Canada: all about this country and its main places!

General Information About Canada

Geography

People from this country speak these languages: English, French. The area of the country is 9,984,670 km², they use a postcode system and the main cities are: Toronto, Montréal, Québec, Hamilton, Mississauga. This nation's capital is Ottawa and the country shares a border with United States.

Culture

There are UNESCO listed sites in this country: L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Nahanni National Park, Dinosaur Provincial Park, SGang Gwaay, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. Well known national dishes are: Kraft Dinner.

Education

This country offers several reputable universities like University of Toronto, McGill University, University of British Columbia, University of Alberta, University of Montreal. The average length of time residents spend in school is 17 years (including tertiary education).

Economy

The sign for the local currency is $ (CAD). In 2021 the GDP was $1,988,336,331,717 USD, which ranks it number 9 in the world. In this country a Big Mac is worth 6.77$ (corresponding to $5.25 USD).

Population

There are 36,334,400 people here, or 0.487% of the world's population. In this country, the median age is 41.80 years and the birth growth rate is around 0.73%.

Good to know

Phone numbers start with +1, the country's ISO code is CA, the domain name ".ca" is used by the country's websites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada is a good place to find out more details on this country.

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