CANADA | Summary (2024)

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Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's second-largest country by total area, with the world's longest coastline.

It is the second largest country in the world, but it has only one-half of one percent of the world's population. Canada features black-blue lakes, numerous rivers, majestic western mountains, rolling central plains, and forested eastern valleys.

Nature, wildlife and beautiful landscapes

Canada is full of incredible outdoor wonders and is famed for its natural beauty. Its varied coastlines are one source of its enviable natural beauty. Canada is home to the world's largest coastline (202,080 km long to be precise) stretching from the Pacific to the Atlantic.

Canada has been an influential member of the Commonwealth and has played a leading role in the organization of French-speaking countries known as La Francophonie. It was a founding member of the United Nations and has been active in a number of major UN agencies and other worldwide operations.

The Dominion of Canada formed in 1867, but as an integral part of the British Empire its foreign relations remained under the control of London. Over the next six decades Canada gradually won greater control over its external affairs, spurred in part by the demands of managing its relationship with the United States.

Canada is at the top of North America above the United States. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean. The US is to the south and to the north is the Arctic Ocean. Canada takes up nearly half of the North American continent.

Canada is a country that is entirely multicultural and even has an official national policy of multiculturalism. Some examples of this policy include having media (like newspapers) in several languages, including Italian, Chinese, Portuguese, Arabic, etc.

Toronto is likely Canada's best-known city due to the hubbub around the Toronto International Film Festival, the sky-high CN Tower, and major sports franchises like the Blue Jays, the Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Raptors.

The country's dedication to providing its citizens with a safe, stable, and peaceful environment is widely admired, making it a preferred destination for those seeking a high standard of living and opportunities for personal growth.

The people of Canada are descended from much the same stock—half from the British Isles and half from continental Europe. Canadians and Americans have grown up together in the same environment. Either side along the boundary, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the pattern of daily life is much the same.

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Canada has more egalitarian policies than does the US. It looks for professional qualifications in many of the immigrants it admits. And many potential top Canadian earners leave for the larger market of the US, thus truncating the top of the Canadian income distribution over time.

English- and French-speaking colonists struggled to get along, and Great Britain itself found that governing and financing its far-flung colonies was expensive and burdensome. For those reasons, Great Britain united three of its colonies, Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, into the Dominion of Canada in 1867.

By 1616, although the entire region was known as New France, the area along the great river of Canada and the Gulf of St. Lawrence was still called Canada. Soon explorers and fur traders opened up territory to the west and to the south, and the area known as Canada grew.

Yearly Trade

The most recent exports are led by Crude Petroleum ($123B), Cars ($29.4B), Petroleum Gas ($24.3B), Refined Petroleum ($17.2B), and Gold ($14.7B). The most common destination for the exports of Canada are United States ($438B), China ($25.4B), Japan ($14.3B), United Kingdom ($12.9B), and Mexico ($7.39B).

From its diverse landscapes to its friendly, welcoming people, there's a lot that Canada has to offer. The country's immigration programs complement the growing needs of the job market, and after an initial settling-in period, there's no shortage of work opportunities for skilled newcomers.

Canadian identity refers to the unique culture, characteristics and condition of being Canadian, as well as the many symbols and expressions that set Canada and Canadians apart from other peoples and cultures of the world.

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