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 | |  | | About Canada: |
 | Location: North America
Status: UN Country
Capital City: Ottawa
Main Cities: Toronto, Montréal, Vancouver
Population: 31,000,000
Area: 9,976,140 km2
Currency: 1 Canadian dollar = 100 cents
Languages: English, French, Inuktitut
Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant |
| More about Canada: a country in North America: the second largest country in the world; first permanent settlements by Europeans were made by the French from 1605; ceded to Britain in 1763 after a series of colonial wars; established as the Dominion of Canada in 1867; a member of the Commonwealth. It consists generally of sparsely inhabited tundra regions, rich in natural resources, in the north, the Rocky Mountains in the west, the Canadian Shield in the east, and vast central prairies; the bulk of the population is concentrated along the US border and the Great Lakes in the south. Languages: English and French. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: Canadian dollar. Capital: Ottawa. Pop.: 31 743 000 (2004 est.). Area: 9 976 185 sq. km (3 851 809 sq. miles) |
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