Country

Canada

Also Known As Dominion of Canada (historical formal name)

Northern America

Canada is a country in North America, with Ottawa as its capital. Confederation in 1867 united several British colonies into the Dominion of Canada, and full legislative sovereignty from the United Kingdom was completed with the patriation of the constitution under the Canada Act 1982. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Capital

Ottawa 2

Population

41,417,056 2

Population Estimate Year

2026 2

Area (sq km)

9,984,670 2

Independence or Founding Year

1867 2

Confederation in 1867 created the Dominion of Canada as a self-governing entity; full legislative sovereignty from the United Kingdom followed later, formalized by the Canada Act 1982.

Classification

Sovereignty Status

UN Member State 1

Canada

Cities

Connections

Associated With

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada.

Source Alberta (Wikipedia)

Appalachian Mountains

The Appalachians extend north to Newfoundland, Canada.

Source Appalachian Mountains (Wikipedia)

Banff National Park

Source Banff National Park (Wikipedia)

British Columbia

British Columbia is a province of Canada.

Source British Columbia (Wikipedia)

Calgary

Source Calgary (Wikipedia)

Edmonton

Source Edmonton (Wikipedia)

Great Bear Lake

Great Plains

The Great Plains lie across both the Central United States and Western Canada.

Source Great Plains (Wikipedia)

Great Slave Lake

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Source Halifax, Nova Scotia (Wikipedia)

Hamilton

Source Hamilton (Wikipedia)

Manitoba is a province of Canada.

Source Manitoba (Wikipedia)

Montreal

Montreal is in the southwest of the Canadian province of Quebec, at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers.

Source Wikipedia: Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is the largest city in Quebec and the second-largest in Canada.

Source Wikipedia: Montreal

Mount Logan

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada.

Source Ontario (Wikipedia)

Ottawa

Ottawa is Canada's capital.

Source Ottawa (Wikipedia)

Quebec

Quebec is a province of Canada.

Source Quebec (Wikipedia)

Quebec City

Source Quebec City (Wikipedia)

Robert-Bourassa Reservoir

Saint Lawrence River

The Saint Lawrence River flows through the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

Source Saint Lawrence River (Wikipedia)

The Arctic

The Great Lakes

The Great Lakes straddle the border between Canada and the United States.

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

Toronto

Source Toronto (Wikipedia)

Vancouver

Source Vancouver (Wikipedia)

Waterloo

Source Waterloo, Ontario (Wikipedia)

Winnipeg

Source Winnipeg (Wikipedia)

Wood Buffalo National Park

Wood Buffalo National Park is the largest national park in Canada.

Source Wood Buffalo National Park (Wikipedia)

Bordered By Water

Lake Erie's northern shore is the Canadian province of Ontario.

Source Lake Erie (Wikipedia)

Strait of Georgia

Strait of Juan de Fuca

The Great Lakes

Source Great Lakes (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Ottawa

Ottawa is Canada's capital, selected by Queen Victoria in 1857.

Source Ottawa (Wikipedia)

Long-Form Articles

Canada Came Within One Point of Losing Quebec

Rivers Through Territory

Source Saint Lawrence River (Wikipedia)

Saskatchewan River

Yukon River

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Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: Baldur R. Stefansson, nationals include there.
Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: Charles Mayer, nationals include there.
Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: Donald A. Young, nationals include there.
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Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, part of this there.
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Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: Union Station (Toronto), part of this there.
Also in Arts and Music Atlas: CN Tower, part of this there.
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Also in Business Atlas: BCE Inc., part of this there.
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Also in Business Atlas: Bombardier Inc., part of this there.
Also in Business Atlas: Canadian Natural Resources Limited, part of this there.
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Also in Business Atlas: Federated Co-operatives, part of this there.
Also in Business Atlas: Henry Mintzberg, nationals include there.
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Also in Business Atlas: Molson Brewery, part of this there.
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Also in Business Atlas: Suncor Energy Inc., part of this there.
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Also in Business Atlas: Teck Resources Limited, part of this there.
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Also in Earth and Environment Atlas: Norman Levi Bowen, nationals include there.
Also in Earth and Environment Atlas: Reginald Aldworth Daly, nationals include there.
Also in Economics Atlas: Bank of Canada, part of this there.
Also in Economics Atlas: Group of Eight (G8), has member there.
Also in Education Atlas: Allan Paivio, nationals include there.
Also in Education Atlas: George Siemens, nationals include there.
Also in Energy Atlas: Bruce Nuclear Generating Station, part of this there.
Also in Health and Wellness Atlas: Brock Chisholm, nationals include there.
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Also in Health and Wellness Atlas: Marc Lalonde, nationals include there.
Also in Health and Wellness Atlas: Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, found there there.
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Also in Philosophy Atlas: Charles Taylor, is where this subject originated.
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Also in Philosophy Atlas: Letitia Meynell, is where this subject originated.
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Also in Science Atlas: Victoria Kaspi, nationals include there.
Also in Science Atlas: William Edmond Logan, nationals include there.
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Also in Science Atlas: Yoshua Bengio, nationals include there.
Also in Society and Culture Atlas: Michele Lamont, nationals include there.
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Also in Space and Astronomy Atlas: Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment, part of this there.
Also in Space and Astronomy Atlas: Canadian Space Agency, part of this there.
Also in Space and Astronomy Atlas: Chris Hadfield, nationals include there.
Also in Space and Astronomy Atlas: COM DEV International, part of this there.
Also in Space and Astronomy Atlas: David Florida Laboratory, part of this there.
Also in Space and Astronomy Atlas: Guy Laliberte, nationals include there.
Also in Space and Astronomy Atlas: Kepler Communications, part of this there.
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Also in Space and Astronomy Atlas: Marc Garneau, nationals include there.
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Also in Space and Astronomy Atlas: Mission Control Space Services, part of this there.
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Sources

1. Member States of the United Nations (Wikipedia)

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The United Nations comprise 193 sovereign states and the world's largest intergovernmental organization.

Regions

Canadian Prairies

The Maritimes

The Prairie Provinces

Cities

Barrie

Beaumont, Alberta

Belleville, Ontario

Brampton

Brandon

Brantford

Brockville

Burlington, Ontario

Calgary

Charlottetown

Chatham-Kent

Cote Saint-Luc

County of Brant

Dieppe, New Brunswick

Edmonton

Fredericton

Greater Sudbury

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hamilton

Iqaluit

Kawartha Lakes

Kitchener, Ontario

Markham, Ontario

Mississauga

Montreal

Nanaimo

Niagara Falls, Ontario

Norfolk County, Ontario

Oshawa

Ottawa

Pickering, Ontario

Quebec City

Regina, Saskatchewan

Richmond Hill, Ontario

Sarnia

St. Albert, Alberta

St. Catharines

Thunder Bay

Toronto

Vancouver

Vaughan

Waterloo

Whitehorse

Winnipeg

Yellowknife

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Bordered By Water

Has Capital

Long-Form Articles

Rivers Through Territory

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