Canada
Basic Information:
Official Name: Canada
Population: 35,295,770
Area: 9,984,670 km2
Capital City: Ottawa
Major Religion: Christianity (majority)
Currency: Canadian dollar (CAD)
Exchange Rate: N/A
Time Zone: Canada has more than one time zone.
Current time: 01:24am
Phone Country Dialing Code: 1
Region: North America
Language: English, French
Useful Travel Phrases in: French
Practical Travel Information:
Official Tourism Website:
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Travel Cost: $$$$$ ($ = cheap, $$$$$ = expensive)
Main Attractions:
- Niagara Falls
- Jasper National Park
- Fortifications of Quebec
- Bay of Fundy
Health Advisory:None
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"
Area: 661,848 km2
Capital: Edmonton
Largest City: Calgary
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"
Area: 944,735 km2
Capital: Victoria
Largest City: Vancouver
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"
Area: 647,797 km2
Capital: Winnipeg
Largest City: Winnipeg
Area code: 204
Time zone: GMT -6
Official tourism website: www.travelmanitoba.com
Famous for: Being in the middle of Canada
New Brunswick (NB)
Slogan: "No small wonders"
Area: 72,908 km2
Capital: Fredericton
Largest City: Saint John
Area code: 506
Time zone: GMT -4
Official tourism website: www.tourismnewbrunswick.ca
Famous for: Bay of Fundy - one of World's Marine Wonders
Northwest Territories (NT)
Slogan: "Purely spectacular"
Area: 1,346,106 km2
Capital: Yellowknife
Largest City: Yellowknife
Area code: 867
Time zone: GMT -5
Official tourism website: www.gov.nt.ca
Famous for: North of 60
Nova Scotia (NS)
Slogan: "Canada's seacoast"
Area: 55,284 km2
Capital: Halifax
Largest City: Halifax
Area code: 902
Time zone: GMT -4
Official tourism website: www.novascotia.com
Famous for: Cape Breton
Nunavut (NU)
Slogan: "Untamed, unspoiled, undiscovered"
Area: 2,093,190 km2
Capital: Iqaluit
Largest City: 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"
Area: 1,076,395 km2
Capital: Toronto
Largest City: 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"
Area: 1,542,056 km2
Capital: Quebec City
Largest City: Montreal
Area code: 418,450,514,819
Time zone: GMT -4,-5
Official tourism website: www.quebecregion.com/e/
Famous for: French Canadian culture
Sasketchewan (SK)
Slogan: "Land of living skies"
Area: 651,036 km2
Capital: Regina
Largest City: Saskatoon
Area code: 306
Time zone: GMT -6,-7
Official tourism website: www.sasktourism.com
Famous for: Flat topography
Yukon (YT)
Slogan: "Larger than life"
Area: 482,443 km2
Capital: Whitehorse
Largest City: Whitehorse
Area code: 867
Time zone: GMT -8
Official tourism website: www.travelyukon.com
Famous for: Klondike Gold Rush