Canada Capital Ottawa
Currency CAD · Canadian dollar
Language French, English
Area 15.6M km²
Since 1867
ISO CAN · CA
Population 41.7M as of 2025
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Watermark portrait: Elon Musk — THE COUNTRY —
Country in North America
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the second-largest country by total area, with the longest coastline of any country. Its border with the United States is the longest international land border. The country is characterized by a wide range of both meteorologic and geological regions. With a population of over 41 million, it has widely varying population densities, with the majority residing in its urban areas and large areas being sparsely populated. Its capital is Ottawa and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.
Text: Wikipedia — Canada CC BY-SA 4.0 · revised 2026-08-01
Motto A Mari Usque Ad Mare
Capital Ottawa
Currency Canadian dollar (CAD)
Official language French, English
Drives on the Right
Calling code +1
Licence plate code CDN
Top-level domain .ca
Independence / founding 01 Jul 1867
Highest point Mount Logan (5,959 m)
Lowest point Arctic Ocean (0 m)
Anthem O Canada
Patron saint Joseph, Jean de Brébeuf, Canadian Martyrs, Saint Anne Facts: Wikidata (CC0) · as of 2026-08-02 — LAND —
Land covered by forest
39.5% % of land area
#78 of 213 2023
Forest area
km²
2023
Agricultural land
6.5% % of land area
#190 of 209 2023
Farmable (arable) land
4.3% % of land area
#142 of 206 2023
Land area
km²
2023
— PEOPLE —
Population
41.7M people
#38 of 216 2025
Population growth
0.9% % per year
#104 of 216 2025
Population density
people per km²
2023
People living in cities
82.9% % of population
#51 of 216 2025
Urban population growth
1.2% % per year
#116 of 216 2025
People living rurally
17.1% % of population
#166 of 216 2025
Population aged 0-14
15.0% % of population
#180 of 216 2025
Population aged 15-64
64.8% % of population
#102 of 216 2025
Population aged 65+
20.3% % of population
#36 of 216 2025
▸ ISSUE 7 MORE Age dependency ratio
54.4% % of working-age population
#115 of 216 2025
Female population
50.3% % of population
#110 of 216 2025
Births per woman
1 births per woman
#191 of 216 2024
Birth rate
8.9 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#173 of 216 2024
Death rate
7.9 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#83 of 216 2024
Net migration
people (5-year total)
2025
Migrants living in the country
22.2% % of population
#41 of 215 2024
— MONEY —
GDP
current US$
2025
GDP, purchasing power parity
$2.78T current int'l $
#16 of 199 2025
GDP per person
$55,698 current US$
#29 of 211 2025
GDP per person, purchasing power parity
$66,746 current int'l $
#30 of 199 2025
GDP growth
1.7% % per year
#154 of 210 2025
GDP per person growth
0.8% % per year
#156 of 210 2025
Gross national income
current US$
2025
Gross national income per person
$56,420 current US$
#22 of 203 2025
Gross national income per person, PPP
$66,820 current int'l $
#27 of 197 2025
▸ ISSUE 28 MORE Inflation
2.1% % per year
#61 of 190 2025
Inflation (GDP deflator)
2.6% % per year
#74 of 209 2025
Real interest rate
0.1% %
#113 of 134 2017
Lending interest rate
%
2017
Government debt
64.1% % of GDP
#39 of 63 2024
Government revenue
19.9% % of GDP
#99 of 149 2024
Government spending
19.1% % of GDP
#109 of 149 2023
Government consumption
21.9% % of GDP
#39 of 181 2025
Household consumption
55.8% % of GDP
#119 of 181 2025
Investment (gross capital formation)
23.2% % of GDP
#90 of 178 2025
Fixed investment
22.9% % of GDP
#78 of 173 2025
Gross savings
22.2% % of GDP
#86 of 168 2025
Foreign investment inflows
current US$
2025
Foreign investment inflows
3.0% % of GDP
#75 of 198 2025
Foreign investment outflows
2.5% % of GDP
#17 of 179 2025
Current account balance
-0.9% % of GDP
#91 of 191 2025
Foreign reserves
$125.63B current US$
#27 of 177 2025
Income inequality (Gini)
32 0-100
#43 of 147 2022
People below the poverty line
0.3% % of population
#31 of 147 2022
Income share held by richest 10%
24.6% %
#39 of 147 2022
Income share held by poorest 10%
2.9% %
#61 of 147 2022
Stock market value
% of GDP
2025
Money sent home by workers abroad
$834.0M current US$
#101 of 186 2025
Exchange rate
1 local currency per US$
#157 of 211 2025
Agriculture's share of the economy
1.9% % of GDP
#150 of 199 2022
Industry's share of the economy
27.4% % of GDP
#68 of 202 2022
Manufacturing's share of the economy
9.3% % of GDP
#110 of 195 2022
Services' share of the economy
64.1% % of GDP
#62 of 202 2022
2 of 39 figures unavailable for Canada.
— TRADE —
Exports
31.3% % of GDP
#113 of 187 2025
Imports
32.2% % of GDP
#129 of 187 2025
Trade balance
-0.8% % of GDP
#83 of 187 2025
Total trade (openness)
48.8% % of GDP
#112 of 205 2025
Goods exported
$554.68B current US$
#15 of 207 2025
Goods imported
$577.44B current US$
#14 of 207 2025
Services exported
$171.88B current US$
#14 of 191 2025
Services imported
$169.19B current US$
#15 of 191 2025
Goods and services exported
$726.63B current US$
#16 of 191 2025
▸ ISSUE 3 MORE Goods and services imported
$746.62B current US$
#12 of 191 2025
High-tech share of exports
16.8% % of manufactured exports
#47 of 179 2024
Terms of trade
110 index
#68 of 206 2024
— HEALTH —
Life expectancy
82.1 yrs years
#34 of 216 2024
Life expectancy, women
84.3 yrs years
#35 of 216 2024
Life expectancy, men
80.0 yrs years
#33 of 216 2024
Infant deaths
4.7 /1,000 per 1,000 live births
#46 of 196 2024
Deaths under age 5
5.4 /1,000 per 1,000 live births
#43 of 196 2024
Maternal deaths
12 per 100,000 live births
#51 of 194 2023
Health spending
11.3% % of GDP
#14 of 193 2024
Health spending per person
$6,378 current US$
#15 of 193 2024
Physicians
2.8 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#68 of 187 2023
▸ ISSUE 10 MORE Nurses and midwives
11.3 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#18 of 196 2023
Hospital beds
2.5 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#73 of 157 2022
Access to clean drinking water
98.3% % of population
#95 of 214 2024
Access to basic sanitation
98.6% % of population
#65 of 213 2024
Suicide rate
9 per 100,000 people
#126 of 185 2021
Adults who smoke
11.2% % of adults
#40 of 166 2024
HIV prevalence
% aged 15-49
2022
Tuberculosis cases
6 per 100,000 people
#42 of 208 2024
Undernourishment
2.5% % of population
#11 of 168 2023
Children vaccinated against measles
92.0% % of children 12-23 months
#84 of 193 2024
— LEARNING —
Education spending
4.8% % of GDP
#67 of 190 2022
Education spending
10.7% % of government spending
#138 of 189 2022
Primary school enrolment
95.0% % gross
#150 of 200 2023
Secondary school enrolment
104.3% % gross
#44 of 188 2023
University enrolment
76.3% % gross
#40 of 167 2023
Primary school completion
98.3% % of relevant age group
not enough data to rank 2000
Pupils per teacher, primary school
17 pupils per teacher
not enough data to rank 2000
Years of compulsory education
10.0 yrs years
#86 of 197 2025
2 of 10 figures unavailable for Canada.
— WORK —
Unemployment
6.9% % of labour force
#124 of 186 2025
Youth unemployment
13.8% % of labour force aged 15-24
#99 of 186 2025
Labour force participation
64.5% % aged 15+
#69 of 186 2025
Women in the labour force
60.2% % of women aged 15+
#50 of 186 2025
Men in the labour force
68.9% % of men aged 15+
#105 of 186 2025
Labour force
22.8M people
#32 of 186 2025
Working in agriculture
1.1% % of employment
#175 of 186 2025
Working in industry
18.7% % of employment
#99 of 186 2025
Working in services
80.1% % of employment
#18 of 186 2025
▸ ISSUE 3 MORE Self-employed
12.9% % of employment
#155 of 186 2025
Labour force with advanced education
73.5% % of labour force
#121 of 171 2025
Employed
60.1% % aged 15+
#72 of 186 2025
— CONNECTED —
People online
94.4% % of population
#36 of 207 2024
Mobile phone subscriptions
94 per 100 people
#151 of 210 2024
Fixed broadband subscriptions
43 per 100 people
#21 of 208 2024
Fixed telephone lines
28 per 100 people
#42 of 213 2024
Access to electricity
100.0% % of population
#21 of 214 2024
Access to clean cooking fuel
% of population
2023
Electricity used per person
kWh per person
2024
Energy used per person
kg oil equivalent per person
2024
Air passengers carried
88.6M passengers
#13 of 165 2023
▸ ISSUE 9 MORE Air freight
2,036 million tonne-km
#16 of 163 2023
Rail network
route-km
2021
Rail passengers
536 million passenger-km
#53 of 78 2021
Container port traffic
6.4M TEU
#29 of 167 2024
Research and development spending
1.8% % of GDP
#24 of 127 2024
Patent applications by residents
4,710 count
#14 of 142 2021
Scientific journal articles published
count
2023
Tourists arriving
count
2019
Money earned from tourism
$19.99B current US$
not enough data to rank 2011
— NATURE —
Carbon emissions per person
14 tonnes per person
#191 of 203 2024
Carbon emissions
578 Mt CO2
#193 of 203 2024
Greenhouse gas emissions
Mt CO2-equivalent
2024
Protected land
12.9% % of land area
#141 of 213 2025
Protected coastal waters
9.2% % of territorial waters
#52 of 174 2025
Freshwater withdrawn
1.3% % of internal resources
#32 of 177 2022
Renewable water available per person
m³ per person
2022
Renewable energy use
23.8% % of final energy consumption
#96 of 212 2021
Electricity from renewables
67.0% % of total
#43 of 206 2021
▸ ISSUE 3 MORE Electricity from fossil fuels
19.7% % of total
#35 of 209 2023
Electricity from nuclear power
13.9% % of total
#22 of 208 2024
Energy imported (net)
-89.6% % of energy use
#120 of 143 2023
— STATE —
Military spending
1.3% % of GDP
#96 of 156 2024
Military spending
$29.35B current US$
#16 of 160 2024
Military spending
3.1% % of government spending
#122 of 153 2024
Armed forces personnel
72,000 people
#58 of 170 2020
Armed forces
0.4% % of labour force
#139 of 168 2020
Tax revenue
13.7% % of GDP
#97 of 149 2024
Homicides
2 per 100,000 people
#70 of 158 2023