Is Canada a country?

Canada (English/French: Canada), located in the northernmost part of North America and one of the Commonwealth countries, is known as the "Maple Leaf Country" and its capital is Ottawa.

Canada reaches the Pacific Ocean in the west, the Atlantic Ocean in the east, the Arctic Ocean in the north, Greenland in the northeast, Saint Pierre and Miquelon Islands in France in the east, the United States in the south and Alaska in the northwest.

The territory covers an area of 9,984,670 square kilometers, ranking second in the world, and the population is mainly concentrated along the southern Great Lakes. Famous cities include Toronto and Vancouver. The official languages are English and French, and it is a typical bilingual country.

Extended information of administrative divisions in Canada

The whole country is divided into 10 provinces and 3 regions. 10 provinces are British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manetho, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, and the three regions are Yukon, Northwest China and Nu Loewit. Each province has a governor, a provincial speaker, a governor and a provincial cabinet. Corresponding posts and institutions have also been established in this region.

Resources in Canada

Vast territory, rich in forest and mineral resources. There are more than 60 minerals, mainly potassium, uranium, tungsten, cadmium, nickel and lead. Crude oil reserves rank third in the world, second only to Venezuela and Saudi Arabia, and 98% of them exist in the form of oil sands. The proven oil sands crude oil reserves are 654.38+0677 billion barrels, accounting for 654.38+00% of the global proven oil sands reserves.

The forest area is more than 400 million hectares (ranking third in the world, second only to Russia and Brazil), and the timber forest area is 2.86 million square kilometers, accounting for 44% and 29% of the land area respectively; The total timber volume is about 654.38+0.9 billion cubic meters. About 890 thousand square kilometers are covered by fresh water, and sustainable fresh water resources account for 7% of the world.

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