GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2011): $1.759 trillion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)
GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States)
(Estimated 2011): $1.389 trillion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $40,300 (US$) or (GBP)
Capital: Ottawa
Population (Estimated July 2012): 34,300,083
Area: 9,984,670 km2 or 3,855,103 mi2
Currency: Canadian Dollar (Can$)
Official Language: English and French
Political Information: Federal Parliamentary Democracy and Constitutional Monarchy
Official Religion: No Official Religion (approximately 42.6% of the population is Roman Catholic, 23.3% are Protestant, 4.4% have other Christian Beliefs, 1.9% are Muslim, 11.8% have other or unspecified religious beliefs and 16% have no religious beliefs)
Highest Mountain: Mount Logan at 5,959m or 19,551ft
Largest River:
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): Between -3:30 to -8:00
Wildlife:
Counties/Provinces/States: 10 provinces and 3 territories*; Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories*, Nova Scotia, Nunavut*, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory*
Leaders: H.M. Queen Elizabeth II with David Johnston as Governor General and Stephen Harper as Prime Minister.
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, Encyclopaedia Britannica,
Commonwealth Member since the 11th of December 1931.
