About Canada...
Canada is the world's second-largest country, stretching north to Cape Columbia on Ellesmere Island, south to Lake Erie, and across six time zones from Newfoundland to the Pacific seaboard. The interior lowlands around Hudson Bay make up 80% of Canada's land area and include the vast Canadian Shield, with the plains of Saskatchewan and Manitoba and the Rocky Mountains to the west. The St. Lawrence, Yukon, Mackenzie, and Fraser Rivers are among the world's 40 largest. The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River lowlands are the most populous areas. An Inuit homeland, Nunavut, formerly the eastern part of the Northwest Territories, was created in 1999, covering nearly a quarter of Canada's land area. French-speaking Quebec's relationship with the rest of the country causes recurring constitutional arguments.
Canada has an enormous resource base, and it has one of the highest standards of living in the world. Since the mid-1980s, however, manufactured exports have faced increasing competition, while prices for its primary exports fluctuate. Real growth averaged 3.5% a year for most of the 1980s, but then stagnated for five years, while budget deficits rose, forcing restructuring at both federal and provincial levels. Canadian firms have had to become more competitive to maintain exports. Most have been successful, with better productivity and a high-tech shift.
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| Exports To Canada Facts |
| Location: |
North America |
| Coordinates: |
60 00 N, 95 00 W |
| Int. Dialing Code: |
+1 |
| Currency: |
Canadian Dollar |
| Language: |
English & French |
| Area: |
9,984,670 sq km |
| Capital City: |
Ottawa |
| Population: |
33,487,208 |
| Population Ranking: |
37th In The World |
| Employment: |
6.2% |
| Inflation: |
2.4% |
| GDP: |
$1.5 trillion |
| GDP Ranking: |
15th In The World |
| GDP Growth: |
0.4% (2008) |
| Internet Users: |
25.086 million (2008) |
| Television Stations: |
148 (2007) |
| Phone Lines: |
18.25 million (2008) |
| Mobile Phones: |
21.455 million (2008) |
| Major Industry: |
transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and unprocessed minerals, food products, wood and paper products, fish products, petroleum and natural gas |
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