Modern usage

The National War Memorial is used for the national Remembrance Day ceremony every year at 11am on 11 November. The ceremony is attended by the Governor General of Canada, the Prime Minister, the public and veterans.

ANNOTATIONS

entrant – участник (соревнования, состязания), subject – подданный, allied – родственный, under the auspices – при содействии

Comprehension Check Exercises

I. Fill in the blank with the correct word:

1. The National War Memorial is also known as ….

2. … serves as the federal war memorial for Canada.

3. Built to commemorate World War I, in 1982 the memorial was also enscribed ….

4. The bronze sculptures were completed in July 1932 and after a period on display in ….

5. The memorial was officially unveiled by ….

II. Find out whether the statement is true or false according to the information in the text:

1. Entrants of the competition were limited to residents of the British Empire.

2. The statues were relocted to Toronto in 1937.

III. Questions:

1. Who is the designer of the National War Memorial?

2. What was added to the memorial site in 2000?

3. Who was the winner of the competition? Where did he come from? What was the aim of his model?

4. When did a reigning monarch visit Canada for the first time?

5. For what ceremony is used the Memorial? Who attends the ceremony?

IV. Do you remember?

Why is the Memorial called The Response?

Ottawa

City of Ottawa/Ville d'Ottawa

Flag	Seal

Motto: Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant

Coordinates: 45°25′15″N, 75°41′24″W

Country

Canada

Province

Ontario

County

Established

1850 as Bytown

City Mayor

Bob Chiarelli

Governing body

Ottawa City Council

MPs / MPPs

Members of Parliament (MPs)

Mauril Bélanger (LPC), Paul Dewar (NDP), John Baird (CPC), Royal Galipeau (CPC), David McGuinty (LPC),Pierre Lemieux (CPC),Gordon O'Connor (CPC), Pierre Poilievre (CPC)

Senators

Mac Harb (LPC), Colin Kenny (LPC), Wilbert Keon (CPC), Marjory LeBreton (CPC), Jim Munson (LPC), Michael Pitfield (Ind.)

Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs)

Lisa MacLeod (PC), Jean-Marc Lalonde (OLP), Dalton McGuinty (OLP), Phil McNeely (OLP), Madeleine Meilleur (OLP), Richard Patten (OLP), Norm Sterling (PC), Jim Watson (OLP)

Area

- City

2,778.64 km² (1,072.9 sq mi)

Elevation

80 m (262 ft)

Population

- City (2005)

859,704 (estimated^[1])

- Density

278.6/km² (721.6/sq mi)

- Metro

1,146,790

4th Largest city in Canada

Time zone

Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

Postal code span

K0A, K1A-K4C

Website: http://www.ottawa.ca

Ottawa is the capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest city. It is located in the Ottawa Valley on the eastern edge of the province of Ontario, 400 kilometres (250 mi) east of Toronto and 190 kilometres (120 mi) west of Montreal. Ottawa lies on the banks of the Ottawa River, a major waterway that forms the border between Ontario and Quebec.

There is no federal capital district in Canada; Ottawa is a municipality within the Province of Ontario. Although it does not constitute a separate administrative district, Ottawa is part of the officially-designated National Capital Region, which includes the neighbouring Quebec municipality of Gatineau.

In 2005 the population of Ottawa was estimated at 859,704, while the population of the larger Census Metropolitan Area was estimated at 1,148,785. From Ottawa to Montreal, in the Montreal-Ottawa Corridor, there resides about 5.7 million people. Ottawa has a significant francophone population, and under city government policy, all municipal services are available in both English and French.

The current mayor of Ottawa is Bob Chiarelli.

As with other national capitals, the word "Ottawa" is also used to refer by metonymy to the country's federal government, especially as opposed to provincial or municipal authorities.

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