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Canada is the world's second-largest country by total area, occupying most of northern North America. Inhabited first by aboriginal peoples, Canada was founded as a union of British and former French colonies. Canada gained independence from the United Kingdom in an incremental process that began in 1867 and ended in 1982.
Extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, Canada shares land borders with the United States to the south and to the northwest. Comprising ten provinces and three territories, Canada is a bilingual and multicultural country, with both English and French as official languages at the federal level.
Canada is a multicultural country with people from all over the world who have now made Canada their home. Ethnic Groups (wholly or partly): North American Origin 40%, British Origin 33%, French Origin 16%, Other European 29%, Aboriginal peoples 4%, South, East & South-East Asian 9%, Other (mostly Caribbean, Arab, African, Latin/Central/South American and West Asian) 6%. The total comes to more than 100% because many Canadians (approximately 38%) have a mixed background.
AREA: 9,984,670 million sq km
CLIMATE: Varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north
POPULATION: estimated population) is 31.5 million (2006)
RELIGIONS: Roman Catholic 42.6%, Protestant 23.3% (including United Church 9.5%, Anglican 6.8%, Baptist 2.4%, Lutheran 2%), other Christian 4.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other and unspecified 11.8%, none 16% (2001 census)
LANGUAGES: English (official) 59.3%, French (official) 23.2%, other 17.5%
GOVERNMENT TYPE: Constitutional monarchy that is also a parliamentary democracy and a federation
CAPITAL: Ottawa
CURRENCY: Canadian dollars
NATIONAL HOLIDAY: Canada Day, 1 July (1867)
GDP PER CAPITA (purchasing power parity): $33,900 (2005 est.)
France = $29,600 (2005 est.)
USA = $41,600 (2005 est.)
China = $6,800 (2005 est.)
Bresil = $8,300 (2005 est.)
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