Map of Canada
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A. GEOGRAPHY
Canada is one of the pleasant places to live with abundant fresh water lakes and rivers, considerate population, lower incidence of violent crimes against international students and a good framework of health care system.
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| Location: Canada lies towards the Northern half of North America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean on the east, north Pacific Ocean on the west, and the Arctic Ovean on the north |
| Geographic coordinates: 60° 00 N(42-83oN) and 95o 00W(53°W- 141°W) |
| Map references: North America |
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Area : Canada is the second largest country in the world and ranks fourth in terms of area. Total: 9,984,670 km Land : 9,093,507 km Water: 891,163 km |
| Area - Comparative: Canada is slightly less than three-fifths as large as Russia and slightly larger than Europe. In total area, Canada is slightly larger than both the US and China. |
| Land Boundaries: US to the south - 8893 km (includes 2477 km with Alaska) |
B. POPULATION
36.99 millions with81% urban population and 19% rural population. All the four provinces(Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta) accounts majority of the population but, Ontario is the most populous province of the country with 38.4% of the population.
C. INFORMATION AND DATA
| LARGEST STATE | Nunavut |
| SMALLEST STATE | Prince Edward Island |
| BORDER COUNTRIES AND OCEANS | Canada is bordered on the east coast, by Atlantic Ocean, the west coast by the Pacific Ocean, and the north by the Artici ocean and United States of America to the South. |
| LANGUAGES | English 78.3%, French 21.7%, Non-official languages 2% (Punjabi, Chinese, Spanish, German, Cantonese, Italian) |
| RELIGIONS | Canada has no official religon and the government is officially committed to religous pluralism. Majority of Canadians are Christians, representing 67% of population and Islam, second largest religon practiced by 3.2 % of the population. |