Canada

Official Name:

Canada

Area:

9.976.140 km ²

Population (2006):

33.098.932 inhabitants

Coastline:

202.080 km

Capital:

Ottawa

Maritime Ports and terminals:

Becancour (Quebec), Churchill, Halifax, Hamilton, Montreal, New Westminster, Prince Rupert, Quebec, Saint John, St. John's (Terranova), Sept Isles, Sydney, Trois-Riviéres, Thunder Bay, Toronto, Vancouver, Windsor.

Maritime claims:

• Territorial sea: 12 nm
• Contiguous zone: 24 nm
• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
• Continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Political divisions:

10 provinces; Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and 3 territories; Yukon, Nunavut, Northwest Territories

Language(s):

(Official) English(59,3%), French(23,2%); (Others;17,5%) Indigenous Languages, Ucranian, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Greek, Hungarian, Chinese, Swedish, Portuguese.

National holiday:

Canada Day, 1 July

Nationality:

Canadiense

Official time:

Canada is divided into six time zones.

Member of:

ONU, COMMONWEALTH, OEA, OTAN, OCDE, OSCE, TLC (NAFTA), G-8, APEC ACCT, AfDB, APEC, Arctic Council, ARF, AsDB, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, C, CDB, CE (observer), EAPC, EBRD, ESA (cooperating state), FAO, G-7, G-8, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINUSTAH, MONUC, NAFTA, NAM (guest), NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS, OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), SECI (observer), UN, UNAMSIL, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNMOVIC, UNRWA, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Internet country code:

.ca

Economic Profile

Currency:

Canadian Dollar (CAD)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

USD35.600 (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

(2006 est.) USD 1.088.000.000.000

PIB (Real growth rate:

2,7% (2006 est.)

GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)

• Agriculture: 2,3%
• Industry: 29,2%
• Services: 68,5%

Labor force:

17.590.000 (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation (2004):

• Agriculture 2%
• Manufacturing 14%
• Construction 5%
• Services 75%
• Others 3%

Unemployment rate:

6,4% (2006 est.)

Inflation rate (Consumer prices):

2% (2006 est)

Investment (Gross Fixed):

21,3% del PIB (2006 est.)

Budget:

• Revenues: USD183.500.000.000
• Expenditures: USD181.800.000.000

Public debt:

65,4% of GDP (2006 est.)

Current account balance:

USD 20.560.000.000 (2006 est.)

Exports:

USD 405.000.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Exports - Commodities:

Motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery, aircraft, telecommunications equipment; chemicals, plastics, fertilizers; wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity, aluminum.

Exports - Partners:

USA 84,2%, Japan 2,1%, United Kingdom 1,8% (2005)

Imports:

USD 353.200.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Imports - Commodities:

Machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, crude oil, chemicals, electricity, durable consumer goods.

Imports - partners:

USA 56,7%, China 7,8%, Mexico 3,8% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

USD 35.790.000.000 (August 2006 est.)

Debt - external:

USD 684.700.000.000 (June 30, 2006)