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General reference
- Pronunciation Template:IPAc-en
- Common English country name: Canada
- Official English country name: Canada
- Common endonym: Canada
- Official endonym: Canada
- Adjectival: Canadian, Canada
- Demonym: Canadian (Fr. canadien)
- Etymology: Name of Canada
- Official languages : English, French
- ISO country codes: CA, CAN, 124
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:CA
- Internet country code top-level domain: .ca
- International rankings of Canada
Geography
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- Location:
- Northern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere
- Time zones (Time in Canada):
- Newfoundland Standard Time (UTC-03:30), Newfoundland Daylight Time (UTC-02:30)
- Atlantic Standard Time (UTC-04), Atlantic Daylight Time (UTC-03)
- Eastern Standard Time (UTC-05), Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04)
- Central Standard Time (UTC-06), Central Daylight Time (UTC-05)
- Mountain Standard Time (UTC-07), Mountain Daylight Time (UTC-06)
- Pacific Standard Time (UTC-08), Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-07)
- Extreme points of Canada
- North: Cape Columbia, Nunavut - (83°08' N, 74°13'W)
- South: Middle Island, Ontario - (41°41'N, 82°40'W)
- East: Cape Spear, Newfoundland - (47°31'N, 52°37'W)
- West: Yukon-Alaska border - (141°00'W)
- High: Mount Logan, Yukon Script error: No such module "convert".
- Low: North Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, and North Pacific Ocean 0 m
- Land boundaries:
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- Population of Canada: 36,991,981 people (2021 Census[3]) - 36th most populous country
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- Atlas of Canada
Environment
- Climate of Canada
- Environmental issues in Canada
- Ecoregions in Canada
- Renewable energy in Canada
- Geology of Canada
- National parks of Canada
- Protected areas of Canada
- Wildlife of Canada
Geographic features
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- Mountain peaks of Canada
- Prairies of Canada
- Rivers of Canada
- Valleys of Canada
- World Heritage Sites in Canada
- Other
Regions
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- Northern Canada (The North)
- Western Canada
- Eastern Canada
Other regions
- English Canada, sometimes known as the Rest of Canada (excluding Quebec) when considering topics of language
- French Canada
- Acadia
- Quebec-Windsor Corridor
Ecoregions
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Provinces and territories
Provinces and territories of Canada
Provinces
| Province, with flag | Postal abbreviation/ ISO code |
Other abbreviations | Capital | Entered Confederation | Population (2016)[4] |
Area (km2) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land | Water | Total | ||||||
| File:Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario1 | ON | Ont. | Toronto | July 1, 1867 | 13,448,494 | 917,741 | 158,654 | 1,076,395 |
| File:Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec1 | QC | Que., PQ, P.Q. | Quebec City | 8,164,361 | 1,356,128 | 185,928 | 1,542,056 | |
| File:Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Nova Scotia2 | NS | N.S. | Halifax | 923,598 | 53,338 | 1,946 | 55,284 | |
| File:Flag of New Brunswick.svg New Brunswick2 | NB | N.B. | Fredericton | 747,101 | 71,450 | 1,458 | 72,908 | |
| File:Flag of Manitoba.svg Manitoba3 | MB | Man. | Winnipeg | July 15, 1870 | 1,278,365 | 553,556 | 94,241 | 647,797 |
| File:Flag of British Columbia.svg British Columbia2 | BC | B.C. | Victoria | July 20, 1871 | 4,648,055 | 925,186 | 19,549 | 944,735 |
| File:Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg Prince Edward Island2 | PE | PEI, P.E.I., P.E. Island | Charlottetown | July 1, 1873 | 142,907 | 5,660 | — | 5,660 |
| File:Flag of Saskatchewan.svg Saskatchewan4 | SK | Sask., SK, SKWN | Regina | September 1, 1905 | 1,098,352 | 591,670 | 59,366 | 651,036 |
| File:Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta4 | AB | Alta. | Edmonton | 4,067,175 | 642,317 | 19,531 | 661,848 | |
| File:Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Newfoundland and Labrador5 | NL | Nfld., NF, LB | St. John's | March 31, 1949 | 519,716 | 373,872 | 31,340 | 405,212 |
Notes:
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- Immediately prior to Confederation, Ontario and Quebec were part of the Province of Canada.
- Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, British Columbia, and Prince Edward Island were separate colonies at the time of joining Canada.
- Manitoba was established simultaneously with Northwest Territories.
- Saskatchewan and Alberta were created out of land that had been part of Northwest Territories.
- Prior to its entry in Confederation, Newfoundland had been a Dominion within the British Commonwealth, but due to a financial crisis during the Depression had surrendered its right to self-government and was under direct British governance.
Territories
There are currently three territories in Canada. Unlike the provinces, the territories of Canada have no inherent jurisdiction and only have those powers delegated to them by the federal government.
| Territory, with flag | Postal abbreviation/ ISO code |
Other abbreviations | Capital | Entered Confederation | Population (2007)[4] |
Area (km2) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land | Water | Total | ||||||
| File:Flag of the Northwest Territories.svg Northwest Territories | NT | N.W.T., NWT | Yellowknife | July 15, 1870 | 41,786 | 1,183,085 | 163,021 | 1,346,106 |
| File:Flag of Yukon.svg Yukon | YT | Y.T., YK | Whitehorse | June 13, 1898 | 35,874 | 474,391 | 8,052 | 482,443 |
| File:Flag of Nunavut.svg Nunavut | NU | NV | Iqaluit | April 1, 1999 | 35,944 | 1,936,113 | 157,077 | 2,093,190 |
Note: Canada did not acquire any new land to create Yukon, Alberta, Saskatchewan, or Nunavut. All of these originally formed part of Northwest Territories.
Municipalities
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Demographics by political division
Provinces
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Territories
Government and politics
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- Form of government: constitutional monarchy and democratic parliamentary federation
- Capital of Canada: Ottawa
- Provinces and territories of Canada
- Canadian and American politics compared
- Canadian and Australian politics compared
- Canadian Conservatism
- List of Canadian federal general elections
- Canadian Nationalism
- Elections in Canada
- Federalism in Canada
- Human rights in Canada
- Liberalism in Canada
- Political culture of Canada
- Political parties in Canada
- Political scandals of Canada
- Progressivism in Canada
- Socialism and Social Democracy in Canada
- Taxation in Canada
Branches of the government
Executive branch of the government
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Legislative branch of the government
Judicial branch of the government
Court system of Canada Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists
- Supreme Court of Canada
- Appellate Courts of the provinces and territories
- Alberta Court of Appeal
- British Columbia Court of Appeal
- Manitoba Court of Appeal
- New Brunswick Court of Appeal
- Court of Appeal of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories
- Nova Scotia Court of Appeal
- Nunavut Court of Appeal
- Court of Appeal for Ontario
- Court of Appeal of Prince Edward Island
- Quebec Court of Appeal
- Saskatchewan Court of Appeal
- Court of Appeal of the Yukon Territory
- Superior-level trial courts of the provinces and territories
- Court of King's Bench of Alberta
- Supreme Court of British Columbia
- Court of King's Bench of Manitoba
- Court of King's Bench of New Brunswick
- Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories
- Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
- Nunavut Court of Justice
- Ontario Superior Court of Justice
- Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island
- Quebec Superior Court
- Court of King's Bench for Saskatchewan
- Supreme Court of the Yukon Territory
Foreign relations
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International organization membership
Canada is a member of:[5]
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Legal system
Template:Canadian law sidebar Law of Canada
- Canadian Aboriginal law
- Canada Bank Act
- Canadian Bill of Rights
- Canadian competition law
- Constitution of Canada
- Canadian content
- Canadian contract law
- Canadian copyright law
- Canadian corporation
- Crime in Canada
- Canadian family law
- Criminal law of Canada
- Law enforcement in Canada
Military
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- Command structure
- Commander-in-chief: Governor General of Canada (nominally, see also The Canadian Crown and the Canadian Forces)
- Prime Minister of Canada (de facto Commander-in-chief)
- Minister of National Defence
- Chief of the Defence Staff
- Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), command of the Navy;
- Canadian Army (CA) command of the Army;
- Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), command of the Air Force.
- Canadian Joint Operations Command (CJOC), responsible for all operations except special forces;
- Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM), responsible for special forces operations within Canada and abroad.
- Chief of the Defence Staff
- Minister of National Defence
- Canadian Forces
- Army: Canadian Army
- Navy: Royal Canadian Navy
- Air force: Royal Canadian Air Force
- Special forces: Canadian Special Operations Forces Command
- Military reserve force: Canadian Forces reserve force
- Canadian Coast Guard
Provincial governments
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Territory governments
Politics by political division
Provinces
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Territories
History
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- Former Colonies and Territories in Canada
- Constitutional history of Canada
- History of immigration to Canada
- Economic history of Canada
- Fires in Canada
- Military history of Canada
- History of monarchy in Canada
- Persons of National Historic Significance
- Territorial evolution of Canada (1867–present)
History of Canada by period
- Pre-Columbian era (Canada)
- 1534–1763: New France
- 1764-1867: Canada under British Imperial Control
- 1867–1914: Post-Confederation Canada
- 1914–1945: Canada in the World Wars and Interwar Years
- 1945–1960
- 1960–1981
- 1982–1992
- 1992–present
History of Canada by political division
Provinces
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Culture
Template:Culture of Canada sidebar Culture of Canada
- Age and internet use in Canada
- Alcoholic beverages in Canada
- Architecture of Canada
- Cuisine of Canada
- Decorations and medals of Canada (in order of precedence)
- Festivals in Canada
- Humour in Canada
- Languages of Canada
- Media in Canada
- Symbols of Canada
- Canadians
- Prostitution in Canada
- Public holidays in Canada
- World Heritage Sites in Canada
Culture by political division
Provinces
- Culture of Alberta
- Culture of British Columbia
- Culture of Vancouver (city)
- Culture of Manitoba
- Culture of New Brunswick
- Culture of Nova Scotia
- Culture of Ontario
- Culture of Hamilton, Ontario (city)
- Culture of Toronto (city)
- Culture of Prince Edward Island
- Culture of Quebec
- Culture of Montreal (city)
- Culture of Saskatchewan
Territories
Art in Canada
- Art in Canada
- Cinema of Canada
- Canadian comics
- Literature of Canada
- Television in Canada
- Theatre of Canada
Music
Template:Music of sidebar Music of Canada
- Canadian blues
- Canadian classical music
- Canadian hip hop
- Canadian Idol
- Canadian rock
- Caribbean music in Canada
- Music of Canadian cultures
Music by political division
Provinces
- Music of Alberta
- Music of British Columbia
- Music of Vancouver (city)
- Music of Manitoba
- Music of New Brunswick
- Music of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Music of Nova Scotia
- Music of Ontario
- Music of Toronto (city)
- Music of Prince Edward Island
- Music of Quebec
- Music of Montreal (city)
- Music of Saskatchewan
Territories
Religion in Canada
Sport in Canada
Sport in Canada Official Sports
Other sports
- Canadian football
- Canada at the Olympics
- Canada Rugby League
- Canadian Curling Association
- Canadian Figure Skating
- Association Football (Soccer) in Canada
- Cross Country Skiing
- Snowboarding in Canada
- Pickleball in Canada
Hall of Fame Museums
- Hockey Hall of Fame
- Canadian Curling Hall of Fame
- Skate Canada Hall of Fame
- Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame
Economy and infrastructure
Economy of Canada Template:Economy of Canada
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 9th (ninth)
- Agriculture in Canada
- Banking in Canada
- Communications in Canada
- Companies of Canada
- List of convention and exhibition centres
- Currency of Canada: Dollar
- Economic history of Canada
- Energy in Canada
- Health care in Canada
- Mining in Canada
- Science and technology in Canada
- Stock exchanges:
- CNQ
- Nasdaq Canada
- Toronto Stock Exchange, S&P/TSX 60 is the main index of TSX
- TSX Venture Exchange
- Winnipeg Commodity Exchange
- Montreal Exchange
Economics by political division
Provinces
- Economy of Alberta
- Economy of British Columbia
- Economy of Vancouver (city)
- Economy of Manitoba
- Economy of New Brunswick
- Economy of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Economy of Nova Scotia
- Economy of Ontario
- Economy of Toronto (city)
- Economy of Prince Edward Island
- Economy of Quebec
- Economy of Saskatchewan
Territories
Education in Canada
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Education by political division
Provinces
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Territories
Higher Education by political division
Provinces
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Territories
Bibliographies
- Bibliography of Canada
- Bibliography of Canadian provinces and territories
- List of books about prime ministers of Canada
Search
- All pages with titles beginning with Canada
- All pages with titles beginning with Canadian
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See also
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- Member state of the Commonwealth of Nations
- Member state of the Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors
- Member state of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Member state of the United Nations
References
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- ↑ The total length of the land border between Canada and the United States is the longest between any two countries.
- ↑ The coastline of Canada is the longest in the world. The total length of the coast of Canada is more than five times as long as the circumference of the Earth.
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External links
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- Government
- Official website of the Government of Canada
- Official website of the Prime Minister of Canada
- Official website of the Governor General of Canada
- Official website of the Canadian Forces
- Official Government of Canada online Atlas of Canada
- Canada and the United Nations
- Crown corporations
- Other
- Culture.ca — Canada's Cultural Gateway
- Culturescope.ca — Canadian Cultural Observatory
- Canadian Studies: A Guide to the Sources
- Statistics Canada with Canada's population clock
- The Canadian Atlas Online
- Canada. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
- UN Human Development Program: Country Fact Sheet: Canada (link broken), Statistics — Country Sheet: Canada
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- Canada from The Canadian Encyclopedia
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