Canada
National Colors: Red and White

National Motto:
A Mari Usque Ad Mare (From sea to sea)

National Animal: Beaver, Canadian horse

National Tree: Maple

National Floral Emblem: Maple leaf

National Sport:
Lacrosse (summer)
Ice hockey (winter)

O Canada!

Our home and native land!

True patriot love in all thy sons command.

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,

The True North strong and free!

From far and wide,

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land glorious and free!

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
1 July 1867
(union of British North American colonies);

11 December 1931
(recognized by UK per Statute of Westminster)

Government - PM - Stephen Joseph HARPER
Abbotsford International Airport

Victoria International Airport

St-Georges Airport

Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
Canada
Ottawa
Canadan Dollar (CAD)

Exchange Rate:

1.03 CAD = 1USD
34 million (July 2011 est.)
total area: 9,984,670 sq km

land: 9,093,507 sq km

water: 891,163 sq km
Total: 8,893 km

US 8,893 km
(includes 2,477 km with Alaska)

Ontario

Quebec

British Columbia

Alberta

Manitoba

Saskatchewan

Nova Scotia

New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

Prince Edward Island

Northwest Territories

Yukon

Nunavut
Toronto
Montreal
Vancouver
Calgary
Edmonton
Quebec City
Hamilton
Winnipega
London
Victoria
Halifax
Windsor
Oshawa
Saskatoon
Canadian
Parliament

Upper House - Senate

Lower House -
House of Commons

GDP - per capita (PPP):

$39,400 (2010 est.)

Roman Catholic
varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point: Mount Logan 5,959 m

Brazos
Churchill
Colorado
Columbia
Fraser
Mackenzie
Missouri
Ohio
Rio Grande
St. Lawrence
Yukon
Mississippi
Lake Wanapitei
Lake Ramsey
Lake Bernard
Great Bear Lake
Canada Day - 1 July (1867)

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