Capital city:                          Ottawa

Region:                                North America

Area:                                     9 976 140 km²

Population:                          31 902 268

Main cities:                          Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Hamilton, Regina,

                                              Quebec, Halifax, Thunder Bay

Currency:                             Canadien dollar

Dial code:                            1

Internet code:                      CA

Information: Canada is the country most at north of America. It is bordered by the United States on the south (the largest undefended border of the world) and on the northwest (Alaska). The country stretches from Atlantic Ocean on the east to the Pacific Ocean on the west and to the North Pole. The Isle of Greenland is at the northeast of Canadian polar isles, while the French possession of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon is bordering the East coast. Canada is the second largest country of the world. Modern and technologically advanced, it doesn't depend from external energy supply and it is one of the few developed countries whose economy is strongly based on natural resources, which abound on an dits its soil. Canada is a member of the Commonwealth, French-speaking community, NATO, UN, G8 and APEC.