Official Name: Canada
Currency: Canadian Dollar
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Hemisphere: Northern
Continent: North America
Location: Norther North America, bordering the Artic Ocean. the North Atlantic Ocean, the USA, and the North Pacific Ocean.
Area: 183,569 sq mi. 475,442 sq km
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Form of Government: Confederation with parliamentary democracy
Population: (2007) 32,945,000.
Population Density: (2007) 9.4 per sq mile, 3.6 per sq km.
Principle Language(s): English and French
Religions: 42.6% Roman Catholic, 23.3%, Protestant, 14.1% other, 16% none.
Capital: Ottawa
Capital Population: (2006) 1,130,761
Capital Average Temperature: Maximum: 10.5 Celsius, 50.9 Fahrenheit
Minimum: 0.1 Celsius, 32.2 Fahrenheit
Major Cities: (2006) Toronto 5,113,149; Montreal 3,635,571; Vancouver 2,116,581;
Ottawa-Hull 1,130,761; Calgary 1,079,310; Edmonton 1,034,945; Quebec
City 715,515; Winnipeg 694,668; Hamilton 692,911; London 457,720
Topography: Canada stretches 3,426 miles from east to west and extends southward from the North Pole to the U.S. border. Its seacoast includes the Arctic islands
Almost from Greenland to near the Alaskan border.
Economy: (2007 est.) G.D.P. $1.27 trillion
G.D.P. per Capita: (2007 est.) $38,200.00
Vital Statistics:
Birth Rate per 1,000 population (2005-06) 10.6
Death Rate per 1,000 population (2005-06) 7.2
Fertility Rate (avg. births per childbearing woman; 2006): 1.61
Life Expectancy: at birth (2006): male 76.9 years; female 83.7 years.
Government Website: www.canada.gc.ca
Reference Sources: The World Almanac 2009, The New York Times Almanac 2009, Time Almanac 2009, World Climate website.
