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= Canada =

** By: Tyler Garrity and Riley Keenan **



 * Geography ||
 * Location || Canada is located in northern North America. ||
 * Geographic Coordinates || 60 degrees North and 95 degrees West. ||
 * Continent || North America. ||
 * Area || Total area:9,984,670 sq km, 3,0855,103sq m. ||
 * Area Comparision || Slitley larger than the US. ||
 * Boarder Countries || United States Of America ||
 * Climate || Subpolar in the south and polar in the north ||
 * Terrain || Mostly plains with mountians in west and low lands in south east ||
 * Natural Resources || iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas, hydropower ||
 * Natural Hazards || continuous permafrost in north is a serious obstacle to development; cyclonic storms form east of the Rocky Mountains, a result of the mixing of air masses from the Arctic, Pacific, and North American interior, and produce most of the country's rain and snow east of the mountains ||

15-64 years: 68.7% (male 11,633,950/female 11,381,735) 65 years and over: 15.2% (male 2,220,189/female 2,862,787)  || male: 78.72 years female: 84 years  || total population: 99% male: 99%  female: 99%  ||
 * People ||
 * Total Population || 33,759,742 people ||
 * Age Structure || 0-14 years: 16.1% (male 2,761,711/female 2,626,836)
 * Life Expectancy || total population: 81.29 years
 * Natonality || Canadian ||
 * Relligons || Roman Catholic 42.6%, Protestant 23.3% (including United Church 9.5%, Anglican 6.8%, Baptist 2.4%, Lutheran 2%), other Christian 4.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other and unspecified 11.8%, none 16% ||
 * Languages || English (official) 58.8%, French (official) 21.6%, other 19.6% ||
 * Literacy || definition: age 15 and over can read and write



head of government: Prime Minister Stephen Joseph HARPER (since 6 February 2006) ||
 * Government ||
 * Country Name (long name) || No long name only called Canada ||
 * Government Type || a parliamentary democracy, a federation, and a constitutional monarchy ||
 * Capital || Ottawa ||
 * Chief of State/ Head of Government || Head of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General David JOHNSTON (since 1 October 2010)

manufacturing: 13% construction: 6%  services: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">76%  other: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">3%  ||
 * Economy ||
 * Labor Force by Occupation || agriculture: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">2%
 * Agriculture || wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fruits, vegetables; dairy products; forest products; fish ||
 * Industry || transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and unprocessed minerals, food products, wood and paper products, fish products, petroleum and natural gas ||
 * Exported Commodites || motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery, aircraft, telecommunications equipment; chemicals, plastics, fertilizers; wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity, aluminum ||
 * Imported Commodities || machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, crude oil, chemicals, electricity, durable consumer goods ||
 * Currency || Canadian dollars ||


 * Communication ||
 * Number of Land Line Phones || 18.251 million ||
 * Number of Cell Phones || 23.081 million ||




 * Transportation ||   ||
 * Airports || 1,404 ||
 * Paved Airports || <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">514 ||
 * Roadways || <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">1,042,300 km, 402,434 m ||
 * Roadways Compared To the World || 6th most in the world ||


 * Sources ||
 * Highway || sites4us.tripod.com ||
 * Cell Phone || [] ||
 * Lake Louise || [] ||
 * Canadian Money || [] ||
 * Niagra Falls || [] ||
 * Terry Fox picture || [] ||
 * CIA fact book || [] ||