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- | | style="font-size: 11pt; background: #fcfcfc; text-align: center;" colspan=2 | '''Canada''' | + | | style="font-size: 11pt; background: #fcfcfc; text-align: center;" colspan=2 | '''Federal Republic of Canada''' <br> '''''La République Fédérale de Canada''''' |
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- | | style="text-align: center;" width=50% | [[Image:Flag | + | | style="text-align: center;" width=50% | [[Image:Flag-c.png]] || style="text-align: center;" width=50% | [[Image:Coat of Canada.png]] |
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| style="border: 0px; text-align: center;" | <small>Flag</small> || style="border: 0px; text-align: center;" | <small>Coat of arms</small> | | style="border: 0px; text-align: center;" | <small>Flag</small> || style="border: 0px; text-align: center;" | <small>Coat of arms</small> | ||
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- | | align=center colspan=2 style="padding: 0em 0em 0.5em 0em; text-align: center; background: #fcfcfc;" | '''Motto'''<br>''" | + | | align=center colspan=2 style="padding: 0em 0em 0.5em 0em; text-align: center; background: #fcfcfc;" | '''Motto'''<br>''"Ad lucem"'' (Latin)<br>"Towards the light" |
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- | | align=center colspan=2 style="padding: 0em 0em 0.5em 0em; text-align: center; background: #fcfcfc;" | '''Anthem'''<br>'' | + | | align=center colspan=2 style="padding: 0em 0em 0.5em 0em; text-align: center; background: #fcfcfc;" | '''Anthem'''<br>''Canada Forever'' |
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- | | align=center colspan=2 style="padding: 0em 0em 0.5em 0em; text-align: center; background: #fcfcfc;" | [[Image: | + | | align=center colspan=2 style="padding: 0em 0em 0.5em 0em; text-align: center; background: #fcfcfc;" | [[Image:Location-canada.png]] |
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- | |'''Capital''' | + | |'''Capital'''<br>'''Largest city''' |
- | |Ottawa | + | |Ottawa<br>Toronto |
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- | |'''Government''' | + | |'''Government'''<br> - President<br> - Vice President |
- | | | + | | Federal republic<br> [[Anthony Wittrock]] <br> Adrian Munroe |
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- | |''' | + | |'''Independence''' <br> - Declared <br> - Recognized |
- | + | | <br> October 22, 1866<br>July 1, 1867 | |
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|'''Area''' <br> - Total<br><br> - Water (%) | |'''Area''' <br> - Total<br><br> - Water (%) | ||
- | |<br>9,984,670 | + | |<br>9,984,670 km2<br>3,854,085 sq mi <br>8.92 (891,163 km2) |
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|'''Population''' <br> - 2007 estimate<br> - 2006 census<br> - Density<br> | |'''Population''' <br> - 2007 estimate<br> - 2006 census<br> - Density<br> | ||
- | |<br> | + | |<br>52,936,621<br>50,440,028 <br>3.2 /km2<br>8.3 /sq mi |
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|'''GDP'''<br/> - Total<br/> - Per capita | |'''GDP'''<br/> - Total<br/> - Per capita | ||
- | |2005 estimate<br>$ | + | |2005 estimate<br>$2.48 trillion<br>$46,932 |
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- | |'''HDI''' || [[Image:10px-Green Arrow Up Darker.png]] 0. | + | |'''HDI''' || [[Image:10px-Green Arrow Up Darker.png]] 0.948 (<span style="color:#090">high</span>) |
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- | |'''Internet TLD''' || .ca | + | |'''Internet TLD''' || .ca, .gc |
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Current revision as of 23:03, 25 September 2007
Federal Republic of Canada La République Fédérale de Canada | |
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Flag | Coat of arms |
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Motto "Ad lucem" (Latin) "Towards the light" | |
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Anthem Canada Forever | |
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Capital Largest city | Ottawa Toronto |
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Official languages | English, French |
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Demonym | Canadian |
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Government - President - Vice President | Federal republic Anthony Wittrock Adrian Munroe |
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Independence - Declared - Recognized | October 22, 1866 July 1, 1867 |
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Area - Total - Water (%) | 9,984,670 km2 3,854,085 sq mi 8.92 (891,163 km2) |
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Population - 2007 estimate - 2006 census - Density | 52,936,621 50,440,028 3.2 /km2 8.3 /sq mi |
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GDP - Total - Per capita | 2005 estimate $2.48 trillion $46,932 |
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HDI | 0.948 (high) |
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Currency | Canadian dollar ($ ) (CAD )
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Time zone - Summer (DST) | (UTC-3.5 to -8) (UTC-2.5 to -7) |
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Internet TLD | .ca, .gc |
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Calling code | +1 |