Country facts:
Official name:
Canada
Area: 9.9 million sq. km. (3.8 million sq. mi.)
Population: 32.9 million (2007 est.).
Form of government: Federation, parliamentary democracy, and constitutional monarchy.
Capital: Ottawa (pop. 1.1 million).
Language: English (official) 59.3%, French (official) 23.2%, other 17.5%.
Religion: Roman Catholic 42.6%, Protestant 23.3%, other Christian 4.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other 11.8%, none 16.1%.
Currency: Dollar
GDP per capita: 36,170 (2006).
Industries: Petroleum and natural gas, hydroelectric power, metals, motor vehicles and parts, machinery and equipment, aircraft and components, other diversified manufacturing, fish and forest products, processed and unprocessed minerals.
Time difference from Norway: 4.5 hours earlier in Newfoundland; 5 hours earlier in Maritime Provinces and Labrador; 6 hours earlier in Quebec, eastern Ontario and eastern Nunavut; 7 hours in western Ontario, central Nunavut, Manitoba and parts of Saskatchewan; 8 hours earlier in the rest of Saskatchewan, Alberta and parts of British Columbia; and 9 hours earlier in the rest of British Columbia and Yukon Territory.
