Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a Governor-General Prime minister: Stephen Harper
President: Girma Woldegiorgis
Population
34,300,083
91,195,675
Life Expectancy
81.480 years
56.560 years
Capital City
Ottawa
Largest city
Toronto (population: 4,612,190)
Addis Ababa (population: 2,757,730)
Human Development Index
0.967
0.389
GDP per capita
$41,100 US
Literacy Rate
99%
42.7%
Corruption Perception Index
8.7
2.6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
24.9%
21.4%
Wealthiest Citizens
David Thomson & family ($13.0bn US)
NA
Unemployment Rate
7.500%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Legal
Political System
constitutional monarchy that is also a parliamentary democracy and a federation
federal republic
Independence date
1 July 1867 (union of British North American colonies); 11 December 1931 (recognized by UK)
Religions
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% (2001 census)
Christian 60.8% (Orthodox 50.6%, Protestant 10.2%), Muslim 32.8%, traditional 4.6%, other 1.8% (1994 census)
Languages
English (official) 59.3%, French (official) 23.2%, other 17.5%
Amarigna 32.7%, Oromigna 31.6%, Tigrigna 6.1%, Somaligna 6%, Guaragigna 3.5%, Sidamigna 3.5%, Hadiyigna 1.7%, other 14.8%, English (major foreign language taught in schools) (1994 census)
Canadian dollars (CAD) per US dollar - 1.0364 (2008 est.), 1.0724 (2007), 1.1334 (2006), 1.2118 (2005), 1.301 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.100%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
18
7
Location
Northern North America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean on the east, North Pacific Ocean on the west, and the Arctic Ocean on the north, north of the conterminous US
Eastern Africa, west of Somalia
Area
9,984,670 km sq
1,104,300 km sq
Coastline
202,080 km
0 km
Climate
varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north
tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation
