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Image 1Benjamin West's The Death of General Wolfe (1771) dramatizes James Wolfe's death during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham at Quebec City. (from Canada)
Image 2Saskatchewan Legislative Building (from Provinces and territories of Canada)
Image 3Standard Theatre, 482 Queen Street West, Toronto, 1906 (from Culture of Canada)
Image 4The Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa, west of Parliament Hill (from Canada)
Image 5Territorial evolution of the borders and the names of Canada's provinces and territories (from Provinces and territories of Canada)
Image 6The Centre Block of the Canadian parliament buildings on Parliament Hill (from Culture of Canada)
Image 7A Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) satellite truck, used for live television broadcasts (from Canada)
Image 8The maple leaf is the symbol most associated with Canadian identity. (from Culture of Canada)
Image 9Health expenditure and financing by country. Total health expenditure per capita in US dollars (PPP).
Image 10Breakdown of Canada's population from the 2016 census by province/territory (from Provinces and territories of Canada)
Image 11The mother beaver on the Canadian parliament's Peace Tower. The five flowers on the shield each represent an ethnicity—Tudor rose: English; Fleur de lis: French; thistle: Scottish; shamrock: Irish; and leek: Welsh. (from Canada)
Image 12Prince Edward Island Province House (from Provinces and territories of Canada)
Image 13Canada population density map (2014)
Top left: The Quebec City–Windsor Corridor is the most densely inhabited and heavily industrialized region. (from Canada)
Image 14Ice hockey being played at McGill University, in Montreal, 1884 (from Culture of Canada)
Image 15A Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) satellite truck, used for live television broadcasts (from Culture of Canada)
Image 16A topographic map of Canada, in polar projection (for 90° W), showing elevations shaded from green to brown (higher)
Image 17The Toronto financial district is the second-largest financial centre in North America, the seventh-largest globally in employment and the heart of Canada's finance industry. (from Canada)
Image 18Tom Thomson, The Jack Pine, Winter 1916–17. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. (from Culture of Canada)
Image 19Map of territorial claims in North America by 1750. Possessions of British America (pink), New France (blue), and New Spain (orange); California, Pacific Northwest, and Great Basin not indicated. (from Canada)
Image 20A small sampling of Canadian foods. Clockwise from top left: Montreal-style smoked meat; maple syrup; poutine; Nanaimo bar; butter tart; and peameal bacon. (from Culture of Canada)
Image 21"Ye Gude Olde Days" from Hockey: Canada's Royal Winter Game, 1899
Image 22Political map of Canada showing its 10 provinces and 3 territories (from Canada)
Image 23Freedom of religion sculpture by Marlene Hilton Moore at the McMurtry Gardens of Justice in Toronto (from Canada)
Image 24A Canadian McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet in "special markings" used by the 2014 CF-18 Demonstration Team (from Canada)
Image 25The top 168 ethnic or cultural origins self-reported by Canadians in the 2021 census (from Canada)
Image 26Demonstrators in Calgary, Alberta, protesting the coalition of opposition parties attempting to take control of Parliament during the 2008 Canadian parliamentary dispute (from Culture of Canada)
Image 27British Columbia Parliament Buildings (from Provinces and territories of Canada)
Image 28A map of Canada showing the percent of self-reported indigenous identity (First Nations, Inuit, Métis) by census division, according to the 2021 Canadian census (from Canada)
Image 29Newfoundland and Labrador Confederation Building (from Provinces and territories of Canada)
Image 30Ottawa Jazz Festival inside Rideau Centre, 2008 (from Culture of Canada)
Image 31Monument to Multiculturalism by Francesco Pirelli, in Toronto (from Canada)
Image 32Canadian peacekeeper in 1976 wearing the distinctive flag of Canada and UN blue helmet (from Culture of Canada)
Image 33Quebec's National Holiday (French: La Fête nationale du Québec) is celebrated annually on June 24, St. John the Baptist Day. (from Culture of Canada)
Image 34"O Canada we stand on guard for thee"; stained glass, Yeo Hall, Royal Military College of Canada; featuring arms of the Canadian provinces and territories as of 1965. (from Provinces and territories of Canada)
Image 35New Brunswick Legislative Building (from Provinces and territories of Canada)
Image 36Manitoba Legislative Building (from Provinces and territories of Canada)
Image 37A copy of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Image 38Nova Scotia Province House (from Provinces and territories of Canada)
Image 39
Canada
Countries and territories with free-trade agreements
(from Canada)
Image 40One of the national symbols of Canada, the beaver is depicted on the Canadian five-cent piece and was on the first Canadian postage stamp, c. 1859. (from Culture of Canada)
Image 41The Canadian-built Space Shuttle robotic arm (left), referred to as Canadarm, transferred the P5 truss segment over to the Canadian-built space station robotic arm, referred to as Canadarm2. (from Canada)
Image 42Ontario Legislative Building (from Provinces and territories of Canada)
Image 43Margaret Atwood is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, inventor, teacher, and environmental activist. (from Culture of Canada)
Image 44Fur traders at work as depicted in 1777 by Claude J. Sauthier (from Culture of Canada)
Image 45Quebec Parliament Building (from Provinces and territories of Canada)
Image 46The Jack Pine by Tom Thomson. Oil on canvas, 1916, in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada. (from Canada)
Image 47CBC's English-language master control point, the Canadian Broadcasting Centre, in Toronto (from Culture of Canada)
Image 48Köppen climate classification types of Canada (from Canada)
Image 49Diplomatic missions of Canada
  Countries that host a Canadian Embassy or High Commission
  Interests section and other representations
  Countries that do not host Canadian diplomatic missions
  Canada
(from Canada)
Image 50Our Game sculpture by Edie Parker outside the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. (from Canada)
Image 51A Canadian war bond poster that depicts an industrious beaver, a national symbol of Canada (from Culture of Canada)
Image 52Terrestrial ecozones and ecoprovinces of Canada. Ecozones are identified with a unique colour. Ecoprovinces are subdivisions of ecozones and are identified with a unique numeric code.
Image 53Monument to Multiculturalism by Francesco Pirelli, in Toronto (from Culture of Canada)
Image 54Canada by province and territory, showing the percentage of the population aged 25 to 64 who had a bachelor's degree or higher, and the percentage point change from 2016 to 2021 (from Canada)
Image 55Alberta Legislature Building (from Provinces and territories of Canada)
Image 56Animated map showing the growth and change of Canada's provinces and territories since Confederation in 1867 (from Canada)
Image 57The mother beaver on the Canadian parliament's Peace Tower. The five flowers on the shield surrounded by maple leafs each represent an ethnicity—Tudor rose: English; Fleur de lis: French; thistle: Scottish; shamrock: Irish; and leek: Welsh. (from National symbols of Canada)
Image 58Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, Québec, at the Saint-Denis Theatre (from Culture of Canada)
Image 59A copy of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (from Culture of Canada)
Image 60A 1904 postcard showing the Grand Opera House and Majestic Theatre, Adelaide Street, in the current Toronto Theatre District (from Culture of Canada)
Image 61War of 1812 heroine Laura Secord warning British commander James FitzGibbon of an impending American attack at Beaver Dams (from Canada)
Image 62Approximately 98 percent of Canadians can speak either or both English and French:
  English – 57%
  English and French – 16% (Bilingual belts)
  French – 21%
  Sparsely populated area (< 0.4 persons per km²)
(from Canada)
Image 63Aerial view of Canadian Parliament Buildings and their surroundings (from Canada)
Image 64The House of Commons in its temporary location, the West Block

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The Death of General Wolfe depicting the 1759 Battle of Quebec of the Seven Years' War
Credit: Benjamin West

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House built by Mungo Martin in 1953, displaying a heraldic pole
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Montreal City Hall Jan 2006
Credit: David Iliff

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Quebec Bridge at night.
Credit: Martin St-Amant

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The CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario.
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Teslin River at Johnson's Crossing, Yukon
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Canada Boat House at Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park, Alberta
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The Percé Rock, Percé, Quebec at low tide.
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Polar bear at Cape Churchill (Wapusk National Park, Manitoba)
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Northwest Crown Fire Experiment, Canada
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Curious Wood Bison, Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada
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Moraine Lake in the Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada.
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The two peaks of Mount Asgard Quttinirpaaq National Park, Nunavut
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Dickson Falls, Fundy National Park, New Brunswick
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University of Saskatchewan Centennial Lily by plant breeder Donna Hay.
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Parliament buildings of Canada
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John A. Macdonald, first Prime Minister of Canada
Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection.

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A Canada Goose flying at Burnaby Lake Regional Park (Piper Spit), Burnaby, British Columbia.
Credit: Image by Alan D. Wilson, modified by Diliff (cropped and noise reduction applied).

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