Facts

Population: 33 million | Video Format: NTSC

Dialing Code from Europe is 001: (So MOP is 001 604 255 4302) | Check out our calendar page for our holidays.

Electrical Current is 60 Hz (same as the USA) | Canada has both GSM and CDMA cellular networks (all phones work here).

Canada sells 85% of it's products to the United States, 2.1% to the UK and 1.6% to Japan. We have a trade surplus right now.

Canada became a country on July 1st, 1867 ("Confederation") | CDs and DVDs are very inexpensive here!

Canada has a parliamentary democracy similar to the United Kingdom. | iPods are also much less expensive than Europe.

The Queen of England is our Head of State and she is represented in Canada by The Governor General in Ottawa.

Our national symbol is the beaver. | The unemployment rate as of January 2008 is 5.9%.

Canada is about 10 million square kilometers in size and is the 2nd largest country in the world.

BC has wood, Alberta has oil, the Prairies have wheat, Ontario and Québec have finance & manufacturing, the Maritimes have fish.

Ethnic diversity: British Isles origin 28%, French origin 23%, other European 15%, Amerindian 2%, other, mostly Asian, African, Arab 6%, mixed background 26%.

The capital of Canada is Ottawa in the province of Ontario | 90% of the population is within 20 miles of the US border.

Canada did not go to Iraq but we are fighting in Afghanastan

Most drugs are illegal in Canada as they are in Europe and the USA. However enforcement can be lax.

Canada has a GDP per Capita second only to the USA.

Each year approximately 160,000 new immigrants come to live in Canada.

Great Canadian Films you should see:	A History of Violence	Atanarujuat
	Tales From Gimli Hospital	Dead Ringers
	Hard Core Logo	Jesus of Montréal
	Léolo	Manufacturing Consent
	Naked Lunch	Strange Brew
	The Grey Fox	The Decline of the American Empire
	The Sweet Hereafter	Trailer Park Boys (TV Series)