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Canada
Languages: English 59.3%,
French 23.2% (both official); other 17.5%
Ethnicity/race: British
Isles origin 28%, French origin 23%, other European 15%,
indigenous Indian and Inuit 2%, other, mostly Asian,
African, Arab 6%, mixed background 26%
National Holiday:
Canada Day, July 1
Religions: Roman Catholic
43%, Protestant 23% (including United Church 10%,
Anglican 7%, Baptist 2%, Lutheran 2%), other Christian
4%, Muslim 2%, none 16% (2001)
Literacy
rate:
99% (2003 est.)
Economic
summary:
GDP/PPP (2009 est.): $1.29 trillion; per capita
$38,400. Real growth rate: —2.5%. Inflation:
0.2%. Unemployment: 8.5%. Arable land: 5%.
Agriculture: wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco,
fruits, vegetables; dairy products; forest products;
fish. Labor force: 16.3 million (Dec. 2005);
agriculture 2%, manufacturing 14%, construction 5%,
services 75%, other 3% (2004). Industries:
transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and
unprocessed minerals, food products, wood and paper
products, fish products, petroleum and natural gas.
Natural resources: iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper,
gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish,
timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas,
hydropower. Exports: $298.5 billion f.o.b. (2009
est.): motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery,
aircraft, telecommunications equipment; chemicals,
plastics, fertilizers; wood pulp, timber, crude
petroleum, natural gas, electricity, aluminum.
Imports: $305.2 billion f.o.b. (2009 est.):
machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, crude
oil, chemicals, electricity, durable consumer goods.
Major trading partners: U.S., Japan, UK, China,
Mexico (2004).
Communications: Telephones:
main lines in use: 19,950,900 (2003); mobile cellular:
13,221,800 (2003). Radio broadcast stations: AM
245, FM 582, shortwave 6 (2004). Television broadcast
stations: 80 (plus many repeaters) (1997).
Internet hosts: 3,210,081 (2003). Internet users:
16.11 million (2002).
Transportation: Railways:
total: 48,683 km (2004). Highways: total: 1.408
million km; paved: 497,306 km (including 16,900 km of
expressways); unpaved: 911,494 km (2002). Waterways:
631 km; note: Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km,
including the Saint Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared
with United States (2003). Ports and harbors:
Fraser River Port, Goderich, Montreal, Port Cartier,
Quebec, Saint John's (Newfoundland), Sept Isles,
Vancouver. Airports: 1,326 (2004 est.).
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