Fun Places in Canada

Geography

• Canada stretches from the Pacific to the Atlantic and into the Arctic. Canada is made up of ten provinces and three territories. These provinces and territories combined make Canada the world's second largest country. The difference between provinces and territories is that provinces have jurisdictions and get power or authority directly from the Constitution Act of 1867. The territories receive power or authority directly from the federal government. The ten provinces in alphabetical order are: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Novia Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec and Saskatchewan. The three territories are Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon.

Fun Places

• British Columbia has climbing, parachuting, and white water rafting. Visit the rainforest in Vancouver at Stanley Park or the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic winter games. Visit Victoria's famous Butchart Gardens. Nova Scotia includes Halifax where you can learn of famous shipwrecks at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic or eat lobster at Fisherman's Cove. Walk the streets of old Quebec City, Canada's European-like city. Visit the Montreal museum of fine arts on Crescent Street in Montreal. Or consider Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan. Cycle the Meewasin Valley Trail in Saskatoon. Nunavut has an arctic safari and Northwest Territories has a heli-hike.

Eating and Shopping

• A place for fun in Alberta includes Calgary where you can indulge in high-end boutiques and hot couture. Ontario is considered the shopping Mecca of Canada and includes Toronto, Canada's largest city, with tango at Center Island or Ottawa with cooking courses with a chef at Le Cordon Blue Ottawa Culinary Arts Institute. You can ride in a horse drawn carriage in Quebec, dine at a sidewalk bistro, and browse shops in antique alleys. Practice your French in Quebec and eat.