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Coordinates
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60°N
95°W
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60°N 95°W
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60; -95
Canadae
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Caipital
| Ottawa
45°24′N
75°40′W
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45.400°N 75.667°W
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45.400; -75.667
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Lairgest ceety
| Toronto
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Offeecial leids
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Ethnic groups
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Releegion
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Demonym(s)
| Canadian
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Govrenment
| Federal
pairlamentar
constitutional monarchy
[4]
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| Charles III
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| Mary Simon
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| Justin Trudeau
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Legislatur
| Pairlament
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| Senate
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| Hoose o Commons
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Unthirldom
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| 1 Julie 1867
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| 11 December 1931
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| 17 Apryle 1982
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Aurie
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? Tot aurie
| 9,984,670 km
2
(3,855,100 sq mi) (
2nt
)
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? Water (%)
| 8.92
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? Tot laund aurie
| 9,093,507 km
2
(3,511,023 sq mi)
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Population
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? Q2 2019 estimate
| 37,602,103
[5]
(
38t
)
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? 2016 census
| 35,151,728
[6]
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? Density
| 3.92/km
2
(10.2/sq mi) (
228t
)
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GDP
(
PPP
)
| 2019 estimate
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? Total
| $1.930 trillion
[7]
(
15t
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? Per capita
| $51,546
[7]
(
20t
)
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GDP
(nominal)
| 2019 estimate
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? Tot
| $1.820
trillion
[7]
(
10t
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? Per capita
| $48,601
[7]
(
15t
)
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Gini
(2015)
| 31.8
[8]
medium
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HDI
(2017)
| 0.926
[9]
verra heich
·
12t
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Currency
| Canadian dollar
($) (
CAD
)
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Time zone
| UTC
?3.5 to ?8
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| UTC
?2.5 to ?7
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Date format
| yyyy
-
mm
-
dd
(
AD
)
[10]
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Mains electricity
| 120 V?60 Hz
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Drivin side
| right
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Cawin code
| +1
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ISO 3166 code
| CA
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Internet TLD
| .ca
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Canadae
(Inglis:
Canada
,
/?kæn?d?/
;
Canadian French:
[kana?d?]
) is a kintra in
North Americae
, ane o the northmaist in the warld, an the mucklest kintra bi area efter
Roushie
. It mairches the
Unitit States
an its watters eiks northart intil the
Arctic Ocean
tae the
Nor' Powl
.
Canadae is a
federation
o ten
provinces
an three
territories
. It wis first shapit bi the
British North Americae Act o 1867
an cried the "
Dominion o Canadae
". It is a
pairlamentary
representative democracy
an is a
constitutional monarchy
wi
King Charles III
as the
heid o state
.
Canadae's official leids is
Inglis
an
French
. The French is spak feckly in
Quebec
(or
Quebec
in French). Its
offeicial
estimate o indwallers for 2013 is 35,158,300.
[11]
The first prime meenister o Canadae wis the Scots-Canadian
John Macdonald
.
Canadae is a
federation
makit wi ten
provinces
an three
territories
;
Provinces:
Territories:
Provinces haes
mair autonomy
nor territories. Ilkane haes its ain provincial o territorial symbols.
The provinces is responsible fur maist o Canadae's social programs (lik halth care, eddication, an welfar) an thegither collect mair revenue nor the federal govrenment, an awmaist lanerly structur amang federations in the
Yird
. Uisin its spendin powers, the federal govrenment can stairt naitional policies in provincial airts, sic as the
Canada Health Act
; the provinces can opt thaimsels oot o thaim but thay aften dinnae in practice.
Equal pey
is duin bi the federal govrenment fur tae mak siccar thit raisonable uniform standaurts o services an taxation is kept atween the richer an puirer provinces.
- ↑
Canadae's de facto
ryal anthem
is "
God Save the King
", that is whiles played or sang thegither wi the naitional anthem, "O Canada", at preevat an public events. Addeetionally, its first three lines is forby included ithin the "Viceregal Salute", that is accordit tae the govrenor general an provincial lieutenant govrenors. Housomeir, it haes niver been adoptit as an offeecial seembol o the kintra.
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