What are the cultural characteristics of Canada?

1, Canada Day is a national holiday in Canada, which is scheduled for July 1 day every year. This festival is to celebrate July 1867, when the Treaty of British North America, the dominion of Canada, merged three British territories in North America into a federation, including Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. 1879 this day was officially designated as a holiday, originally called "dominion day" to commemorate the dominion of Canada representing the political alliance.

2. The official languages are English (the most widely used language in Canada) and French (mainly distributed in Quebec). 20 1 1, there are nearly 6.8 million Canadians whose mother tongue is not English or French, and the recognized regional languages include all the first national languages. Other major languages are Chinese, French, Italian, German and Punjabi.

3. Caribbean Sea, located in Toronto, Ontario. The 65,438+00-day Caribbean Carnival begins in midsummer, and is called by several interesting activities such as the moonlight cruise, masquerade ball and island picnic in Toronto. All kinds of activities and active atmosphere are well known.

4. Stratford Festival is located in Stratford, Ontario, and a grand Stratford Festival is held every year. The most important drama activity is Shakespeare's plays, which are staged in three theaters for six months from May to 10 every year. His works include classical and contemporary drama and music creation.

5. Bernard Shaw Memorial Day, located in the area where Niagara Falls flows into Lake Ontario. From May to June, this town with the charm of19th century entertained guests to remember the famous plays of Irish writer Bernard Shaw and his contemporaries.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Canada