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GeographyLocation: Northern North America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and North Pacific Ocean, north of the conterminous US
Area: Land boundaries: total 8,893 km, US 8,893 km (includes 2,477 km with Alaska) Coastline: 243,791 km
PeoplePopulation: 28,434,545 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 1.09% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 13.74 births/1,000 population Death rate: 7.43 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 4.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 6.8 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.83 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: British Isles origin 40%, French origin 27%, other European 20%, indigenous Indian and Eskimo 1.5% Religions: Roman Catholic 46%, United Church 16%, Anglican 10%, other 28% Languages: English (official), French (official)
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1986)
Government
Names:
Type: confederation with parliamentary democracy Capital: Ottawa Independence: 1 July 1867 (from UK) Constitution: amended British North America Act 1867 patriated to Canada 17 April1982; charter of rights and unwritten customs
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $639.8 billion National product real growth rate: 4.5% National product per capita: $22,760 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 0.2% Unemployment rate: 9.6%
Electricity:
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