GENERAL INFORMATION  IOC Code: CAN  Country: Canada  Continent: Americas  Governor General: Michaëlle Jean  Prime Minister: Stephen Harper  Capital: Ottawa  Largest City: Toronto  Currency:  Canadian dollar (CAD) Official languages: English, French Motto: From Sea to Sea  POPULATION  Population: 31,612,897 GDP/inhabitant (US $): 34,273 Density (inhabitants/km2): 3.2 Average age (in years):   Life expectancy (in years):  COMMUNICATION  Internet code: .ca   Calling code: +1

 DESCRIPTION
Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America. It is the world's second-largest country by total area, and extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean. Canada shares land borders with the United States to the northwest and south.

Inhabited first by aboriginal peoples, Canada was founded in 1867 as a union of British North American colonies. It gained independence from the United Kingdom in an incremental process that ended in 1982. It remains a Commonwealth Realm with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state.

Canada is a federal constitutional monarchy with parliamentary democracy. Comprising ten provinces and three territories, Canada is a bilingual and multicultural country, with both English and French as official languages at the federal level. A technologically advanced and industrialized nation, Canada maintains a diversified economy that is heavily reliant upon its abundant natural resources and upon trade — particularly with the United States, with which Canada has had a long and complex relationship. 
 
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