{"id":1013,"date":"2020-07-01T12:30:13","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T16:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/?p=1013"},"modified":"2020-07-01T22:47:05","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T02:47:05","slug":"around-the-world-in-80-days-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2020\/07\/01\/around-the-world-in-80-days-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Around the World in 80 Days &#8211; Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Happy Canada Day! <\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"ILfuVd NA6bn\"><span class=\"e24Kjd\">Canada Day, observed on July 1st, is a national holiday marking the anniversary of Confederation in 1867, when the British North America Act came into effect. &#8230; This act united three colonies into a single country called Canada within the British Empire.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>CANADA <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/07\/canada.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1014\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/07\/canada-300x188.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/07\/canada-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/07\/canada-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/07\/canada-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/07\/canada-624x390.png 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/07\/canada.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>North America<br \/>\nCapital: Ottowa<br \/>\nLanguage(s): English, French<br \/>\nReligion(s): Christianity<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-sm-6\">\n<div class=\"note bg-lblue white-text min-350\">\n<h3 class=\"white-text text-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/07\/map_canada.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1015\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/07\/map_canada-300x240.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a>COMMON CHARACTERISTICS:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg-editor\">\n<ul>\n<li>Canadians are patriotic, but perhaps don\u2019t express this as openly as US citizens.<\/li>\n<li>Every province is known for its own individual traits.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s common for young people to be involved in sports and outdoor activities. Hockey tends to be the most popular sport across the country, but soccer, baseball, football and basketball are very popular as well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-sm-6\">\n<div class=\"note bg-lblue white-text min-350\">\n<h3 class=\"white-text text-center\"><strong>FUN FACTS:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg-editor\">\n<ul>\n<li>Most Canadians actually do not say \u2018eh\u2019\u2026 but it can happen occasionally!<\/li>\n<li>Canada is the second largest country in the world, stretching from the Pacific in the west to the Atlantic in the east; and from the Arctic Ocean in the north, to the Great Lakes in the south.<\/li>\n<li>Canadians always like to talk about the weather, and are quick to reassure you that it actually doesn\u2019t snow all year round, except in the Far North.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/07\/Poutine-Traci-flickr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1016\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/07\/Poutine-Traci-flickr-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/07\/Poutine-Traci-flickr-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/07\/Poutine-Traci-flickr-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/07\/Poutine-Traci-flickr-624x351.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/07\/Poutine-Traci-flickr.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Poutine:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Poutine is a dish that includes french fries and cheese curds topped with a brown gravy. It originated in the Canadian province of Quebec and emerged in the late 1950s in the Centre-du-Qu\u00e9bec area. It has long been associated with Quebec cuisine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Canadian au pairs have to say about the APIA program:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"programQuote1\" class=\"\">\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt is the most rewarding experience I have ever had. My host family really has become my extended family. It\u2019s your opportunity to make the most of \u2013 it\u2019s only going to be as good as you make it!\u201d \u2013 Tessa, au pair from Canada<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"programQuote2\" class=\"\">\n<blockquote><p>\u201cPlease do it, it will change your life for the better! A great experience!\u201d\u2013 Megan, au pair from Canada<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Photo by: Traci {flickr}<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Canada Day! Canada Day, observed on July 1st, is a national holiday marking the anniversary of Confederation in 1867, when the British North America Act came into effect. &#8230; This act united three colonies into a single country called Canada within the British Empire. CANADA <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/07\/canada.png\"><\/a> North America Capital: Ottowa Language(s): English, French  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2020\/07\/01\/around-the-world-in-80-days-canada\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[273],"tags":[669,726,275,727],"class_list":["post-1013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-global-awareness","tag-around-the-world-in-80-days","tag-canada","tag-global-awareness","tag-poutine"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Around the World in 80 Days - Canada - Au Pairs in Southern Maryland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Around the World in 80 Days - Canada - Au Pairs in Southern Maryland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Happy Canada Day! 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