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Source: The World Factbook
| Area: | 9984670 sq km |
| Capital: | Ottawa |
| Geographic coordinates: | 60 00 N, 95 00 W |
| Climate: | varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north |
| Government: | Democratic, federal-state system recognizing the British monarch as sovereign |
| Currency: | Canadian dollar |
| PEOPLE | |
| Literacy(%): | |
| Languages: | English, French (both official) |
| Ethnicity/race: | British Isles origin, French origin, other European, indigenous Indian and Inuit, other, mostly Asian |
| Religions: | Roman Catholic, United Church, Anglican |
| GENERAL | |
| Population | 32507874[04] |
| Population growth rate(%) | 0.92[04] |
| Net migration rate per 1000 | 5.96[04] |
| Currency (per US$) | 1.4[03] |
| GDP: purchasing power parity(PPP) (US$ billion) | 958.7(est)[04] |
| GDP growth (annual%) | 1.7(est)[04] |
| GDP - PPP per capita (US$) | 29800[04] |
| Sources: World Factbook, CIA | |
| Industries: | transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and unprocessed minerals, food products; wood and paper products; fish products, petroleum and natural gas |
| Natural resources: | iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas, hydropower. |
Trade & Investment Statistics | |
| Foreign direct investment (US$ billion) | 6.6[03] |
| Source: OECD International Direct Investment Database. | |
| Imports (US$ billion) | 240.4[03] |
| Exports(US$ billion) | 279.3[03] |
| Source: CIA World Factbook |
| Imports: | machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, crude oil, chemicals, electricity, durable consumer goods |
| Import partners: | US, China, Japan |
| Exports: | motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery, aircraft, telecommunications equipment; chemicals, plastics, fertilizers; wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity, aluminum |
| Export partners: | US, Japan, UK |
R&D Output | |
| High technology exports % of manufactured exports | 14[02] |
R&D expenditure | |
| GERD as a % of GDP | 1.91[04] |
| GERD (Can $ million) | 24487(prov)[04] |
| Source: Statistics Canada | |
GERD expenditure by sector | 2003 |
| Business (Can $ million) | 12060[03] |
| Government (Can $ million) | 2505[03] |
| Education (Can $ million) | 7831[03] |
| Private (Can $ million) | 54[03] |
| Source: Canada Science & Technology Data 2003 | |
GERD - Source of funds | 2003 |
| Business (Can $ million) | 9952[03] |
| Government(Can $ million) | 5624[03] |
| Higher Education (Can $ million) | 3603[03] |
| Foreign(Can $ million) | 2630[03] |
| Others(Can $ million) | 641[03] |
BERD & GDP | |
| BERD as a % of GDP | 1.45[02] |
| BERD (Can $ million) | 12383[02] |
| Labor force in million | 17.2[04] |
| R&D personnel (FTE) | 156200[02] |
| Business enterprise R&D personnel(FTE) | 92280[02] |
| Researchers(FTE) | 102630[02] |
| Annual tele- communication investment (million US$) | 3629[02] |
| Number of PCs in Millions in 2002 (penetration% given in brackets) | 15.3(48.7)[02] |
| Fixed phones (millions (penetration%)) | 20(62.1)[03] |
| Mobile phone(millions (penetration%)) | 13.2(41.0)[03] |
| Internet users(millions (penetration%)) | 16.8(52.7)[02] |
| Internet hosts(million) | 3.21[03] |