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Ottawa
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Country names:
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Canada
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Languages
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| Main language |
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English
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| Total number of people using the Language in all countries |
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322,000,000
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| Other languages |
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Afrikaans, Albanian Tosk, Algonquin, American Sign Language, Arabic Judeo Moroccon, Arabic Najdi spoken, Armenian, Assyrian Neo Aramaic, Atikamekw, Babine, Belarusan, Blackfoot, Bulgarian, Carrier, Chaldean Neo Aramaic, Chilcotin, Chinese Yue, Chipewyan, Corsican, Cree Moose, Cree Plains, Cree Swampy, Cree Woods, Czech, Dakota, Danish, Dogrib, Dutch, East Island Cree, Eastcoast Cree, English, Estonian, Farsi West, Finnish, French, Frisisch West, Galician Irish, Galician Scottish, German Hutterite, German Pennsylvania, German Standard, Greek, Haiti Creole French, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Inuktitut East Canada, Inuktitut West Canada, Inupiatun North Alaska, Italian, Iu Mien, Jamaican Creole English, Japanese, Kashubian, Korean, Lakota, Lao, Le, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malecite passamaquoddy, Maltese, Micmac, Mohawk, Montagnais, Naskapi, Nisga a, Norwegian Bokmal, Nung, Ojibwa East, Ojibwa Northwest, Ojibwa West, Panjabi East, Panjabi West, Plattdeutsch, Polish, Pontic, Portuguese, Romani, Romani Vlax, Russian, Serbo-croatian, Sinhala, Slavey South, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Stoney, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Turoyo, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yiddish East
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Algonkin, Atihkamekw, Atikamek, Attikamek, Attimewk, Babine Carrier, Blackfeet, Central Carrier, Coastal East Cree, Dene, Dené, East Coastal Cree, East Cree, East Inland Cree, Eastern Arctic eskimo, Eastern Canadian eskimo, Hutterian German, Inland East Cree, Innu, Innu Aimun, Innu Aimuun, Inuit, Inupiaq, Low German, Mackenzian, Mennonite German, Mennoniten Platt, Mi'gmaw, Miigmao, Mi'kmaw, Nakoda, Nass, Nishga, Nishka, Niska, Nisk'a, Northern Carrier, Northern Ojibwa, Ojibway, Ojibwe, Pennsylvanisch, Pikanii, Plains Ojibway, Restigouche, Saulteaux, Slave, Slavi, Stony, Tête De Boule, Tirolean, Tyrolese, Tzilkotin, West Main Cree, West Shore Cree, Western Cree, York Cree
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Acadian, Albany River Ojibwa, Amish Pennsylvania German, Baffinland eskimo, Berens River Ojibwa, Blood, Caribou Eskimo, Copper Inuktitut, Dakota, Detah-ndilo, Doukhobour Russian, Eastern Montagnais, Eastern Naskapi, Eastern Swampy Cree, Franco-ontarien, Labrador eskimo, Lac Seul Ojibwa, Lake Of The Woods Ojibwa, Malecite, Nakota, Netsilik, Newfoundland English, Non-amish Pennsylvania German, North Slope Inupiatun, Northern Micmac, Northern Stony, Passamaquoddy, Piegan, Plains Cree, Quebec eskimo, Quebeicois, Rainy River Ojibwa, Siglit, Southern Micmac, Southern Stoney, Vancouver Cantonese, West Arctic Inupiatun, Western Montagnais, Western Naskapi, Western Swampy Cree, Western York Cree, Yellowknife
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Acadien, Copper Eskimo, Copper Inuit, Innu, Keewatin, Mackenzie Delta Inupiatun, Mackenzie Inupiatun, Maliseet, Pennsylvanisch Deitsch, Santee, Saulteaux, Yankton
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Internet:
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.ca
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| Internet users |
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14.44 Mio. (2001)
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| Internet Service Providers (ISPs) |
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760 (2000)
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Geography:
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| Geographic coordinates |
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60 00 N, 95 00 W
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| Area (sq km) |
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9,976,140.0
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| Land boundaries (km) |
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8,893.0
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Economy:
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Canadian Dollar
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CDN
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| Gross domestic product (US $) |
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875 Bio. (2001*)
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| Industrial production growth rate (%) |
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0.5% (2001*)
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Imports (US $)
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238.3 Bio. (f.o.b.. 2001*)
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| Inflation rate |
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2.8% (2001*)
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People:
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| Population |
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31,902,268
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| Age structure (%) |
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- 0 - 14 years
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18.7% (M: 3,059,023; F: 2,910,203)
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- 15 - 64 years
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68.4% (M: 10,975,701; F: 10,857,869)
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| - 65 years and over |
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12.9% (M: 1,743,654; F: 2,355,818)
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| Labor force |
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16.4 Mio. (2001*)
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