Crossing from Nova Scotia

. surface-moderately the second largest country of the earth. Only land border is in the south and in the northwest the border to that, which is at the same time the longest land country in the world. Canada is a popular tourist goal and one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Its infinite, unaffected landscape as well as its cultural peculiarities are far well-known. English 59.3,% (officially), French 23.2,% (officially), other 17,5.%. The Atlantic provinces are in the east of the country. Québec is after Ontario the second largest province of Canada. Ontario follows toward the west. British Columbia forms the Canadian west coast. The territories in the north of the country are directly subordinated to the Federal Government and form no independent provinces. Time belts: The Canadian Sir sand Ford Fleming suggested already as the first a time belt net for the entire world to 1876. Canada becomes from coast to coast of six different time belts pulled through. In the following a list with nine of the most important is specified. Further cities can be found in the region articles. - fifth-largest city and fast growing. - fourth largest city and capital of the country. _ - Canada large city and the important economic center. - beautifully been located and geschaeftige metropolis at the west coast. Third biggest city of Canada and venue of the olympic winter plays in the year 2010. Together with Calgary the economical center in the west. Traffic junction and "gate to the west" - in the reason the Canadian counterpart too. National park: Canada has to protect and for later generations receive 37 of national park, which were furnished, in order the Flora and fauna. All 37 parks are led by Canada Heritage park. In most national park are present campgrounds. Some are near large population centers and are strongly used, others are remote and exhibit only small numbers of visitors. In parks with many lakes and rivers kanus can be rented, them are ideal for Treks of several days. Many of the parks have one-day and moving ways of several days. The admission fee varies from nothing to a few Canadian dollars per person and day (z. are in the Jasper and Banff national park per person and day CAD 7.80 due (conditions: June 2007)) Regional park: Each region has its own park system. The parks are differently large and are differently good to reach. In Canada it gives more regional park than national park, only in Ontario gives it alone already 270 to parks. Some regional parks have campgrounds and other one only hygiene mechanisms. Admission fee is only raised most with staying overnight. Canada is a country, which is coined/shaped by a rich natural beauty by considerable distances and. Economic and technological it resembles its neighbour in the south, the United States. Canada was awarded to 1867 by the British parliament in form of a condition a certain self-sufficiency and is member of the Commonwealth OF nation. Innenpolitsch tries the country to mediate instead by compromises in the cultural and linguistic diverse population. In the different regions one finds likewise many differences such as similarities. The language, the culture, the kitchen and even history vary depending on, where one is. The following information gives a short overview, but one should inquire nevertheless about local characteristics. The journey with the airplane is meaningful. The large cities are interlaced with all important airports of Europe. In order to find a favorable flight, it is helpful to visit and examine the homepage of the goal airport in Canada, which airlines in detail approach these. Some airlines fly only to spring and summer flies against it daily and one can air Canada of flights from all airports book, which are approached by Lufthansa. Considering value is it sometimes, the connection flights not from Germany, but air Canada flights locally (z. that is sometimes cheaper and above all usually without fees transferable. So one at short notice still another one day can remain longer at a place. September results during flights via the USA a increased safety fee and it is with were appropriate for waiting periods with the security checks add. Amtrak has four lines between the USA and Canada. In the east the following connections exist: New York after Montreal (10h), New York after Toronto (12h via Niagara of case) and Chicago after Toronto (11h 30 '). At the west coast this: from Seattle to Vancouver (4h). The course played an important role in the history of Canada. The two largest course enterprises, Canadian Pacific Railway(CPR) and Canadian national Railway(CNR), carry therefore no more passengers. Passengers are transported by VIA Rail, most large cities are attached to VIA Railnetz. The bus system is the best progressive movement means in Canada, because most parts of the country are covered by it. The largest enterprise is Greyhound, it offers routes of Ottawa westward. The penalty are mostly clean, and offer a large comfort. At the east coast Canada is through differently ferries connected with the USA. At the west coast there is ferries between the state Washington and Victoria on Vancouver Iceland. If one wants to visit the country, it is advisable to rent either a car or with the bus to drive. The cross-country penalty (for example of Greyhound) and the connections between the individual cities are very favorable are very good. Mostly drive the penalty once per hour. Like that is also very at short notice possible the bus driving (in contrast to car rental). An alternative to it is renting living mobilization ILS. This is directly possible in Canada, can be more cheaply already booked however in Germany. One stays overnight then usually on camping sites, which are very well equipped. Particularly in national park is recommended this kind to travel. A renting car represents reliably one of the best possibilities of exploring this enormous country. As a member of a driver club one should bring along the document of identification and visit locally a branch of the Canadian club. There one helps also foreigners gladly with free map material. No cheap variants, fully applicable road maps and always up-to-date. In addition there are price reductions to 20% with document of identification in many hotels - ask simply at the rezeption for it. The gasoline prices tightened in particular since 11 September drastically, are however still far from the European level. A litre of Normalbezin (most cars need that) costs about 0.80 for the moment approximately 1.15 $, thus?. In addition comes, which even normallarge rented cars often large six cylinder engines have and are accordingly thirsty. On some routes one finds a new gas station heavy, if it depends on it. Sometimes for the driving licence to root to the Officer at the side window is can as grasp after the weapon be interpreted. With all consequences resulting from it. at crossings without traffic lights a stop sign nearly always stands. First to drive may, who first at the crossing was like also in the USA the stop sign very seriously taken. The wheels must stand quietly the traffic lights and describe find direct on the other side of the crossing traffic lights to switch itself from red on green. LKWs relatively often continue. However some travel guides advise against particularly to women (even if they are too secondly or more) of the Trampen. In some areas Trampen is even officially forbidden. Black-and-white ones describe at the roadside make attentive on it. Officially Canada is bilingual (English and French). All official forms, describe and references are bilingual. But humans are much (it)offen and gives themselves much trouble if they notice that one does not understand them. The purchase possibilities vary from exzellent limited the large cities up to "to the most necessary". Only who would like to put far distances back off the civilization, should some special measures meet. In addition sufficient food and Bezinvorraete belong exactly the same as tool and a survival equipment. In Canada all prices (also in restaurants) without Mehrwertsteur are written out. The reason for it is that the value added tax is levied once on the state (6.%) and then again from the province. The latter can be regionally different thereby. In British Columbia one pays 6,% in Alberta 7,%, so that the total tax adds itself once on 12 and the other one time on 13 per cent. The delivery of alcoholic beverages is nationally controlled in Canada. Only in Ontario this right was assigned to private enterprises, which leads there to the highest prices for Alkoholika. A further exception is the province Quebec. Here also wines and beers in the normal supermarket are sold. In Canada there are very many specialities like the maple syrup, which is suitable however only for the sweet one of the meals. A speciality would be also "dirty pigg", on German "dirty pig". The word leads itself not from dirty "dirty" separates of "ditry". After a legend it had expressed a foreigner wrongly and the word so always continued to spread. The meal is general in Canada in English the parts more "nearly Food". In French parts there are however overwhelming specialities. This is due to the Essgewohnheiten in North America, speaks nearly Food and relatively much meat. Vegetable and fruit are expensively, probably due for European conditions to the long routes of transportation (z. cheese is also relatively expensive, it is one buys Cheddar. Prevailing bread is as in the USA sand yielding bread (tastes and feels like ungetoastetes toastbrot). In Canada one finds from time to time (particularly in and in the proximity of Quebec)"correct bread", but usually one must search for a long time. Canada possesses some wines praemierte world-wide. Admit are above all the ice wines from the Niagara region, as well as wines from the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia. In all restaurants by the guest a tip is expected of at least 10-15%, since the operations earn often only a very small basic salary. In the Pubs one gets often also in the evening a warm kitchen from often surprisingly good quality to small price. (very large) a Burger with Pommes Frites costs about 6 to 8 between 8 and 12 dollar, thus?. The Pubs does not have to concerning the price thus shrink from the competition of the pervasive Fastfoodketten, tastes better does it anyway. Which in Canada is very pleasant and that one very fast gets accustomed: it prevails to prohibition of smoking in all restaurants. Nevertheless the restaurants are nearly always full. Which for Germans might be initially somewhat habituation needy: "please WAIT ton seated". One is received as it were at the door and brought to a free space. Free table choice is rather rare. No problem a hotel is to be found. But one actually learns the country and its inhabitants best in. The hotels lie concerning the price approximately in the European level. It is remarkable that many also noble - hotel the members of the driver club reductions grant. One should bring along and with the Canadian club confirm let thus from Europe the membership card z. of General German Automobile Association or OEAMTC. There then also free map material is available to the respective region. One should use the pervasive motels only as last refuge. The quality of the accommodation is usually clearly under from good ' Bed & BREAK nearly ' and with usually higher price. In Canada prevails since longer lack of specialist from the IT sector, handstruggling are sometimes searched. The six month's work permit should on request (see and: Important information approximately around the topic applying, job search, bureaucracy: On-line test whether one is classified as ' skilled more worker '. Helpful to the request for a work permit. To the celebration of the British North America act of the 1. Security in Canada is ensured. It has a small criminality rate compared with other Laenderen. As for North America a travel health insurance is meaningful generally. The climate of Canada is very different due to the enormous land mass (the largest north south expansion amounts to approx.. 4500 km during the east west expansion approx.. In the northern island areas the eternal ice of far ones prevails south permits the climate some bushes. A "pleasant" climate is only, in the east, starting from the fuenfzigsten and in the west to find starting from the fuenfundfuenfzigsten degree of latitude. The winters are icily cold, up to some valleys in the south British Columbias and at the west coast, in the entire national territory. Climatic explanation concerning the areas south the degrees of latitude specified above prevails oceanic climate, with mild winters and cool summers. Rain falls here the whole year through. In the interior it is continental, with partially extreme variations in temperature between summers and winter, it rains here also less than at the coast. In the northern areas and starting from a height of 700 m (in the south) the winters are icily cold (temperatures to - 30° C no rarity. In the summer it can become hot also now and then, at night cools down it however strongly. The winters are just as coldly as in Bavaria, in the summer are however around some warmer and above all also sunnier it. A climatic characteristic places the valley around the city), here gives it the only desert of Canada with Kakteen and rattling queues including. The winters are long and cold, temperatures of -35° C give it in this region regularly. The temperatures can reach the +35° C mark in this time also now and then. Precipitation falls preferentially in the summer months. The climate in the east: In this region the climate is very differently, due to the proximity to. The influence of the Atlantiks on the offshore areas is unverkennbar.Im winter is not completely as cold it at the Atlantic as in the interior, but it is cool in the summer around some degrees. The interior is coined/shaped by strong contrasts (in the winter it is less cold as in the middle west). The summers are long and warm. Damp periods can occur at each season. One should pay attention not to throw Canadians and Americans overall into a pot if one is in Canada. The Canadians attach great importance to the differences. The telephone network in Canada is surface covering available in populated areas. The technology is comparable to the European analog line. ISDN or similar connections are common only in companies. International discussions of Canada into other countries begin with 011, for Germany for example 011-49. Almost each small place in Canada has a telephone box, in which to a large extent also with coined money can be paid. In Canada there is only one offerer, who operates a GSM net, which is compatible with European terminals. This offerer is Rogers Wireless, which operates the daughter network Fido apart from the own network also still. In many rural areas either no is or only the not CDMA net receiptable, rarely also GSM usable for European terminals. In the devices for the CDMA the European SIM maps does not function to net. InterNet via GPRS is disproportionately expensive. One keeps InterNet entrance good either in then like each public library, in population centres also by WLAN or also in a Internetcafé. Prices vary here between $1 to $3 for one hour. Over 80% of the Canadian InterNet connections broadband connections are according to OECD. The speeds are enough from 256KBit/s to 100MBit/s, the state average lie with 7 MBit/s. It is to be noted that the Surfen is punishable in unprotected wl to, which do not belong to one in Canada. The color Canadian post office is red. The running times of letters vary strong from to two days for letters in the city up to two weeks with long-distance letters. Similarly long running times are to be expected with foreign transmissions. Inland post office is very inexpensive, whereby against it foreign post office is often disproportionately expensive. Post office branches are recognizable from their red-white color and on Mondays to On Fridays of 9 o'clock to 17 o'clock opened. - Foreign Office of Germany with information about Canada of all Canadian provinces with address, homepage and on-line inquiry. Been based on the work of and anonyme(r) users on Wikivoyage. 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