Canadian culture is a product of Canada's history and geography. Most of Canada's territory was inhabited and developed later than other European colonies in the Americas, with the result that themes and symbols of pioneers, trappers, and traders were important in the early development of Canadian culture. The British conquest of Canada in 1759 brought a large Francophonepopulation under British rule, creating a need for compromise and accommodation, while the migration of 46,000United Empire Loyalists from the Thirteen Colonies brought Americaninfluences which gave the Canadian provinces a distinct American flavor until 1830. The refugees from the Colonies to the south were royalists, but most were also Americans, hence the closeness of the two cultures.
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Canada has a very large and diverse range of geographic features. Canada is divided into 10 provinces and 2 territories. Canada stretches from the Pacific Ocean on the west, to the Atlantic Ocean on the east. Northern Canada reaches into the Arctic Circle, while southern Canada stretches below the northern points of the United States.
Canada has a very small population, 28 million people, for its geographic size. Much of Canada is still wilderness, cover by forests. The Rocky Mountains cover a major part of western Canada -- British Columbia, the Yukon Territory, and the western part of Alberta.
West-central Canada is mostly prairie, consisting of large grain farms.
The east-central part of Canada are the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. These are major population and industrial areas.
The Maritime provinces on the east coast rely very heavily on the Atlantic Ocean for their way of life.------------------------------------------
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