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 Canada
Capital: Ottawa
Continent: North America
Area: 9,984,670 km²
Population (2009): 33,487,208
Language: English, French
Telephone Country Code: +1
Time Zone: GMT -3.5, -4, -5, -6, -7, -8
Currency: Canadian dollar
Travel Cost:
( = cheap; = expensive)
Electricity: 110V
Electrical Socket:
 
Health precautions: None
Official Tourism Office website:
www.travelcanada.ca
Main Attractions:
Niagara Falls in Ontario
Jasper National Park in Alberta
Fortifications of Québec
Canada is divided into ten provinces and three territories. Because
Canada
is so large and diverse, each province and territory promotes tourism
differently.
Alberta (AB) 
Slogan: "Canada's Rocky Mountain playground"
Capital: Edmonton
Area code: 403,780
Time zone: GMT -7
Official tourism website: www.travelalberta.com
Famous for: Oil and beef
British Columbia (BC)
Slogan: "Super, natural
British Columbia"
Capital: Victoria
Area code: 250,604,778,779
Time zone: GMT -8
Official tourism website: www.hellobc.com
Famous for: Natural beauty
Manitoba (MB)
Slogan: "Unforgettable Manitoba"
Capital: Winnipeg
Area code: 204
Time zone: GMT -6
Official tourism website: www.travelmanitoba.com
Famous for: Being in the middle of Canada
Nunavut (NU)
Slogan: "Untamed, unspoiled,
undiscovered"
Capital: Iqaluit
Area code: 867
Time zone: GMT -4
Official tourism website: www.nunavuttourism.com
Famous for: Being the youngest territory in Canada
Ontario (ON)
Slogan: "Yours to discover"
Capital: Toronto
Area code: 289,519,613,705,807,905
Time zone: GMT -5,-6
Official tourism website: www.ontariotravel.net
Famous for: Niagara Falls
Quebec (QC)
Slogan: "Providing emotions
since 1534"
Capital: Quebec City
Area code: 418,450,514,819
Time zone: GMT -4,-5
Official tourism website: www.quebecregion.com/e/
Famous for: French Canadian culture
Yukon (YT)
Slogan: "Larger than life"
Capital: Whitehorse
Area code: 867
Time zone: GMT -8
Official tourism website: www.travelyukon.com
Famous for: Klondike Gold Rush
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