Canada is surrounded on three sides by oceans.
To the north, the Arctic Ocean borders Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
Off the west coast of British Columbia is the Pacific Ocean.
The Atlantic Ocean, meanwhile, sits to the east of Canada’s Maritime provinces, which include Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.

Dear Ms. Green,
I am sorry to bother you, as I know you are very busy, but I would like to change my vacation time request. I asked to take the first 2 weeks of July off, but now, if it is okay, I would like the first 2 weeks of August instead.
The rule is that no changes may be made once requests have been submitted in writing, but I think that requiring requests to be made in January is a little unreasonable. It is difficult for some people to know, 6 months in advance, what their summer plans will be. I understand that time is needed to hire temporary replacements to take care of things while people are away. I am also aware that everyone needs to coordinate their vacation plans in a way that ensures no single department is understaffed. However, I believe 2 or 3 months’ notice should be sufficient. According to my friends, that’s the amount of notice required by other places of employment here in Canada. The reason I am changing my request is that I had originally planned to take a trip to Japan during the first 2 weeks of July. However, I have now decided to go to Africa instead, and that tour is scheduled for the first 2 weeks of August. My husband and his retired parents have already made a non-refundable deposit for the trip to Africa for the four of us, and they are really looking forward to it. In fact, my husband, who will be taking a solo business trip to Mexico afterwards, bought six suitcases yesterday and has already started planning everything. I do not want to disappoint my family with news that I cannot get the time off. As I am still giving 5 months’ notice, I hope it will be sufficient. Please let me know at your earliest convenience whether I can change my vacation time to the first 2 weeks of August, as I will need to either finalize the booking with Global Travel Agency or try to get our non-refundable deposit back!
Thank you,
Else Birch

A With most Canadians living in the southern part of the country, much of Canada’s 9.9 million square kilometres is uninhabited. Consequently, outdoor wilderness activities—such as hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, and canoeing—are suitable pastimes. Of these, camping has the widest appeal. More than one third of Canadian households contain camping equipment, and about one quarter of the population camps each and every year. More than 37 national parks plus innumerable provincial parks and private campgrounds regularly attract camping enthusiasts and issue thousands of permits each year.
B .The most common camping choices in Canada range from posh, fully-equipped motorhomes to rustic wilderness camping with whatever the hiker can carry in a backpack. The most lavish option, the 6- to 13-metre-long motorhome, consumes tremendous amounts of fuel and requires large parking spaces in campgrounds. These campers should reserve their campsites well in advance. Retired couples sometimes take a year or more to travel around North America this way, perhaps in a cavalcade of up to a hundred vehicles. Another option is the RV trailer, which is shorter but requires a towing vehicle. RV trailers are far cheaper than motorhomes but still provide the conveniences of home.
C. In Canada, motorhomes and RVs are costly to buy or rent and to use. For those requiring a cheaper alternative and willing to forgo homey conveniences, the lightweight tent trailer is a possibility. Typically costing less than $10,000, it’s easy to pull and manoeuvre. Essentially, it’s a collapsible tent-like structure mounted on a rectangular four-sided box attached to two wheels. The interior varies with the model, the more expensive ones including a rustic kitchen, beds, running water, and an electrical hookup. More stable than a tent, which sits on the ground, its construction may still lead to camper discomfort during extreme weather.
D. Less restrictive and more economical than other mobile accommodations, tents can be used along designated hiking trails or in established campgrounds; though, regulations prevent tenters from pitching a tent anywhere they choose. Travellers driving or biking along the Trans-Canada highway, for example, will notice campgrounds that cater to motorhomes, tent trailers, and tenters. Some campgrounds have running water and showers, whereas others have only outhouses and outdoor cold-water taps. Reservations are accepted for any type of camping. Websites and books are available with detailed information about campsites in each province, facilitating vacation planning for adventurous campers.
E. Not given in any of the above paragraphs.

Language Decline
The numbers are in, and they’re grim: Three thousand of the world’s seven thousand languages are in decline and expected to perish by around 2100. While the most prevalent languages are taking a firmer hold across the globe, the extinction rate for languages is 25 per year. Charting language demise, UNESCO ranks dwindling languages on a scale ranging from “vulnerable” to “critically endangered.” The question is how, or whether, UNESCO or sovereign governments should intervene?
Concerned language preservation organizations include the Canadian Association for Language Diversity (CALD), a charity whose goal is to prevent language extinctions. IALD spokesperson Norman Reideger says all endangered languages should be saved. “For individuals, language fosters a sense of personal identity. Language extinction means loss of priceless, irreplaceable cultural knowledge—the grammar, music, narratives, and even medical knowledge embedded in a language. A linguistically diverse planet is a healthy planet.”
Concordia University linguistics professor Marianne Houseman deplores such use of biodiversity rhetoric in linguistics discourse. “Life is life, and language is language,” she clarifies. Houseman is skeptical about whether speakers of endangered languages benefit from linguistic preservation, noting that those who abandon their language may be acting in their own best interests by adapting to a naturally evolving socio-economic climate. “Whose needs are served by government-funded social—or socio-linguistic—engineering schemes?” asks Houseman, “Their proponents are typically nationalist regimes advancing their own territorial, political and economic agendas.”
Annalisa Ducharme, a Memorial University doctoral candidate, points out that a confounding factor is variation within a language. “One language can have multiple dialects—regional varieties,” says Ducharme, “If an endangered language is to be artificially propped up with government funded schools and preschools, as they do with some First Nation languages in Canada, then which—whose—version of the language should be deemed “essential” and therefore worth saving?”As well as First Nation languages, Duchenne points to French, which “has many dialects worth sustaining. Globally, France, Louisiana, and Africa have their own versions. In New Brunswick, French dialects include Quebecois, Acadian, and Chiac, a sub-dialect that blends Acadian French, English, and [aboriginal] Mi’kmaq.”