Source: The World Factbook
| Area: | 9984670 sq km |
| Capital: | Ottawa |
| Geographic coordinates: | 60 00 N, 95 00 W |
| Climate: | varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north |
| Government: | Democratic, federal-state system recognizing the British monarch as sovereign |
| Currency: | Canadian dollar |
| Literacy(%): | 97 |
| Languages: | English, French (both official) |
| Ethnicity/race: | British Isles origin, French origin, other European, indigenous Indian and Inuit, other, mostly Asian |
| Religions: | Roman Catholic, United Church, Anglican |
| Industries: | transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and unprocessed minerals, food products; wood and paper products; fish products, petroleum and natural gas |
| Natural resources: | iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas, hydropower. |