very common in Canada, Hence the Maple leaf on the Canadian Flag. They even have Maple candy coated Bacon

Tim Hortons is the home of the Canadian Maple Doughnut

Kraft Dinner- Instead of Mac N Cheese


 * A popular dessert in Canada is Nanaimo Bars (N.B's for short). These are a three layered****, no bake, dessert. A town in Canada named their city after this dessert which is called Nanaimo City. Recipe for Nanaimo Bars here** __//**: [|recipe]**//__



=Music=
 * Canada is the seventh-largest market in the world for recorded music, representing 3% of global trade value.
 * Canada is the third-largest exporter of musical talent in the world.
 * Canadian artists released nearly 2,700 albums in 2009.
 * Online sales account for 40% of all recorded music sales in Canada.
 * In December 2011, four of the top five positions on the U.S. Billboard Chart were held by Canadians Michael Bublé, Justin Bieber, Drake and Nickelback.
 * The music industry in Canada generates nearly $3 billion every year in economic activity from sound recordings, concerts, commercial radio in Canada and performing rights.
 * Albums by Canadian artists accounted for more than a quarter of all albums sold in Canada in 2011

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