Facts and Figures
Full name: Canada
Nationality noun: Canadian(s) adjective: Canadian
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Area total: 9,984,670 sq km land: 9,093,507 sq km water: 891,163 sq km
Population: 32,805,041 (July 2005 est.)
Ethnic groups: British Isles origin 28%, French origin 23%, other European 15%, Amerindian 2%, other, mostly Asian, African, Arab 6%, mixed background 26%
Capital: Ottawa, population – 330,000
Largest Cities:
Toronto – 2,390,000
Montreal – 1,040,000 Calgary – 820,000
Official Language: English 59.3% (official), French 23.2% (official), other 17.5%
Religion: Roman Catholic 46%, Protestant 36%, other 18%
note: based on the 1991 census
Political system: confederation with parliamentary democracy
GDP: purchasing power parity – $1.023 trillion (2004 est.)
GDP per head: purchasing power parity – $31,500 (2004 est.)
Annual growth: 2.4% (2004 est.)
GDP – composition by sector
agriculture: 2.3% industry: 26.4% services: 71.3% (2004 est.)
Inflation: 1.9% (2004 est.)