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加拿大英文简介 Canada Canada Flag Royal coat of arms Motto: A Mari Usque Ad Mare (Latin) "From Sea to Sea" Anthem: "O Canada" Royal anthem: "God Save the Queen" Ottawa Capital 45?24′N 75?40′W Largest city Toronto Official languages English, French Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, Recognised Cree, Dëne S??iné, regional languages Gwich’in , Inuvialuktun, Slavey, T??ch? Yatiì 28% British, 23% French, 15% European, 2% Amerindian, Ethnic groups Asian, African, Arab, 26% [2][3]mixed. DemonymCanadian Federal parliamentary Government democracy and Constitutional monarchy - Monarch HM Queen Elizabeth II Governor - Michaëlle Jean General - Prime Minister Stephen Harper Establishment British North - July 1, 1867 America Acts Statute of - December 11, 1931 Westminster - Canada Act April 17, 1982 Area 2 (2nd) 9,984,670 km - Total 3,854,085 sq mi 8.92 - Water (%) (891,163 km?/344,080 mi?) Population - 2008 estimate 33,465,000 (36th) - 2006 census 31,612,897 2 (219th) 3.2/km - Density 8.3/sq mi GDP (PPP) 2007 estimate - Total $1.269 trillion (13th) - Per capita $38,613 (12th) GDP (nominal) 2007 estimate - Total $1.436 trillion(9th) - Per capita $43,674 ( 14th) Gini 32.1 (2005) HDI (2006) ? 0.967 (high) (3rd) Currency Dollar ($) (CAD) Time zone ( UTC?3.5 to ?8) - Summer (DST) (UTC?2.5 to ?7) and dd-mm-yyyy, mm-dd-yyyy, Date formats yyyy-mm-dd (CE) Drives on the Right Internet TLD .ca Calling code1 Canada portal Canada (IPA: /?kæn?d?/) is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by total area, and shares land borders with the United States to the south and northwest. The land occupied by Canada was inhabited for millennia by various groups of aboriginal people. Beginning in the late 15th century, British French expeditions explored, and later settled along, the Atlantic and coast. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763 Seven Years' War. In 1867, with the union of three British North after the American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces.This began an accretion of additional provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy from the Statute of Westminster in 1931, and United Kingdom, highlighted by the culminating in the Canada Act in 1982 which severed the vestiges of legal dependence on the British parliament. A federation comprising ten provinces and three territories, Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state. It is a bilingual and multicultural country, with both English and French as official languages at the federal level. Technologically advanced and industrialized, Canada maintains a diversified economy that is heavily reliant upon its abundant natural resources and upon trade—particularly with the United States, with which Canada has had a long and complex relationship. It is a member of the G8, NATO, Commonwealth of Nations, and La Francophonie.