SMU essay

Saint Mary's University is in Halifax as you know. Halifax is a small port town but the center of the east coast of Canada. There are two famous parks in Halifax. The names are Point Pleasent Park and Halifax Public Gardens. In Point Pleasent Park, you can jog, take a dog for a walk, and go on a picnic. In Halifax Public Gardens, you are not allowed doing them. No pets, no jogging, no bikes and no feeding the birds and waterfowl. If you want to do lawn activity, you should go to the family Lawn Area. However, you can take pictures in the gardens. There are some Japanese food restaurants in Halifax. If you miss Japanese food, you should go and eat. According to Jordan, a friend who is from Canada, Doraku is the best of all. For shopping, you can go to Halifax Shopping Centre. It has Wal Mart and we can buy something we need such as pillows and blankets.
Halifax is very cold in winter season. The average highs of Janualy and February are under 0 centigrade. You shoud put on clothes as much as possible when you go outside in winter. Gloves and earmaffs are necessary. The Average depths of snow on ground are 8.6 cm. The other side, summer season in Halifax is warm. The average highs of June and September are 19 centigrade. The ones of July and August are 23 centigrade. However, according to the exchange students from Saint Mary's University, the hottest day ever was 40 centigrade a few years ago. Halifax has over 100 days of mist or fog each year.
The population of Canada is about thirty-two million. The number is a quarter of Japanese one. There are Canadian of British, French, scottish, Irish, Native Canadian and so on. In Halifax, about 360 thousand people live. The official language of Canada is English and French. 57 % of people speak English and 22% of them speak French. The rest of them speak more than two languages or other languages. Religions which are believed by people in Canada are Christianity, Jedea, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and so on. 44 % of population in Canada is Cathoric and 29 % is Protestant. 16.5 % are in non religion. Halifax produced a famous actress. Her name is Ellen Page. She played a sixteen girl who get pregnant in Juno. The latest movie she appeared is Inception.
Halifax has a bus service. Some busses are running between Halifax and Dartmouth. From Halifax to Dartmouth, the start fare is 2 dollars. Students of SMU can use campus bus. They have to buy the bus tickets for a year by 100 dollars. Cars and bicycles are necessary for life but you should walk on snow day. Halifax is a port town, so there are a lot of aquatic vehicles. If you want to travel outside of Halifax, you should use airplanes. According to Mio N, a senior of KGU, for domestic trip, you should use West Jet, and for International trip, Air Canada is good. Between Halifax Airport and SMU, you can use taxi for $53 or air porter for $21. Both of them take 30 minutes. However, you have to walk to Halifax Public Gardens when you use it.

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