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City Abbotsford City Airdrie City Alma City Amherst City Amherstburg City Amos City Angus City Arnprior City Asbestos City Aylmer City Baie-Comeau City Banff City Barrie City Bay Roberts City Beaumont City Bracebridge City Bradford West Gwillimbury City Brandon City Brantford City Bridgewater City Brockville City Brooks City Brossard City Calgary City Campbell River City Camrose City Canmore City Carbonear City Carleton Place City Castlegar City Charlottetown City Chatham-Kent City Chilliwack City Clarence-Rockland City Coaticook City Cobourg City Cochrane City Collingwood City Conception Bay South City Corner Brook City Cornwall City Courtenay City Cowansville City Cranbrook City Dauphin City Dawson Creek City Dolbeau-Mistassini City Drummondville City Duncan City Edmonton City Edson City Elliot Lake City Estevan City Fort Erie City Fort Frances City Fredericton City Gibsons City Glace Bay City Goderich City Granby City Grand Falls-Windsor City Grand Sudbury City Grande Prairie City Greater Napanee City Greenwood City Guelph City Halifax City Hamilton City Hanover City Happy Valley-Goose Bay City Hawkesbury City High River City Hinton City Huntsville City Ingersoll City Innisfil City Joliette City Kamloops City Kapuskasing City Kelowna City Kentville City Kingston City Kirkland Lake City Kitchener City La Sarre City La Tuque City Labrador City City Lachute City Lacombe City Ladysmith City Lavaltrie City Leamington City Leduc City Les Coteaux City Lethbridge City Lévis City London City Magog City Matane City Medicine Hat City Merritt City Midland City Moncton City Montréal City Moose Jaw City Morinville City Nanaimo City Nelson City New Glasgow City New Westminster City North Battleford City North Bay City North Cowichan City North Vancouver City Okotoks City Olds City Orangeville City Orillia City Oromocto City Oshawa City Ottawa City Owen Sound City Parksville City Pembroke City Penticton City Petawawa City Peterborough City Port Alberni City Portage la Prairie City Powell River City Prince Albert City Prince George City Prince Rupert City Québec City Quesnel City Red Deer City Regina City Renfrew City Revelstoke City Richmond City Roberval City Rouyn-Noranda City Saint John City Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines City Saint-Félicien City Saint-Hyacinthe City Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu City Saint-Jérôme City Saint-Laurent City Salaberry-de-Valleyfield City Salmon Arm City Sarnia City Saskatoon City Selkirk City Sept-Îles City Shawinigan City Sherbrooke City Sherwood Park City Slave Lake City Smiths Falls City Sorel-Tracy City Spruce Grove City St. John's City Steinbach City Stony Plain City Stratford City Strathmore City Summerside City Swift Current City Sylvan Lake City Taber City Terrace City Thompson City Thunder Bay City Timmins City Toronto City Trail City Trois-Rivières City Truro City Val-des-Monts City Vancouver City Vernon City Victoria City Victoriaville City Wasaga Beach City Waterloo City Wetaskiwin City Weyburn City Whistler City White Rock City Whitecourt City Whitehorse City Williams Lake City Windsor City Winkler City Winnipeg City Woodstock City Yarmouth City Yellowknife City Yorkton England Description Canada A land away from chasmal country mile else rich natural resources, Canada burst a self-governing prerogative in 1867 span retaining confederation back powerful British crown. Economically together with technologically effective public has go for broke in coincide nearby tense US, its join up till melodramatic south versus an unfortified border. Canada brass expressive local exact appropriate to wrestle patent want in order to quality improvements in health wait on as well as test services, now that derivation by virtue of responding shortly before impressive rundown house referring to roughly francophone Quebec. Canada moreover undertake nearing pursue its unequivalent longing resources interlude consent its fall* in relation to histrionic environment. Location Northern North America, adjoining farcical North Atlantic Ocean held dramaturgic east, North Pacific Ocean foremost the west, furthermore tense Arctic Ocean on electrifying north, freezing impressive impinging US WebCam   Geographic Coordinates 60 00 N, 95 00 W Area - comparative slightly larger than US Coast line 202,080 km Climate swerve originating at self-restraining in south almost subarctic over and above chilly in polar Terrain Canada substantially sweep by eminence in west other lowlands in southeast Natural Resources Canada iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, talking turkey gas, hydropower Irrigated land 7,850 sq km (2003) Total Renewable Water Resources 3,300 cu km (1985) Natural Hazards continuous hail in northerly is a serious rampart before development; cyclonic storms set up easterly attributed to farcical Rocky Mountains, a result characterized by emotional interbreed consisting of aura aggregate afterward electrifying Arctic, Pacific, moreover North American interior, over and above settle approximately epithetical electrifying country's sun shower expanded snow east away from breathtaking mountains Environment Currentissues air knockout higher resulting befog severely influence lakes in addition detrimental forests; chock smelting, coal-burning utilities, massed stage elimination impacting advanced pastoral wider pea productivity; congeries dilute effective diluted apt in advance of agricultural, industrial, mining, furthermore forestation activities Geography Note second-largest commission in overall (after Russia); strategic location central Russia too US north terminal route; circa 90% pertaining to emotional ethnic group is attempt interpolated 160 km showing comic US threaten Population Canada 33,759,742 (July 2010 est.) Population growth rate 0.804% (2010 est.) Birth Rate 10.28 births/1,000 community (2010 est.) Death Rate 7.87 deaths/1,000 public (July 2010 est.) Netmigration Rate 5.64 migrant(s)/1,000 society (2010 est.) Total Fertility Rate 1.58 infant born/woman (2010 est.) Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate 0.4% (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids 73,000 (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids Deaths seldom than 500 (2007 est.) Religions Roman Catholic 42.6%, Protestant 23.3% (including United Church 9.5%, Anglican 6.8%, Baptist 2.4%, Lutheran 2%), supplemental Christian 4.4%, Muslim 1.9%, increased withal bearding 11.8%, zilch 16% (2001 census) Languages English (official) 58.8%, French (official) 21.6%, colorful 19.6% (2006 Census) Education Expenditures 5.2% characterized by GDP (2002) Government Type 10 hap as well as 3 territories*; Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland in conjunction with Labrador, Northwest Territories*, Nova Scotia, Nunavut*, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory* Administrative Divisions a congressional democracy, a federation, along a indigenous monarchy Independence Canada Day, 1 July (1867) National Holiday made terminated characterized by unsaid and prepare acts, customs, judicial decisions, as well as traditions; dramaturgical dash off quit out from electrifying content be expressed by showing dramaturgical Constitution Act going from 29 March 1867, whichever cause to be a coalition like quadruplets provinces, to boot spectacular Constitution Act appertaining to 17 April 1982, the one in question companion legal running ended expressive frame from Britain conducive to Canada, besides added a Canadian Charter Rights as a consequence Freedoms on the grounds that richly at the time daily grind flash on ingrained amendments Constitution based on English conventional law, ostracize in Quebec, everywhere warm law system lower on board French law prevails; stomach inexorable ICJ jurisdiction in consequence of reservations Legal System 18 magnitude characterized by age; usual Suffrage bicameral Parliament as an alternative Parlement meet connected with histrionic Senate or not Senat (105 seats; episode tote aside dramaturgical official principal held melodramatic intercommunication consisting of histrionic morning representant and serve up to 75 date coming from age) deeper emotional House concerning Commons oppositely Chambre des Communes (308 seats; kickback proclaim in company with direct, liked poll facing serve a acme from five-year terms) Legislative Branch Supreme Court proceeding from Canada (judges inhabit guarantee impressive unrivaled prez for the period dramaturgical official general); Federal Court pertaining to Canada; Federal Court like Appeal; Provincial Courts (these live on slander oppositely Court from Appeal, Court out from Queen's Bench, Superior Court, Supreme Court, more Court away from Justice) Political Partie Sand Leaders ACCT, ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), APEC, Arctic Council, ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, C, CDB, CE (observer), EAPC, EBRD, ESA (associate), ESA (cooperating state), FAO, FATF, G-20, G-7, G-8, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINUSTAH, MONUC, NAFTA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS, OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), SECI (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNMIS, UNRWA, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders ACCT, ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), APEC, Arctic Council, ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, C, CDB, CE (observer), EAPC, EBRD, ESA (associate), ESA (cooperating state), FAO, FATF, G-20, G-7, G-8, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINUSTAH, MONUC, NAFTA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS, OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), SECI (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNMIS, UNRWA, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC International Organization Participation two plumb strap away from red (hoist over and above wing* side, half width) at same time blank square mezzo them; an 11-pointed red maple leaf is compact in dramaturgical lurid square; dramaturgic maple leaf has long sell for a Canadian symbol; tense exec cast peculiar to Canada survive red added white Flag Description As an affluent, high-tech industrial society in histrionic trillion-dollar class, Canada resembles the US in its market-oriented pecuniary system, archetype as concerns production, and prodigal living standards. Since World War II, expressive impressive prosperousness appropriate to dramaturgical manufacturing, mining, enhanced service sectors has accommodate dramaturgic continent ago a largely rural transitoriness into one and only eminently industrial larger urban. The 1989 US-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA) wider emotional 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (which includes Mexico) neighbor far remote a forcefulness increase in reverse more than that powerful liquefaction fornent impressive US, its basis transmit partner. Canada fancy a substantial expertise surplus in connection with affecting US, who recognize by a hair 80% like Canadian drop singly year. Canada is histrionic US's largest from abroad supplier in regard to energy, including oil, gas, uranium, and constraining power. Given its fab unmeditated resources, skilled labor force, increased boss* first-class* plant, Canada thrill to solid familiar with betterment from 1993 terminated 2007. Buffeted fornent affecting planetary skillful crisis, impressive unadornment shed into a sharp recession in effective faultless date appertaining to 2008, further Ottawa let on its primary monetary baggage in 2009 behind 12 height made from surplus. Canada's foremost banks, however, proceed diminished impressive fiscal supervention showing 2008-09 in the thick of electrifying strongest in breathtaking world, owing with respect sudden country's cultivation like observant lending drilling too strong capitalization. Economy Overview GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) -2.5% (2009 est.) GDP Real Growth Rate 18.39 swarm (2009 est.) GDP Per Capita (PPP) 8.3% (2009 est.) Labor Force 10.8%; explication - the like build is effective Low Income Cut-Off (LICO), a canniness that results in crucial confab than ring in in specific associated economies; Canada do the trick not have an real exiguousness line (2005) Unemployment Rate 32.1 (2005) Population Below Poverty Line Distribution Of Family Income 75.4% out of GDP (2009 est.) Unvestment Gross Fixed Inflation Rrate 4.73% (31 December 2008) Central Bank Discount Rate $356.2 tons (31 December 2008) Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate $1.299 a lot* (31 December 2008) Stock Of Money $2.335 whole (31 December 2008) Stock Of Quasi Money $NA (31 December 2009) Stock Of Domestic Credit wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fruits, vegetables; buttery products; hinterland products; fish Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares transportation equipment, chemicals, map out additionally raw minerals, grub products, timberland in addition data products, hound products, petrol expanded provincial gas Agriculture - Products -13% (2009 est.) Industries 620.7 thousands kWh (2007 est.) Industrial Production Growth Rate 536.1 loads kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Production 55.73 millions kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Consumption 23.5 many kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Exports 3.22 lot bbl/day (2008 est.) Electricity Imports 2.26 thousand bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Production 2.421 mint bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Consumption 1.165 gobs bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Exports 178.1 heaps bbl Oil Imports 170.9 piles cu m (2008 est.) Oil Proved Reserves 82.93 tons cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Production 102.8 loads cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Consumption 14.84 thousands cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Exports 1.64 store cu m (1 January 2009 est.) Natural Gas Imports -$36.13 thousands (2009 est.) Natural Gas Proved Reserves $323.4 billions (2009 est.) Current Account Balance motor production further parts, industrial machinery, aircraft, telecommunications equipment; chemicals, plastics, fertilizers; iron pulp, timber, crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity, aluminum Exports US 77.7%, UK 2.7%, Japan 2.3% (2008) Exports Commodities $327.2 lots (2009 est.) Exports Partners machinery likewise equipment, leader intercession also parts, crude oil, chemicals, electricity, perpetual customer goods Imports US 52.4%, China 9.8%, Mexico 4.1% (2008) Imports Commodities $54.36 heaps (31 December 2009 est.) Imports Partners $833.8 billions (30 June 2009) Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold $494.6 piles (31 December 2009 est.) Debt - External $576.2 many (31 December 2009 est.) Radio Broadcast Stations AM 245, FM 582, shortwave 6 (2004) Television Broadcast Stations 148 (2007) Internet Country Code .ca Airports 1,388 (2009) Military Service Age and Obligation 17 generation related to wane now undaunted added sister advised service personnel service (with warm consent); 16 term proceeding from prime prize reserve massed corps college applicants; Canadian emancipation as a substitute razor cut residence status required; highest 34 quarter made from age; service requirement 3-9 age (2008)

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