Official name
Canada
Name in local language
Canada (en ; fr)
Continent
Americas
Subcontinent
North America
Population (ranking: 36e )
40,206,439 inhabitants (2023)
Population growth
3.14 % / year
Area
9,984,670 km²
Density
4.03 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 8e )2,139.840 billions $USD (2022)
GDP/capita (ranking )
54,967 $USD (2022)
GDP growth
3.40 % / year (2022)
Life expectancy (ranking )
82.40 years (2019)
Birth rate
10.60 ‰ (2016)
Fertility rate
1.47 children / woman (2019)
Death rate (ranking )
7.40 ‰ (2015)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
4.40 ‰ (2019)
Literacy rate
100.00 % (2023)
Official languages
French, English
Currency
Dollar ($ CAD)
HDI (ranking: 20e )0.936 / 1 (2021)
EPI (ranking )50.00 (2022)
Government
Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Head of State
Governor General Mary Simon ; Monarch King Charles III ; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
National Day
1st July (Canada Day, Constitution Act in 1867)
ISO Codes CA, CAN
Demonym
Canadian
Tourists (ranking )
22,141,939 people (2019)
A diversified economy but still based on oil and raw materials
Canada is located in North America. It is the second largest country in the world after Russia . It is made up of ten provinces and three territories. It is bordered to the west by the Pacific Ocean, to the north by the Arctic Ocean, and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. It shares the world’s longest border (8891 km) with its southern neighbor, the United States . Canada is the country with the largest freshwater reserves in the world.
Aurora borealis above Jasper, Alberta, Canada. Photo: AuroresBoreales.com Canada: evolution of GDP between 2001 and 2015. Source: Statistics Canada, Radio-Canada Montreal, Quebec, Canada Urban areas (2022)
Urban areas
Population
Toronto
6,685,621 inhabitants
Montreal
4,378,796 inhabitants
Vancouver
2,842,730 inhabitants
Calgary
1,608,342 inhabitants
Edmonton
1,516,719 inhabitants
Ottawa-Gatineau
1,498,610 inhabitants
Winnipeg
871,778 inhabitants
Quebec
848,776 inhabitants
Hamilton
821,839 inhabitants
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo
622,497 inhabitants
London
574,238 inhabitants
Halifax
480,582 inhabitants
St. Catharines–Niagara
450,501 inhabitants
Oshawa
447,079 inhabitants
Victoria
423,136 inhabitants
Detroit - Windsor (Canadian part)
359,672 inhabitants
Saskatoon
347,536 inhabitants
Regina
268,804 inhabitants
Kelowna
235,473 inhabitants
Sherbrooke
231,055 inhabitants
Barrie
228,979 inhabitants
St. John's
219,119 inhabitants
Abbotsford-Mission
208,961 inhabitants
Kingston
180,070 inhabitants
Greater Sudbury
175,357 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
Provinces and territories
Population
Area
Alberta
4,771,354 inhabitants
661,848 km²
British Columbia
5,485,352 inhabitants
944,735 km²
Manitoba
1,452,806 inhabitants
647,797 km²
New Brunswick
841,565 inhabitants
72,908 km²
Newfoundland and Labrador
535,398 inhabitants
405,212 km²
Northwest Territories (Territory)
45,788 inhabitants
1,346,106 km²
Nova Scotia
1,060,051 inhabitants
55,284 km²
Nunavut (Territory)
40,692 inhabitants
2,093,190 km²
Ontario
15,634,456 inhabitants
1,076,395 km²
Prince Edward Island
179,520 inhabitants
5,660 km²
Quebec
8,886,068 inhabitants
1,542,056 km²
Saskatchewan
1,228,807 inhabitants
651,036 km²
Yukon (Territory)
44,591 inhabitants
482,443 km²
See also
