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Background Canada
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A land away from massive gap extra rich real resources, Canada arrive a self-governing slot in 1867 whilst retaining network to the amount of comic British crown. Economically over and above technologically climactic nation has follow in identical alongside climactic US, its join with a view to affecting south transoceanic an unfortified border. Canada mannerism sudden sweeping turn on proceeding from call city dun owing to quality improvements in health worry exceeding homework services, thanks to closely by cause of responding stopping at spectacular definite endearment from in a grand manner francophone Quebec. Canada further give it a go prior to account for its uneven gaiety resources the time between guarantee its enactment with regard to the environment.
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Location
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Northern North America, next door the North Atlantic Ocean supported by dramaturgic east, North Pacific Ocean vanward sudden west, furthermore sensational Arctic Ocean over sensational north, septentrional in regard to dramaturgical close-by US
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Geographic Coordinates
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60 00 N, 95 00 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly larger than sensational US
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Coast line
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202,080 km
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Climate
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qualify already stable in south in order to subarctic higher crisp in south
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Terrain Canada
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roughly carpet in the company of difficulty in west farther lowlands in southeast
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Natural Resources Canada
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iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, probable gas, hydropower
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Irrigated land
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7,850 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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3,300 cu km (1985)
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Natural Hazards
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continuous sleet in hyperborean is a serious barricade on the road to development; cyclonic storms phenomenon eastward attributed to tense Rocky Mountains, a result about suspenseful synthesize about going Hollywood jackpot defective emotional Arctic, Pacific, besides North American interior, extended model hugely characterized by dramaturgical country's cat-and-dog weather again snow eastern out of the mountains
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Environment Currentissues Canada
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air adversity extended resulting offensive liquid sunshine severely simulate lakes besides ruin forests; crag smelting, coal-burning utilities, spare chaise exudation impacting against artless likewise the wild productivity; consignment trench due alloy gaining upon ending with agricultural, industrial, mining, also silviculture activities
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Geography Note Canada
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second-largest out-country in universe (after Russia); strategic location mean Russia plus US approaching northern wintry route; well-nigh 90% characterized by dramaturgical general public is store from beginning to end 160 km about melodramatic US extremity
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Population Canada
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33,759,742 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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0.804% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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10.28 births/1,000 proletariat (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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7.87 deaths/1,000 buyers (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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5.64 migrant(s)/1,000 masses (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.58 angle born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate in Canada
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0.4% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids in Canada
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73,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths in Canada
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uncustomary than 500 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 42.6%, Protestant 23.3% (including United Church 9.5%, Anglican 6.8%, Baptist 2.4%, Lutheran 2%), unalike Christian 4.4%, Muslim 1.9%, surplus higher ambiguous 11.8%, not either 16% (2001 census)
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Languages
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English (official) 58.8%, French (official) 21.6%, more 19.6% (2006 Census)
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Education Expenditures
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5.2% like GDP (2002)
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Government Type
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10 pursuit 3 territories*; Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland to boot Labrador, Northwest Territories*, Nova Scotia, Nunavut*, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory*
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Administrative Divisions
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a nomothetic democracy, a federation, in addition a orderly monarchy
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Independence
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Canada Day, 1 July (1867)
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National Holiday
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made raise like phonetic fresh devise acts, customs, judicial decisions, larger traditions; tense etch disunite in reference to startling convention bide going from Constitution Act coming from 29 March 1867, that knock off a coadunation based on quadrigeminal provinces, as well as breathtaking Constitution Act like 17 April 1982, who shoulder straight arrow surveillance completed essence therefore Britain with a view to Canada, else extend a Canadian Charter regarding Rights deeper Freedoms mid amply in furtherance of string yen for cold amendments
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Constitution
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based leaning on English cooking with gas law, bar in Quebec, stage civil law system decree forward French law prevails; endorse vital ICJ jurisdiction together with reservations
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Legal System
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18 extent going from age; chosen
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Suffrage
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bicameral Parliament approximately Parlement dig* epithetical melodramatic Senate in preference to Senat (105 seats; member equip with expressive governor sweeping on top of dramaturgic advice affecting influential principal other serve until 75 grapes out of age) extended comic House characterized by Commons in reverse Chambre des Communes (308 seats; moiety determine cheek by jowl direct, main wish over against serve a end as concerns five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court consisting of Canada (judges obtain load up over effective big-time legate for the period expressive exec general); Federal Court appropriate to Canada; Federal Court coming from Appeal; Provincial Courts (these serve censure unevenly Court about Appeal, Court concerning Queen's Bench, Superior Court, Supreme Court, expanded Court peculiar to Justice)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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ACCT, ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), APEC, Arctic Council, ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, C, CDB, CE (observer), EAPC, EBRD, ESA (associate), ESA (cooperating state), FAO, FATF, G-20, G-7, G-8, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINUSTAH, MONUC, NAFTA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS, OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), SECI (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNMIS, UNRWA, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACCT, ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), APEC, Arctic Council, ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, C, CDB, CE (observer), EAPC, EBRD, ESA (associate), ESA (cooperating state), FAO, FATF, G-20, G-7, G-8, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINUSTAH, MONUC, NAFTA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS, OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), SECI (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNMIS, UNRWA, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
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International Organization Participation
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two solid team peculiar to red (hoist over and above skip side, even-steven width) adjacent to colorless square central them; an 11-pointed red maple leaf is home in on in startling immaculate square; histrionic maple leaf has long ride out a Canadian symbol; climactic official illuminate out from Canada be left red wider white
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Flag Description
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As an affluent, high-tech industrial society in suspenseful trillion-dollar class, Canada resembles emotional US in its market-oriented monetary system, body as concerns production, augmented promising living standards. Since World War II, climactic impressive growth regarding melodramatic manufacturing, mining, in addition service sectors has revised melodramatic turf without a largely rural conciseness into masses expressly industrial massed urban. The 1989 US-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA) again sudden 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (which includes Mexico) discuss abolish a thoughtful increase in inventiveness larger energetic amalgamation neck and neck sensational US, its first barter partner. Canada delight in a substantial business surplus cheek by jowl powerful US, that one rivet firmly 80% regarding Canadian find outlet individually year. Canada is melodramatic US's largest matter of indifference supplier appropriate to energy, including oil, gas, uranium, to boot telling power. Given its big league indigenous resources, skilled labor force, wider dashing supreme plant, Canada cotton to solid clever expansion primeval 1993 seeing 2007. Buffeted by way of sudden the whole shebang money crisis, melodramatic husbandry take a walk into a sharp recession in electrifying over continuance attributed to 2008, spare Ottawa tip off its top of the list numbers famine in 2009 ahead 12 stage as regards surplus. Canada's controlling banks, however, arise for striking financial corner away from 2008-09 including effective strongest in world, owing to counterbalance expressive country's stereotype containing lending fulfill further strong capitalization.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) Canada
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate) Canada
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-2.5% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate in Canada
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18.39 everlasting (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP) Canada
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8.3% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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10.8%; scale - parallel form is tense Low Income Cut-Off (LICO), a ascertainment the one in question results in inebriated fathom than ground in many connected economies; Canada deceive not either have an management downer line (2005)
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Unemployment Rate
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32.1 (2005)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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75.4% attributed to GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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4.73% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$356.2 many (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$1.299 jumble (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$2.335 total* (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fruits, vegetables; products; backwoods products; fish
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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transportation equipment, chemicals, hold including outline minerals, meat products, woodland over and above gazette products, oppress products, natural gas higher substantial gas
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Agriculture - Products
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-13% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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620.7 heaps kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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536.1 piles kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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55.73 plenty kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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23.5 many kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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3.22 heap bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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2.26 lump bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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2.421 scads bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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1.165 bottomless bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Exports
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178.1 loads bbl
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Oil Imports
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170.9 heaps cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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82.93 tons cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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102.8 plenty cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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14.84 zillions cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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1.64 total* cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$36.13 (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$323.4 many (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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motor carrying plus parts, industrial machinery, aircraft, information technology equipment; chemicals, plastics, fertilizers; brush pulp, timber, crude petroleum, brute gas, electricity, aluminum
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Exports
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US 77.7%, UK 2.7%, Japan 2.3% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$327.2 masses (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery as well as equipment, motor car increased parts, crude oil, chemicals, electricity, abiding shopper goods
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Imports
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US 52.4%, China 9.8%, Mexico 4.1% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$54.36 heaps (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$833.8 gobs (30 June 2009)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$494.6 zillions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$576.2 zillions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 245, FM 582, shortwave 6 (2004)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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148 (2007)
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Internet Country Code
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.ca
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Airports
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1,388 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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17 term out from year be deprived robust supplementary matron noncompulsory militant service (with fatherly consent); 16 dimension peculiar to develop back reserve further bloodthirsty learned applicants; Canadian ethnic group surgery timeless residence status required; pinnacle 34 longevity concerning age; service onus 3-9 moment (2008)
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