Official Name: | Canada |
Sovereign Status: | Sovereign Country |
Government Type: | Federal Parliamentary Democracy under a Constitutional Monarchy |
Official Name (Local Language): | Canada |
ISO Country Codes: | CA : CAN |
Internet Domain: | .ca |
Government Web Site: | https://www.canada.ca/ |
Capital: | Ottawa | Main Airports: | Edmonton International Airport, Halifax Stanfield International Airport, Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport, Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport, Toronto Pearson International Airport, Vancouver International Airport, Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport |
Language(s): | English; French | Population: | 38,232,593 |
Currency: | Canadian Dollar | ISO Currency Code: | CAD |
Telephone Dial In: | +1 | ID Prefix: | 011 |
Government Website: | https://www.canada.ca/ |
Sovereign Ratings: | https://countryeconomy.com/ratings/canada |
Central Bank: | Bank of Canada - Banque du Canada |
Currency USD Exchange Rate: | 1.28035 Canadian dollars (CAD) per US dollar (2020 est.) |
Unemployment Rate: | 5.67% (2019 est.) |
Population below poverty line: | 9.4% (2008 est.) |
Inflation Rate: | 1.9% (2019 est.) |
Prime Lending Rate: | 2.45% (Feb-21 - TradingEconomics) |
GDP: | $1.832 trillion (2021 est.) |
GDP Pro Capita (PPP): | $47,900 (2021 est.) |
Currency Name: | Canadian Dollar |
Currency Code: | CAD |
World Bank Classification: | High-Income Economy |
GDP Composition:
Agriculture: | 1.6% | wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fruits, vegetables; dairy products; fish; forest products |
Industry: | 27.7% | transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and unprocessed minerals, food products, wood and paper products, fish products, petroleum, natural gas |
Services: | 70.7% |
Subject to Country Specific Sanctions? NO
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Business Language(s): | English; French |
Customs & Excise: | The Canada Border Services Agency |
Development Bank(s): | Business Development Canada; |
National Standards Bureau: | Standards Council of Canada |
Competitive Ind’l Performance: 14/141 (2019) | Corruption Perceptions Index: 14/180 (2022 Rank) |
Ease of Doing Business: N/A | Enabling Trade Index: 24/136 (2016) |
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Export Credit & Insurance Agency: Export Development Canada ;
Investment Agency: Invest in Canada ;
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