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1. Citizens have the right to receive federal government services in either English or French.

2. Ontario has the largest French-speaking population outside Quebec.

3. New Brunswick has a French-speaking Acadian minority constituting 33 percent of the population.

4. In Ontario, French has received some legal status but it is not fully co-official.

5. Since 1925, Canada has claimed the portion of the Arctic between 60° and 141°W longitude, but this claim is not universally recognized.

6. Canada also has the longest coastline in the world: 202,080 kilometres.

7. Since the last glacial period Canada has consisted of eight distinct forest regions, including extensive boreal forest on the Canadian Shield.

8. Canada has more lakes than any other country, containing much of the world's fresh water.

9. The country has produced ten Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine, and is home to a number of global technology firms, such as smartphone maker Research In Motion and video games developer BioWare.

10. As of 2012, nine Canadians have flown into space, over the course of fifteen manned missions.

 

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1. Official bilingualism is applied by the Commissioner of Official Languages.

2. English is spoken by more than 57% of Canadians.

3. Much of the Canadian Arctic is covered by ice and permafrost.

4. The ground is covered by snow almost half a year in noncoastal regions of Canada.

5. English and French are used in all federal institutions.

6. A catastrophic disaster was caused by the volcanic eruption of Tseax Cone in 1775.

7. A highly active space program, conducting deep-space, planetary, and aviation research is operated by the Canadian Space Agency.

8. A total population of 33,476,688 was counted by the 2011 Canadian census, an increase of around 5.9 percent over the 2006 figure.

9. The largest part of the Canadian Arctic is composed of seemingly endless permafrost and tundra north of the tree line.

10. The entirety of the Atlantic provinces, most of inhabited Quebec and large parts of southern Ontario are drained by the Atlantic watershed.

 

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1. Official bilingualism means that Canada has two … languages.

2. English and French both have … status in all federal institutions.

3. Quebec has … French-speaking population in Canada.

4. The coastline of the country is … in the world, stretching for 202,080 km.

5. Canada has … fresh water lakes than any other country of the world.

6. The population density in Canada is among the … in the world.

7. Canada’s two … rivers are the St. Lawrence, which drains the Great Lakes and empties into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the Mackenzie, which empties into the Arctic Ocean and drains a … part of northwestern Canada.

8. While the St. Lawrence is the … river in Canada in volume of water discharged at its mouth, the Mackenzie is the … river.

9. Ancient volcanoes play an … role in estimating Canada's mineral potential.

10. Canada holds … reserves of water: its rivers discharge nearly 9% of the world's renewable water supply.

 

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1. Canada has two official languages…

2. More than half of Canadians speak…

3. The second language most often used is…

4. By total area Canada is…

5. The country is situated in…

6. Canada shares land borders with…

7. Canada consists of eight … regions, has more … than any other country, and remains geologically…

8. Canadian population is…

9. The largest part of the population lives in…

10. The climate in Canada is…

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1. What does official bilingualism in Canada mean?

2. What language is spoken by the most part of Canadians?

3. What part of the population can speak English and French both?

4. Where do French-speaking Canadians live?

5. What place does Canada occupy in the world by total area?

6. What countries does Canada share borders with?

7. Where is Canada’s northernmost settlement located?

8. Where does most of Canadian population live?

9. What parts of the country have continental climate?

10. What parts of Canada experience a temperate climate?