Canada is one of the biggest countries in the world. Canada capital is Ottawa and population is 32,805,041(July 2005). Canada language is English and French. Canada religions is Roman Catholic, Protestant, Anglican, Baptist, Lutheran, Christian and Muslim. Beaufort Sea, Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the Gulf of Maine including the disputed Machias Seal Island and North Rock.
In almost every part of Canada there are lakes and rivers. Canada has over 2 million lakes covering 7% of the land mass. The largest lake is the Northwest Territories' Great Bear Lake. It is estimated that Canada is home to one-seventh of the world's fresh water. Canada has coastlines on the Atlantic and Pacific and the Arctic Ocean, giving it the longest coastline of any country. Canada's southern boundary is an 8,892 kilometer border with the United States. Northern Canada's Arctic islands come within 800 kilometers of the North Pole. As a result, most of the population of Canada live within a few hundred kilometres of the southern border, where the climate is milder.
Canada's climate varies wildly based on geography, from perma-frost in the north to four distinct seasons towards the equator. In this region the temperature can climb up to 35 degrees Celsius in the summer and descend to a chilly -25 degrees Celsius during winter. Northern North America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean on the east, North Pacific Ocean on the west, and the Arctic Ocean on the north, north of the conterminous US.
Canada economy condition is well. Canada agriculture products is Wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fryuits, vegetables, dairy products, forest products and fish. Indystries is transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and unprocessed minerals, food products, wood and paper products, fish products, petroleum and natural gas. Natural resource is iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas, hydropower. Exports motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery, aircraft, telecommunications equipment; chemicals, plastics, fertilizers; wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity, aluminum. Import machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, crude oil, chemicals, electricity, durable consumer goods.
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