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Part 1

  1. Yonge Street in Ontario is almost 2,000 kilometres long. It starts at Lake Ontario and runs to the border with the state of Minnesota in the USA.
  2. minus 63 degrees Celsius, on 3 February 1947
  3. Canada has been invaded twice by the USA, first in 1775 and then in 1812.
  4. The name Canadians have for their one-dollar coin.
  5. The Vikings first settled in Newfoundland in about A.D. 1000.
  6. It took the most gold medals ever won (14) at the Winter Olympics.
  7. Colour: Canadians mostly use British English spelling, rather than American English.
  8. A bear cub called Winnipeg (or Winnie) was left at London Zoo by a Canadian Lieutenant in December 1914. The writer A. A. Milne and his son, Christopher Robin, often went to see the bear cub. This inspired Milne to write the stories about Winnie-the-Pooh.
  9. lacrosse and ice hockey
  10. Ogopogo. It lives in Lake Okanagan, British Columbia.

Part 2

  1. over 31,000 lakes
  2. number 3
  3. They are policemen belonging to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
  4. Ice from the icebergs is used to make vodka, beer, wine and skin care products.
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