About Canada Statistics
The Canada Statistics website was created to help people know more about the great nation of Canada. Learn about Canada with our fast statistical factoids and overviews.
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Fast facts on Canada:
Formed by Confederation in 1867 and became a sovereign nation in 1982 with the Canada Act.
Canada is a constitutional monarch, with the Queen or King of England acting as head of state.
The name Canada comes from an Iroquoian word purported to mean "village".
Canada has ten provinces and three territories.
Canada only has 3.2 people per kilometre making Canada one of the least crowded places on earth.
From East to West, Canada stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The Canadian border in the North encompasses a large portion of the Artic Ocean, and it is this large size East to West and North to the Artic circle that makes Canada the second largest country in the world.