The Geography Of Canada

The geography of Canada is vast and diversified. Occupying the greatest part of the Scandinavian portion of the North-American continent (precisely 41%), Canada is the second largest country in the world in terms of total surface, after Russia.

Canada covers an immense territory between the Pacific Ocean, in the west, and the Atlantic Ocean, in the east, with the United States of America in the south and the North-West (Alaska), and the Arctic Ocean in the north; Greenland is in the North-East. Covering a territory of 9 984 670 km2 (ground: 9 093 507 km2; water: 891 163 km2), the surface of Canada is a little less of the three fifths of that of Russia; Canada is 1,3 times larger than Australia, though a little smaller than Europe and more than 40,9 times larger than the United Kingdom.

Official languages	French and English
Capital	Ottawa
Larger cities	Toronto, Montréal, Vancouver
Surface - Total - Water (%)	9 984 670 km² 8,62%
Population - Total (2007) - Density classified 37e	32 777 304 hab. 3,29 hab. /km²

Provinces and territories

Canada is composed of ten provinces and three territories. The provinces are Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. The three territories are the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon. The provinces have a large degree of autonomy from the government.

The provinces are responsible for most of Canada's social programs: such as health care, education, and welfare. Equalization payments are made by the federal government to ensure that reasonably uniform standards of services and taxation are kept between the richer and poorer provinces.

Province, with flag	Capital	Entered Confederation	Population (2005)	Area (km²)
				Land	Water	Total
Ontario	Toronto	July 1, 1867	12,541,400	917,741	158,654	1,076,395
Quebec	Quebec City		7,598,100	1,356,128	185,928	1,542,056
Nova Scotia	Halifax		937,900	53,338	1,946	55,284
New Brunswick	Fredericton		752,000	71,450	1,458	72,908
Manitoba	Winnipeg	July 15, 1870	1,177,600	553,556	94,241	647,797
British Columbia	Victoria	July 20, 1871	4,254,500	925,186	19,549	944,735
Prince Edward Island	Charlottetown	July 1, 1873	138,100	5,660	—	5,660
Saskatchewan	Regina	September 1, 1905	994,100	591,670	59,366	651,036
Alberta	Edmonton		3,256,800	642,317	19,531	661,848
Newfoundland and Labrador	St. John's	March 31, 1949	516,000	373,872	31,340	405,212

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