About Your Destination in Canada
Why choose Canada
Canada, which lies in the top portion of the America continent, is the 2nd largest country in the world in territory with almost 10 million square kilometers and a population amounting to over 30 million. To gain continual competitiveness, Canada has always been attracting foreign people with all kinds of specialties. In other words, it is much easier and more suitable for people all around the world to immigrate to Canada in comparison with immigrating to the U.S or Australia. Immigration to Canada should be an investment in your whole life, from which you will be the biggest beneficiary.
In Canada, everyone has the full enjoyment of human rights and there is an envied environment of human development, including health care and basic welfare, social environment, business opportunities, etc.
1. Better education
The education system of Canada is one of the best in the world with its 12-year compulsory education being fully free of charge. In Canada, people can apply to university or college even without a high school graduation certificate, and Canadian university degrees are widely recognized all over the world for their quality, besides, there are many world famous universities in Canada. After you have obtained a Canadian identity, you can complete your university degree even without scholarships, since at that stage your tuition will be just 1/5 to 1/7 of that of an international student. What’s more, you also have a right to apply for a government loan. Students who have high standing in their school work have the opportunity to be awarded a below market rate loan by the government, and are able to choose a major to their own liking.
2. Health Care and Welfare
In Canada, people enjoy a good government allowance. Children have a child benefit to support the maintenance of the child; the retired enjoy a basic pension, even the family affected by an incident shall enjoy a disability living allowance. There are top-ranked hospitals and free medical service in Canada.
3. Stable Social Environment
The history of Canada has made the Canadian people a nation characterized as loving peace, obeying the rules and believing in management. The local public security is well-ordered. In fact, 97% of Canadians are offspring of immigrants coming from every corner of the world. With such a great cultural diversity, Canada is a nation without racial discrimination. In annual “quality of life” surveys produced by the United Nation each year, Canada regularly is rated as having the best standard of living in the world because of its health care, education, clean environment, social welfare, and so on.
4. More Convenience
Canada lies to the north of the U.S, and is one of the seven largest industrial countries in the world with a per capita GNP ranking 3rd in the world. Canadian passport holders are allowed to enter into the U.S and more than 100 other countries freely, which brings great convenience.
5. Beautiful Environment and Pleasant Climate
The natural scenes of Canada are of the most beautiful in the world. You can experience them from the coast of British Columbia (BC coast) to the grand scenes of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta.
In southern Canada, the temperature can increase to about 30 Celsius degrees in the summer, while the most northern part is covered by snow in the winter and the temperature falls below zero.
In Which province to settle down
Canada
Area: 9,976,139 sq km
Population: 30.6 million
Languages: English/French
Government: parliamentary democracy
Capital City: Ottawa
Canada consists of 10 provinces and 3 territories in 5 main regions: the Atlantic region, Central Canada, the Prairies, the West Coast and the North. The nature, culture and economic life of these provinces are largely dictated by their terrain.
The Atlantic Region
First, we come to the Atlantic region provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland, which are also known as the Maritimes. They largely rely on the fishing industry for their economic wealth, also they are rich in farming and forestry products, and the spectacular scenery of the region makes it a popular tourist destination.
Central Canada
Here we come to the oldest parts of Canada, that is, the parts of the country that were first settled, Ontario and Quebec. Both of them are huge provinces with farming, mining and forestry industries, and also are the industrial heartland of the country, where most manufacturing and heavy industries are located. Toronto, commonly assumed to be Canada’s capital and Ottawa, where in fact that honor goes, both are located in Ontario. And Montreal, which is considered a rather classy, highly cultured European-seeming city even though located on the North American continent, is located in the mainly French-speaking province of Quebec. Gathering so many big and famous cities together, these two provinces seem to be the most densely populated ones with over half of Canada’s population living here.
The Prairies
East of the Rockies lie the prairie provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada’s breadbasket. The prairies are flat and featureless and have a harsh continental climate. The winters are cold and the summers are hot, but the terrain is well-suited to farming.
Wheat is one of Canada’s biggest agricultural crop. Alberta is the country’s main beef and feed producer, and Manitoba----known as the Land of 100,000 Lakes----produces hydroelectricity as well as a wide variety of crops and livestock. The prairies are also rich in energy resources.
The West
The western-most province is British Columbia----popularly know by its initials, BC----which has three major mountain ranges running through it, called “the Rockies”. You have almost certainly seen pictures of a turquoise-jewel colored lake surrounded by snowy peaks----this is Lake Louise, located in the Rockies and it is probably the most famous image of the Canadian landscape.
The mountain ranges in combination with heavy rainfall in BC create ideal conditions for generating electricity, and BC is Canada’s second largest producer of hydroelectric power. Its main economic mainstay, however, is its forests. BC has the most valuable forestry industry in Canada. Fruit farming is also a major industry, as is tourism.
The North
The North, known as a scarcely populated area of ice and oceans, consists of Canada’s three territories: in the far north-west the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. The traditional northern economy was based on hunting and trapping animals for food and pelts. Nowadays, the northern economy is developing its oil and gas deposits, and the Inuit people depend on arts and crafts, as well as hunting, for their livelihood.
In terms of its geography, then, Canada is quite varied. Its geography is very important in understanding the different natures of the Canadian people. Canada is a country made up of largely immigrants, and it was the geography that largely dictated the kinds of immigrants which came.
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