Winnipeg is located near the geographic centre of North America and just 100 kilometres from the American border, in the south central area of the Manitoba Province.
The city is also the capital city of Manitoba with a population of just over 650,000.
Winnipeg is known as the city of festivals, which occur throughout the year, especially during the summer months. The Winnipeg Folk Festival is a legend around the world! Winnipeg is also home to top arts ranging from a world-class ballet company - the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, to the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and the Winnipeg Opera Company.
Professional sports teams in Winnipeg are the Winnipeg Goldeyes (baseball), and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (football).
The many parks throughout the city provide excellent opportunities for walking, biking, skiing and other recreational activities.
Winnipeg enjoys a lot of sunshine throughout the year. The summers are typically very warm and dry and thus ideal for the festivals.
A population of 1,200,000 makes Ottawa the fourth-largest urban area in Canada. Ottawa has been recently ranked sixth in the world in terms of its quality of life by the Corporate Resources Group, a Swiss-based management firm.
Ottawa is also home to major arts and sciences faculties including the Ottawa National Museum of Civilization, The Science and interesting Tech Museum, The National Gallery of Canada, and The National Arts Centre in Ottawa.
Toronto is the capital city of Ontario with about 4.5 million people. Toronto is also the multicultural, entertainment, financial, and business capital of Canada. In general Toronto is a clean and safe city with a wonderful network of parks, recreational, and cultural facilities. Toronto is the home of four professional sports teams: Toronto Maple Leafs (hockey), Toronto Blue Jays (baseball), Toronto Raptors (basketball), and the Toronto Argonauts (football).
Toronto's people are very proud of the CN Tower because it is the tallest freestanding structure in the world measuring in at a height of 553.33 meters. Toronto is also well known for it's three large universities: University of Toronto, York University, and Ryerson University. In city of Toronto there are also more then 20 excellent colleges to meet everyone's educational choices.
Montreal is a city with almost 2 million people. People in Montreal are very friendly and French-English 'bilinguality' is the mother tongue. Montreal has a harsh winter which makes it great for winter sports. Luckily, Montreal gets around the winter problem with its underground corridors. This makes the city an alluring year-round tourist attraction - a winter wonderland during the cold season. Summer in Montreal is quite short with long nights.
Montreal city is rich with festivals like the well known Montreal Jazz Festival and Montreal Canadian Grand Prix. The city is proud of its four universities: McGill University, Concordia University, HEC Montreal University and University of Quebec.
City of Vancouver is a beautiful and vibrant city known for its attractions including Granville Island and Robson Street. City of Vancouver is located on the west coast of Canada with its population of about 600,000, but Vancouver's Greater Area counts about 2 million people. The city is the largest in the Province of British Columbia and it is the third largest city in Canada.
Unusually, Vancouver is surrounded by water from three sides. Because of this, Vancouver's climate is one of the mildest in Canada being on the southern side of Canada’s land mass. Temperatures average 3°C in January and 18°C in July. Vancouver is very rich with parks having close to 200 parks including the famous Stanley Park.
Victoria is British Columbia's capital city located at the southern tip of Vancouver Island with a population of 300,000 and just a short ferry ride from the city of Vancouver. Victoria is well known worldwide for its comfortable temperate climate, stunning sun settings and wonderful Victoria visitor attractions - including Victoria Butchart Gardens, Victoria Butterfly Gardens and Royal British Columbia Museum. Victoria's climate is ideal for sight seeing visitors or local inhabitants alike!
Edmonton is the capital city of Alberta, and is well known for its gorgeous sky, northern lights, scenic river valley and numerous arts and music festivals. The population of Edmonton is over 800,000 and the Edmonton Metropolitan Area population is close to one million. City of Edmonton Alberta is also home to the world's largest shopping and entertainment centre, (named West Edmonton Mall) covering 5.3 million square feet on two levels.
The City of Edmonton is located about three hours from the Rocky Mountains and Jasper National Park. The city celebrated its 100th Birthday in October 2004.
City of Calgary has a population of about one Million Calgarians and is the largest city by population in the Province of Alberta.
The city has long, cold winters with lots of snow. However, the western Chinook winds bring week-long "breaks" that melt all the snow and ice away and make the winter seem much shorter. On the other hand summers are usually hot and dry in Calgary Downtown.
The University of Calgary is a research and teaching university of growing national and international stature. According to the Canadian Association of University Business Officers, the University of Calgary is the most research-intensive university in the Province of Alberta and among the top 10 universities in Canada.
