Canada is the second largest country in the world． It is over 7,000 kilometres from the　(11) coastc海岸) to the east．lt (12) six time zones． (13) it is 9 am in Vancouver on the west coast ,it is l:30．pm in St John's on the east coast．'

English and French (14) the two mamlanguages in Canada． About 60 percent of (15) people speak English ,and about 25 percent speak French． More (16 ) 70 percent of its popu-lation live in cities near the US border(边境)．

Ottawa is the capital． Every year millions of tourists go there to (17) museums and take part in the cultural(文化的) activities． Toronto is the largest city of the country (18) about 2.5 million people． Montreal is (19) second biggest French-speaking city in the world． The maple leaf is the nauonal symbol of Canada． The Canadian flag has a red maple leaf on a red(20) white background．

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