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Canada Facts |
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Area :Total: 99,84,670 sq km
land: 90,93,507 sq km
water: 891,163 sq km | |
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Population : 32,507,874 (July 2004 est.) | |
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Age structure : 0-14 years: 18.2% (male 3,038,800; female 2,890,579)
15-64 years: 68.7% (male 11,225,686; female 11,111,941)
65 years and over: 13% (male 1,807,472; female 2,433,396) (2004 est.)
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Population Growth Rate : 0.92% (2004 est.) | |
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Net Migration rate : 5.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) | |
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Sex Ratio :
At birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
Under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female | Click above image for detailed Canada map. |
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Total Population : 0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.) | |
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Total Population : 79.96 years
Male: 76.59 years
Female: 83.5 years (2004 est.) | |
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Geography - Note:
second-largest country in world (after Russia); strategic location between Russia and US via north polar route; approximately 90% of the population is concentrated within 300 km of the US border | |
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Capital : Ottawa | |
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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, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory* | |
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National Holiday :
Canada Day, 1 July (1867) | |
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Constitution :
17 April 1982 (Constitution Act); originally, the machinery of the government was set up in the British North America Act of 1867; charter of rights and unwritten customs
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Legal System :
Based on English common law, except in Quebec, where civil law system based on French law prevails, accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations. |
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