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FACTS ABOUT CANADA GEOGRAPHY OF CANADA- TOTAL AREA: 9,970,610 sq km (3,849,674 sq mi); LAND AREA: 9,215,430 sq km (3,558,291 sq mi)- LAND BOUNDARIES: 8,893 km (4,802 mi) with US (includes 2,477 km or 1,337 mi with Alaska) - COASTLINE: 243,791 km (131,637 mi) - MARITIME CLAIMS: Continental shelf: 200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation; Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm; Territorial sea: 12 nm - NATURAL RESOURCES: nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, crude oil, natural gas - LAND USE: arable land 5%; permanent crops NEGL%; meadows and pastures 3%; forest and woodland 35%; other 57%; includes NEGL% irrigated PEOPLE OF CANADA- POPULATION, YEAR 1996: 28,846,761- POPULATION DENSITY: 2.9 people per sq km - TOTAL URBAN POPULATION: 21,198,000 - URBAN POPULATION: 77.5% - BIRTH RATE:13.5 births per 1000 persons - DEATH RATE: 7.2 deaths per 1000 persons - LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH: 74 years male, 81 years female (1992) - ETHNIC DIVISIONS: British Isles origin 40%, French origin 27%, other European 20%, indigenous Indian and Eskimo 1.5% - RELIGIONS: Roman Catholic 46%, United Church of Canada 16%, Anglican 10% - LANGUAGES: Canadian (English) and French EDUCATION IN CANADA- LITERACY: 99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1981 est.)GOVERNMENT- DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION: Ambassador Derek BURNEY; Chancery at 501 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20001; telephone (202) 682-1740; there are Canadian Consulates General in Atlanta, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Seattle; US: Ambassador Peter TEELEY; Embassy at 100 Wellington Street, K1P 5T1, Ottawa (mailing address is P. O. Box 5000, Ogdensburg, NY 13669-0430); telephone (613) 238-5335 or (613) 238-4470; FAX (613) 238-5720; there are US Consulates General in Calgary, Halifax, Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, and Vancouver- FLAG: three vertical bands of red (hoist side), white (double width, square), and red with a red maple leaf centered in the white band - BRANCHES: Canadian Armed Forces (including Mobile Command, Maritime Command, Air Command, Communications Command, Canadian Forces Europe, Training Commands), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) - MANPOWER AVAILABILITY: males 15-49, 7,366,675; 6,387,459 fit for military service; 190,752 reach military age (17) annually - DEFENSE EXPENDITURES: exchange rate conversion - $11.4 billion, 1.7% of GDP (FY91); $10.5 billion, NA% of GDP (FY 92) ECONOMY OF CANADA- CURRENCY: Canadian dollar (plural - dollars); 1 Canadian dollar (Can$) = 100 cents - EXCHANGE RATES: Canadian dollars (Can$) per US$1--1.1950 (January 1993), 1.1565 (January 1992), 1.1457 (1991), 1.1668 (1990), 1.1840 (1989), 1.2307 (1988), 1.3260 (1987) - GDP: purchasing power equivalent - $521.5 billion, per capita $19,400; real growth rate -1.1% (1991 est.) - EXPORTS: $124.0 billion (f.o.b., 1991); commodities: newsprint, wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, machinery, natural gas, aluminum, motor vehicles and parts; telecommunications equipment; partners: US, Japan, UK, Germany, South Korea, Netherlands, China - IMPORTS: $118 billion (c.i.f., 1991); commodities: crude petroleum, chemicals, motor vehicles and parts, durable consumer goods, electronic computers; telecommunications equipment and parts; partners: US, Japan, UK, Germany, France, Mexico, Taiwan, South Korea
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