Canada Flag Tag

To travel the world and share a bit of Canadaian pride with every person it encounters.

Canadian Land and Climate

Canada is the second largest country on earth and has three ocean borders:

• the Pacific Ocean in the west;
• the Atlantic Ocean in the east; and
• the Arctic Ocean to the north.

Canada has many different types of landscape. There are areas with high mountains, different types of forests, prairie grasslands and arctic tundra where the ground is permanently frozen. Canada is also home to many rivers and lakes.

Canadian Seasons

In Canada, there are four different seasons: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter.

• Summer lasts from around June to September and the weather varies from warm to hot, with daytime temperatures between 20 and 30 degrees Celsius or Centigrade (68 and 86 degrees Fahrenheit) or higher. In southern Ontario and Quebec, it can often be very humid.

• Fall and spring are transition seasons, which mean the weather starts getting colder or warmer, and there is a lot of rain.

• Winter is very cold in most places with temperatures often below zero degrees Celsius. Snow covers the ground from around December to March or April. In southwest British Columbia (around Victoria and Vancouver), rain is more common in winter than snow.

Canadian Cities, Provinces and Regions

Ottawa is the capital city of Canada and is located on the Ottawa River between Ontario and Quebec.

Canada has 10 provinces and three territories, each with its own capital city. These provinces and territories are grouped into five regions:

• Atlantic Provinces: Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
• Central Canada: Quebec and Ontario
• Prairie Provinces: Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
• West Coast: British Columbia
• North: Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory

Most people live in southern Ontario and Quebec, southwest British Columbia and Alberta. Much of the north has a very low population because of the cold climate.