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Canada and Alaska

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Nunavut

Québec

Manitoba

Baffin Island

and Labrador

Newfoundland

New

Brunswick Nova Scotia

OTTAWA

Inuit

children

St. John’s

Halifax

Québec Fredericton

Canada goose

Newfoundland dog

Beaver

anada

Beluga whale and calf

Hooded seal

Harbour porpoises

Right whales

(whale watching is

a popular activity)

Black

bear

Toronto

Snowboarding

Maple leaf

Ontario

Industries

Here are some of the main

industries in the region.

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Toronto

Gannet

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Mining

Iqaluit

Charlottetown

Winnipeg

prairies

Niagara Falls

Timber from trees is used

as building material or for

making furniture.

Oil is used to make fuels

like petrol, and chemicals

such as plastics.

Wheat is grown in the centre

of Canada on prairies, which

are huge, flat fields.

Metals such as zinc,

aluminium, gold, and silver

are mined in Canada.

Montreal

Lake Ontario

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