Area: 9,976,140 sq km Land: 9,220,970 sq km Arable land: 5%
Irrigated land: 7,100 sq km
Infant mortality rate: 5.02 deaths/1,000 live births
Total fertility rate: 1.6 children born/woman
Religions: Roman Catholic 42%, Protestant 40%, other 18%
Ethnic groups: British Isles origin 28%, French origin 23%, other European15%, Amerindian 2%, Asian, African, Arab 6%, mixed background 26%
Judicial System: Supreme Court of Canada ; Federal Court of Canada; Federal Court of Appeal; Provincial Courts
Legal System: based on English common law, except Quebec, (civil law system based on French law)
GDP per capita: $24,800 GDP — agriculture: 3% industry: 31% services: 66%
Unemployment rate: 6.8% Literacy: 97%
Exports: $272.3 billion Commodities: motor vehicles and parts, newsprint, wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, machinery, natural gas, aluminum, telecommunications equipment, electricity
Exports partners: US 86%, Japan 3%, UK, Germany, South Korea, Netherlands, China
Imports: $238.2 billion Commodities: machinery and equipment, crude oil, chemicals, motor vehicles and parts, durable consumer goods, electricity
Imports partners: US 76%, Japan 3%, UK, Germany, France, Mexico, Taiwan, South Korea
Telephones — main lines in use: 18.5 million Internet Service Providers: 760
Manpower fit for military service: 7,114,851
Military expenditures: $7.5 billion — 1.3% of GDP
Independence: 1 July 1867 from UK Government type: Confederation
with parliamentary democracy
Population: 31,592,805
