Canada: Statistics and General Information
Canadian Statistics
Area:9,978,653 square kilometers
Highest Point:Mount Logan, 5,951 meters
Population:25,354,064 (1986 census)
Population Density:2 people per square kilometer
Population Distribution:Urban 76%, Rural 24%
Languages Spoken:60.6% English, 24.3% French, 11.3% other, 3.8% bilingual
Capital:Ottawa, Pop.300,763
Major Cities:Montreal (pop. 1,054,420), Calgary (pop. 636,100), Toronto (pop. 612,290),
Winnipeg (pop. 594,551), Edmonton (pop.574,000), Vancouver (pop. 420,000)
National Anthem: "O Canada"
National Motto:A mari usque ad mare(From sea to sea)
Currency:Canadian Dollar
Chief Exports:Agricultural product, mainly wheat, newsprint and paper products, lumber, petroleum
natural gas, iron, chemicals, textiles, transportation equipment.
Gross Domestic Product:Services 63%, industry 33%, agriculture 4%.
Per Capita Income: Equivilent to U.S. $13,000
Intresting Facts:Only second to Russia in land area, Canada holds 14% of the world's freash water. Yet Canada is 31st
on the international scale of population. Canada is larger than the United States yet it only has one-tenth the population.
Canada's Provinces
Alberta
Area:661,185 square kilometers
Highest Point:Mt. Columbia 3,725 meters
Major Rivers:Peace Slave, Athabasca, North Saskatchewan, Red Deer
Major Lakes:Lesser Slave, Claire, Athabasca
Population:2,365,825 (1986 census)
Population Density:4 people per square km
Population Distrabution:Urban 77%, Rural 23%
Languages Spoken:81% English, 2.1% French, 13.3% other (Geramn 3.2%,Ukranian 2.0%), 3.6% bilingual
Capital:Edmonton (pop. 574,000)
Other Cities:Calgary (pop.636,100), Lethbridge (pop. 59,000), Red Deer (pop. 52,000)
Entered Dominion of Canada:September 1, 1905
Provincial Motto:Fortis et liber (Strong and free)
Provincial Flower:Wild Rose
Provincial Bird:Great Horned Owl
Principal Products: Oil, natural gas, wheat
Gross Domestic Product: Services 59%, Industry 37%, Agriculture 4%
Interesting Facts:Known as the Sunshine Province because of its clear blue skies and
temperate climate. The only province in Canada which posseses all three of Canada's main land forms,
the rocky Canadian Shield to the north, the High Plains of the interior, and the mountain ranges of the west.
Alberta has the largest shoping center in the world, the West Edmonton Mall.
British Columbia
Area:946,011 square kilometers
Highest Point:Mt. Fairweather, 4,633 meters
Major Rivers:Fraser, Columbia, Skeena
Population:3,029,000 (1986 census)
Population Density:3 People per square kilometer
Population Distribution: Urban 79%, Rural 21%
Languages Spoken:80.9% English, 1.4% French, 14.5% other (mainly languages of China and Southeast Asia), 3.2% bilingual
Capital:Victoria (pop. 65,000)
Other Cities:Vancouver (pop. 420,000), Surrey (pop. 181,500)
Entered Dominion of Canada:July 20, 1871
Provincial Motto:Splendor sine occasu (Splendor with out diminishment)
Provincial Flower:Pacific Dogwood
Provincial Bird:Steller's Jay
Provincial Products:Lumber, pulp-and-paper products, processed foods, livestock, primary metals
Gross Domestic Product:Services 72%, Industry 24%, Agriculture 4%
The most geographically varying province BC contains dense rainforests as well as Canada's only true desert.
Over 90% percent of the land is owned by the provincial government, BC is larger than al but 30 nations of the world.
In Vancouver Stanly Park is one of the biggest urban parks in North America, at over 400 hectares.
Manitoba
Area:650,087 square kilometers
Highest Point:Mt. Baldy, 832 meters
Major Rivers:Churchill
Major Lakes:Winnipeg, Manitoba
Population:1,063,016 (1986 census)
Population Density:2 People per square kilometer
Population Distribution: Urban 72%, Rural 28%
Languages Spoken:71.3% English, 4.3% French, 18.6% other, 5.8% bilingual
Capital:Winnipeg (pop. 594,551)
Other Cities:Brandon (pop. 38,708), Thompson (pop. 14,701),Portage-la-Pararie (pop. 13,198)
Entered Dominion of Canada:July 15, 1870
Provincial Flower:Pasqueflower
Provincial Bird:Grey Owl
Provincial Products:Wheat, Nickel, Petroleum
Gross Domestic Product:Services 73%, Industry 20%, Agriculture 7%
Known as the Keystone Province and as the Gateway to the West, since Manitoba is at the center of Canada
it links eastern Canada to the Pararies of the interior and the mountains of the west. Manitoba has the only pararie seaport in Churchill,
the world largest denning area for polar bears.
New Brunswick
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