Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a Governor-General Prime minister: Stephen Harper
Population
3,525,761
34,300,083
Life Expectancy
75.550 years
81.480 years
Capital City
Vilnius
Ottawa
Largest city
Vilnius (population: 542,366)
Toronto (population: 4,612,190)
Human Development Index
0.869
0.967
GDP per capita
$19,100 US
$41,100 US
Literacy Rate
99.6%
99%
Corruption Perception Index
4.6
8.7
Percentage of Women in Parliament
17.7%
24.9%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA
David Thomson & family ($13.0bn US)
Unemployment Rate
15.400%
7.500%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Abolished
Political System
parliamentary democracy
constitutional monarchy that is also a parliamentary democracy and a federation
Independence date
11 March 1990 (declared); 6 September 1991 (recognized by Soviet Union)
1 July 1867 (union of British North American colonies); 11 December 1931 (recognized by UK)
Religions
Roman Catholic 79%, Russian Orthodox 4.1%, Protestant (including Lutheran and Evangelical Christian Baptist) 1.9%, other or unspecified 5.5%, none 9.5% (2001 census)
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)
Languages
Lithuanian (official) 82%, Russian 8%, Polish 5.6%, other and unspecified 4.4% (2001 census)
English (official) 59.3%, French (official) 23.2%, other 17.5%
Exports
mineral products 23%, textiles and clothing 16%, machinery and equipment 11%, chemicals 6%, wood and wood products 5%, foodstuffs 5% (2001)
litai (LTL) per US dollar - 2.3251 (2008 est.), 2.5362 (2007), 2.7498 (2006), 2.774 (2005), 2.7806 (2004)
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
0.900%
1.100%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
5
18
Location
Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia
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
Area
65,300 km sq
9,984,670 km sq
Coastline
90 km
202,080 km
Climate
transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers
varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north
