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Eight friendly questions about the essentials of Canada, from coast to coast. No expert knowledge needed: everyone can join in.
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Canada's flag shows a red maple leaf with 11 points on a white square, between two red bands. It was officially raised for the first time on 15 February 1965, and Canadians now mark that date every year as National Flag of Canada Day.
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Toronto is Canada's biggest city, which is why many people guess it, but the capital is Ottawa, in the province of Ontario. The city is named after the Ottawa River, and that name comes from the Algonquin word 'adawe', which means 'to trade'.
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A law from 1994 made ice hockey Canada's national winter sport, and lacrosse its national summer sport. The first officially recognised indoor hockey game was played in Montreal in 1875, and today every player on the team that wins the Stanley Cup may keep the famous trophy for a whole day.
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Niagara Falls is really a group of three waterfalls, and the biggest, the Horseshoe Falls, is also called the Canadian Falls. Part of the river is led away to power stations, and at night, when fewer visitors are watching, the flow over the falls is cut to half.
Photo: Saffron Blaze, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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English and French have equal status in Canada, so the government serves people in both and every banknote is printed in both. Even the national anthem, 'O Canada', has official words in both languages, and the two versions are not translations of each other.
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Canada Day marks 1 July 1867, when three colonies joined together to form Canada, and it is celebrated with parades, concerts and fireworks. Until 1982 the holiday was called Dominion Day. The 4th of July is Independence Day in the United States, just three days later.
Photo: Harvey K from Toronto, Canada, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
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This scarlet jacket, called the Red Serge, comes with a wide-brimmed hat and tall brown boots. Since 1966, riding horses is no longer part of the job for new Mounties, and the Red Serge is saved for parades, ceremonies and the Musical Ride, a show of 32 riders and their horses.
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Moose are excellent swimmers and the only deer that can feed underwater. They have been seen diving more than 5 metres deep to reach plants on the bottom of a lake, and special muscles close their nostrils when they go under.
Photo: Paxson Woelber, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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