Canada, North America
This post was last updated by José of onez on Monday, 19 May 2025.
Image of Ottawa, capital city of Canada
Canada is a G7 federation combining resource wealth and world-class technology clusters, universal healthcare, and a high-skill, multicultural workforce spanning three oceans.
Canada in one word would be “Maple,” meaning red leaf.
Canada Flag
Canada is a country on the North America located in the Northern America sub‑region of the Americas continent.
Easy learning about Canada |
The capital city of Canada is Ottawa.
| Canada is located in | North America Northern America Americas Continent |
| Canada has a population of | 39,299,105 inhabitants within a total area of 9,984,670 Km2 (6,204,174 sq mi) (2023 UN data) |
| Canada’s Global Peace Index (GPI) | 11 (world rank position) GPI scale of 1.45 This means, the closer to 1, the more peaceful the country is... (2024 data from GPI) |
| Human Development Index (HDI) | Canada HDI ranks in position nº 16 worldwide HDI of 0.939 (0.4 to 1) (2023 data from UNDP) |
| Canada’s passport | allows visa-free entry to 50 countries Canada passport ranks 88th in the world (2025 HP Index data) |
| Canada GDP per capita is | $53,558 USD (2025 estimated data from IMF) |
| Canada ’s LGBTI legal status | Same-sex sexual acts are Legal (2025 ILGA data) |
| Latitude & Longitude | 60° 00' N, 95° 00' W Open in Google Maps |
| Neighbouring countries | United States. |
| Canada Climate | varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north |
| Most predominant religion | Catholic (includes Roman Catholic, other Catholic), |
| Second most predominant religion | Protestant (includes United Church, Anglican, Baptist, Lutheran, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, other Protestant), |
| Currency name & code | Dollar (CAD) |
| Internet ccTLD | .ca |
| Canada calling code | +1 |
Canada administrative divisions
10 provinces and 3 territories*
- Alberta,
- British Columbia,
- Manitoba,
- New Brunswick,
- Newfoundland and Labrador,
- Northwest Territories*,
- Nova Scotia,
- Nunavut*,
- Ontario,
- Prince Edward Island,
- Québec,
- Saskatchewan,
- Yukon*
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