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Canada
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Canada |
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Flag | Coat of arms |
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Motto: A Mari Usque Ad Mare  (Latin)
"From Sea to Sea" |
Anthem: "O Canada"
Royal anthem: "God Save the Queen"[1][2] |
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Capital | Ottawa
45°24′N 75°40′W |
Largest city | Toronto |
Officiallanguage(s) | English and French |
Recognised regional languages | Chipewyan, Cree,Gwich’in, Inuinnaqtun,Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun,Slavey (North and South)and Tłįchǫ[3] |
Demonym | Canadian |
Government | Federal parliamentary democracy andconstitutional monarchy[4] |
 -  | Monarch | Elizabeth II |
 -  | Governor General | David Johnston |
 -  | Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
 -  |Chief Justice | Beverley McLachlin |
Legislature | Parliament |
 -  | Upper house | Senate |
 -  | Lower house | House of Commons |
Establishment |
 -  | British North America Acts | July 1, 1867  |
 -  | Statute of Westminster | December 11, 1931  |
 -  | Canada Act | April 17, 1982  |
Area |
 -  | Total | 9,984,670 km2 (2nd)
3,854,085 sq mi  |
 -  | Water (%) | 8.92(891,163 km2/344,080 mi2) |
Population |
 -  | 2012 estimate | 34,747,000[5] (35th) |
 -  | 2011 census | 33,476,688[6]  |
 -  | Density | 3.41/km2 (228th)
8.3/sq mi |
GDP (PPP) | 2011 estimate |
 -  | Total | $1.391 trillion[7] (14th) |
 -  | Per capita | $40,457[7] (15th) |
GDP (nominal) | 2011 estimate |
 -  | Total | $1.758 trillion[7] (11th) |
 -  | Per capita | $51,147[7] (10th)|
Gini (2005) | 32.1[8] (medium)  |
HDI (2011) | 0.908[9] (very high) (6th) |
Currency | Canadian dollar ($) (CAD) |
Time zone | (UTC−3.5 to −8) |
 -  | Summer (DST) |  (UTC−2.5 to −7) |
Date formats | dd-mm-yyyy, mm-dd-yyyy, and yyyy-mm-dd (CE) |
Drives on the | Right |
ISO 3166 code | CA |
Internet TLD | .ca |
Calling code | +1 |
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Canada ( /ˈkænədə/) isa North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean. Spanning over 9.9 million square kilometres, Canada is the world's second-largest country by total area, and its common border with the United States is the longestland border in the world.
The land that is now Canada has been inhabited for millennia by various groups of Aboriginal peoples. Beginning in the late 15th century, British and French expeditions explored, and later settled, along the region's Atlantic coast. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763 after the Seven Years' War. In 1867, with the union of three British NorthAmerican colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy from the United Kingdom. This widening autonomy was highlighted by the Balfour Declaration of 1926 and reaffirmed by the Statute of Westminster of 1931, which declared self-governing dominions withinthe British Empire to be equal. The Canada Act of 1982 finally severed the vestiges of legal dependence on the British Parliament.
Canada is a federal state that is governed as a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state. It is a bilingual nation with both Englishand French as official languages at the federal level. One of the world's mosthighly-developed countries, Canada has a diversified economy that is reliant upon its abundant natural resources and upon trade – particularly with the United States, with which Canada has had along and complex relationship. It is a member of the G7, G8, G20, NATO, OECD, WTO,Commonwealth of Nations, Francophonie, OAS, APEC, and UN. With the sixth-highestHuman Development Index globally, Canada has one...