International Domain Registration

Canada International domain names Canada (.ca):

Restrictions: Canadian domains, There are Canadian presence requirements for registrants

Background Information :

Population

2008 estimate 33,460,000 (36th) - 2006 census 31,612,897 - Density 3.2/km2 (219th) 8.3/sq mi

GDP

(PPP) 2007 estimate - Total $1.269 trillion (13th) - Per capita $38,613 (12th)

National Anthem

"O Canada" Royal anthem: "God Save the Queen"

Area

Total 9,984,670 km2 (2nd) 3,854,085 sq mi - Water (%) 8.92 (891,163 kmÙ/344,080 miÙ)

International Dialling Code

1

Currency

Dollar ($) (CAD)

Population type

28% British, 23% French, 15% European, 2% Amerindian, Asian, African, Arab, 26% mixed.

Government

Federal parliamentary democracy and Constitutional monarchy - Monarch HM Queen Elizabeth II - Governor General Michalle Jean - Prime Minister Stephen Harper Establishment - British North America Acts July 1, 1867 - Statute of Westminster December 11, 1931 - Canada Act April 17, 1982

Language

English, French Recognised regional languages Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, Cree, Inuvialuktun, Slavey

Motto

: A Mari Usque Ad Mare (Latin) "From Sea to Sea"

Time Zone

(UTC3.5 to 8) - Summer (DST) (UTC2.5 to 7) Date formatsdd-mm-yyyy, mm-dd-yyyy, and yyyy-mm-dd (CE)Canada is a country occupying most of northern 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 the world's second largest country by total area, and shares land borders with the United States to the south and northwest.

The land occupied by Canada was inhabited for millennia by various groups of aboriginal people. Beginning in the late 15th century, British and French expeditions explored, and later settled along, the Atlantic coast. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763 after the Seven Years' War. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of additional provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy from the United Kingdom, highlighted by the Statute of Westminster in 1931, and culminating in the Canada Act in 1982 which severed the vestiges of legal dependence on the British parliament.




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