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 Canada 
 Main prefix
 VE 
 Callsigns series
 CFA-CKZ, CYA-CZZ, VAA-VGZ, VOA-VOZ, VXA-VYZ, XJA-XOZ 
 Time in capital city
 -5 h 
 Time zones
 -3 h 30 min., -4 h, -5 h, -6 h, -7 h, -8 h 
 Continent
 North America 
 ITU zone
 2, 3, 4, 75, 9 
 CQ zone
 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 
 Metropole
 
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 Flag description 
Three vertical bands of red (hoist side), white (double width, square), and red with a red maple leaf centered in the white band.
 
          Canada          
 
 Canada 
 Capital: 
Ottawa
 Administrative
 divisions: 
10 provinces and 3 territories*: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories*, Nova Scotia, Nunavut*, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and Yukon*.
 Population: 
33,390,141 (July 2007 est.)
 Languages: 
English 59.3% (official), French 23.2% (official), other 17.5%
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
60° 00' N, 95° 00' W
 Area total: 
9,984,670 sq. km
 Land area: 
9,093,507 sq. km
 Water area: 
891,163 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
8,893 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
US 8,893 km (includes 2,477 km with Alaska)
 Coastline: 
202,080 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Atlantic Ocean 0 m - Mount Logan 5,959 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.ca
 Currency: 
Canadian dollar (CAD)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
none
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Canada
 Independence: 
1 July 1867 (from UK)
 Constitution: 
17 April 1982 (Constitution Act), originally, the machinery of the government was set up in the British North America Act of 1867, charter of rights and unwritten customs
 Government
 type: 
confederation with parliamentary democracy
 National
 holiday: 
Canada Day, 1 July (1867)
 
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