Canada
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</p><p>Canada is located in North America extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is world’s largest country by total area and share land boarders with the United States. Canada’s population is 31.6 million (ref. to 2006 census) mostly concentrated within 150 kms of the US border. A similar proportion lives in urban areas of Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa and Calgary-edmonton Corridoe in Alberta. Statistic Canada projected that people of non-Europeons will constitute a majority in Toronto& Vancouver by 2012.</p><p> Federal government comprises ten provinces & three territories follows parlientary democracy. English & French are official languages at federal level.</p><p> Canadian practice a wide variety of religions majority being Christians & remaining from Islam, Judaism & some even without any religion. Adult literacy rate is 99%.Many.canadian cultural products & entertainers are successful in the US & worldwide.</p><p> Canada is a free market economy. Which is growing rapidly with low unemployment & large government surpluses? This growth has emerged from manufacturing, mining & service sectors which has occupied three fourth of employment. Oil & logging are most prime industries considered by them. Atlantic Canada has ample resources of natural gas & oil. Energy is produced from hydroelectric system & traded as export. Canada supply wheat, canola & other grains to rest of world. It is world’s largest producer of Zink, uranium & leads in natural resources as gold, nickel, aluminum, lead. Canada also has important industries like automobiles & aeronautics.</p><p>