Canada
Ottawa · North America
Canada is a country in North America. Its capital city is Ottawa, the official currency is the Canadian Dollar, and the main language is English.
With a population of roughly 40.1 million people spread over 9,984,670 km², Canada is the 37th most populous country in the world and the 2nd largest by area. That works out at about 4 people per square kilometre.
Canada shares land borders with United States — its only land neighbour. Its largest urban centres are Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. The highest point in the country is Mount Logan, at 5,959 metres.
For scale, it covers almost exactly the same area as United States, while its population is closest to that of Afghanistan.
- Capital
- Ottawa
- Region
- North America
- Population
- 40,100,000
- Area
- 9,984,670 km²
- Currency
- Canadian Dollar
- Main language
- English
- Highest point
- Mount Logan
5,959 m - Land borders
- 1
Canada: things worth knowing
- Canada has the longest coastline of any country, at over 200,000 kilometres.
- It contains more lake area than the rest of the world combined.
- Its border with the United States is the longest international land border anywhere.
Canada in context
North America has 23 sovereign countries in total. Canada ranks 3rd among them by population.
See the full list of North America countries, or browse all 195 countries.