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  • Name: Canada
  • Name: (long form) None
  • Name Orgin: The name Canada is from the Saint-Lawrence Iroquoian word kanata, which means village, settlement or land.
  • Capital City: Ottawa (pop. 1,200,000)
  • Canada's Largest Metro Areas (Cities)
  • Currency: Canadian Dollar (CAD) (conversion rates)


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  • GDP: $1.335 trillion (2010)
  • GDP: (per capita) $39,600 (2010)
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  • Languages: English (official) 59.3%; 
    French (official) 23.2%; other 17.5% 
  • Largest Cities: (by population) Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa-Gatineau, Calgary, Edmonton
  • National Day: July 1
  • Population: 33,510,962 (July, 2008 estimate)
  • Population & Density: (all countries)
  • Religions: Roman Catholic 42.6%, Protestant 23.3% (including United Church 9.5%, Anglican 6.8%, Baptist 2.4%, Lutheran 2%), other Christian 4.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other and unspecified 11.8%, none 16% 
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