加拿大是哪国？
关于这个问题的答案其实比较简单： 首先，加拿大的国家简称是“Canada”而不是“Canadastan ”或者“CanaDia”（前者是英式称呼，后者是美式）；因此，它本身不叫“Canadian”。 其次，在英语语境里，一般不直接说“XX is a country in North America/North America”，更常见的表达方式是： “The name of the XX can be divided into two parts – ‘X’ and ‘Ya’” or "‘Country Z’ means 'Z' plus 'Land of Y'". 而对于北美洲而言，这种表达方式可以进一步简化为“XXXX=‘Z’+‘land of y’”。 所以我们可以得到一个最简单的定义：加拿大是由“X”和“Northeast Asia”组成的联邦制君主立宪制国家。 当然，这样的定义虽然简洁明了但难免有些生硬。为了方便起见，我们还可以将这个国家划分为四个部分来观察它的历史、文化和社会现状，从而得出更多有意义的描述。
1.British Canada： The British colony that used to cover almost all present-day Canada， with capital at Quebec City during most of its existence (1763–1840) and later Montreal， Ottawa， and finally London; was founded by the British Crown following the Seven Years' War ， but it grew rapidly under British rule due to the establishment of several fur trading companies operating there such as the HBC and NWC ， and also benefited from British policies on transportation infrastructure and immigration ; played an important role in the French Revolution through its connections to France via NWC and then the Republic of Letters before it came crashing down along with other parts of the empire when the French invaded Lower and Upper Canada in 1837 because they were not happy about those countries having more autonomy than the French colonies did. In modern times， it has been largely assimilated into mainstream English society since both official languages are now officially treated equally while French is often seen as more prestigious and Canadian culture itself is heavily influenced by American pop culture， except that people here prefer using British English over American ones for some reason which makes them appear pretentious sometimes though it might simply come naturally given how long this part of Canada has shared a common language and cultural heritage with Britain and her former overseas territories like Australia and New Zealand rather than being influenced directly by continental Europe.
2.French Canada： This comprises mostly the areas around what are today Montréal， Québec City， and Trois-Rivières． Originally settled primarily by settlers sent out by the government of Lower Canada who were mainly of French origin with small contingents of Canadians Franco