1 land one nation that we call home One sense of place that's all our own One voice made strong one view made clear by the millions of people who came to here live
Canada is home to nearly 32 million people and is the second largest country in size after Russia Canada is bordered by the Atlantic Pacific and Arctic Oceans with the United States to the south Our First Nations people are Canada's true founders Aboriginal people lived here for nearly 10 000 years before Europeans arrived Their influence shines through in the names of our places such as Saskatchewan Cree for swift flowing river and Kanata which means settle ment or village in the language of the Iroquois and Huron peoples Our country has also been shaped by people who came here from other lands such as India Italy Korea England Pakistan Greece Scotland China Iraq the Ukraine Ireland and Somalia It doesn't matter where you came from or when you arrived we are all Canadian One
