Wiki / North America / Canada
- Official name
- Canada
- Capital
- Ottawa
- Region
- North America
- Population (2018 est.)
- ≈ 37 million
- Area
- 9,984,670 km²
- Currency
- Canadian dollar (CAD)
- Neighbours
- United States
- Internet / phone
- .ca · +1204
Where it is
Notable facts
- Canada has the longest coastline of any country, about 243,000 km.
- It holds roughly 20% of the world’s fresh water and more lakes than the rest of the world combined.
- The Canada–US border is the longest international land border in the world, about 8,891 km.
- Canada produces most of the world’s maple syrup, and Quebec keeps a strategic reserve of it.
World Heritage 22 sites
National dish
Poutine Chips with fresh cheese curds and hot gravy poured over to soften them.
Canada designates nothing. Poutine is Québécois in origin, from the late 1950s, and its adoption as a Canadian symbol is not universally welcomed in Quebec.