Canada

Geographic Data

• Canada is the second largest country in the world after Russia that stretches from the island of Newfoundland in the east to the border between the Canadian territory of Yukon and the U.S. state of Alaska in the west.
• Canada is a country of great beauty. With mountain, prairies, and lakes, it is a heaven for tourists, photographers, and nature lovers.
• Capital: Ottawa
• Area: 9,984,670 km2
• Population: 32.5 million (2004)
• Official languages: English, French
• Population growth rate: 1% (2004)

Political Data

• Type of Government: Constitutional monarchy
• National Legislature:
  Upper chamber: Senate
  Lower chamber: House of Commons; multiparty
• Leaders:
  Governor General Michaelle Jean
  Prime Minister Stephen Harper
• UN Human Development Index (2002)
  Canada ranks 3rd among 162 countries in the world

Economic Data

• GDP: $923,9 billion US (2004)
• GDP growth rate: 3.3% (2004)
• GDP per capita: $29,300 US
• Inflation rate: 2.2% (2004)
• Unemployment rate: 7.6% (2004)
• Main exports: $413.1 billion (2004), including transportation equipment, capital equipment, pulp and paper, fuel, wood, minerals, aluminum
• Main imports: $350.5 billion (2004), including transportation & capital equipment, electronics, plastic resins, plastic materials,plastic manufactured products.
• Major Trading Partners: U.S., Japan, U.K., China

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