Fast Facts about Canada:
Area: 3,849,824 square miles
Capital City: Ottawa
Largest City: Toronto
Language: English / French
Currency: Canadian Dollar
Population: 31.4 million
Government: Confederation with parliamentary
democracy
Geography: Canada occupies most of northern
North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to
the Pacific Ocean in the west, and into the Arctic Ocean in the north;
it borders the United States to the south and northwest (Alaska).
Fun Stuff: Although the world’s second-largest country in area, Canada has the fourth lowest population density in the world (at three people per square kilometer), and shares the world’s longest unfortified border with the United States. The baseball glove was invented in Canada, as was the sport of basketball, the anti-gravity suit, JAVA, and the zipper.
Check out the Canadian Rockies family tour map. |
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