Canada

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PROFILE
  • Area: 9,984,670 sq. km (3,855,101 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 35,362,905 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 0.74% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 81.9 years (2016)
  • Languages: English (official) 58.7%, French (official) 22%
  • Religions: Catholic 39% (includes Roman Catholic 38.8%), Protestant 20.3% (includes United Church 6.1%, Anglican 5%, Baptist 1.9%, Lutheran 1.5%, Pentecostal 1.5%), Orthodox 1.6%, other Christian 6.3%, Muslim 3.2%, Hindu 1.5%, other 4.1%, none 23.9%
  • Alternate names: Dominion of Canada
  • Government type: federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
  • Leaders: chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II; head of government: Prime Minister Justin Pierre James TRUDEAU
  • Capital: Ottawa
  • Administrative divisions: 10 provinces and 3 territories
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $45,600 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery, aircraft, telecommunications equipment; chemicals, plastics, fertilizers; wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity, aluminum
  • Imports: machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, crude oil, chemicals, electricity, durable consumer goods
  • Currency: Canadian dollar (CAD)
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