Where is Canada located

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Canada (in English: Canada) is a country on the North American continent, and it is the second largest country in the world in terms of area after Russia, and the largest country in the Americas; With a total area of ​​9,984,670 km². Canada is a country rich in natural resources, in addition to its great development and progress in the economic and technological fields. Canada achieved a GDP of $1.529 trillion in 2016, while its per capita GDP reached $46,400 in the same year, and it is thus one of the richest countries in the world.

Canada site

Canada is located in the north of the North American continent, and it is bordered to the south by the United States of America, with a land border of 8,893 km, and thus it is the largest country in the world that borders only one country. Its water borders reach 202,080 km, and it overlooks the North Atlantic Ocean from the east, the North Pacific Ocean from the west, and the Arctic Ocean from the north. Astronomically, Canada extends between 60.00 North longitude and 95.00 West latitude.

Canada population

The population of Canada is 35,623,680 people, according to 2017 estimates, and it is thus ranked 38th in the world in terms of population. Canada is characterized by a great diversity of religions and ethnicities for its population, and therefore the languages ​​spoken by the people of Canada vary; Canadians make up 32.2% of the total population, while the English make up 19.8%, the French 15.5%, the Scots 14.4%, the Irish 13.8%, the Germans 9.8%, the Italians 4.5%, the Chinese 4.5%, and the North American Indians 4.2%, along with other peoples; According to the statistics for the year 2011 AD.

As for languages, English and French are the two official languages ​​in Canada, spoken by 58.7% and 22%, respectively. The population also speaks other languages: Punjabi (1.4%), Italian (1.3%), Spanish (1.3%), German (1.3%), Cantonese (1.2%), Tagalog (1.2%), and Arabic (1.1%). , and other languages ​​(10.5%). As for the religions that are published in Canada, they are diverse, the most prominent of which are Catholicism, which is embraced by 39% of the population, Orthodoxy (1.6%), other Christian denominations (6.3%), Islam (3.2%), and Hinduism (1.5%). %), Sikhism (1.4%), Buddhism (1.1%), and Judaism (1%), while 23.9% of the population does not profess any religion; This is according to estimates for the year 2011 AD.

Canada states

Canada consists of three regions and 10 states, differing in the year of its establishment and the number of its population, and the main difference between the state and the territory is that the state derives its authority from the central federal government of Canada, while the regions derive their administrative authority from the constitutional law directly established in 1867 AD, and in the following a presentation of the provinces And the states of Canada and information about them:

History of Canada

The first people to inhabit Canada crossed the Bering Strait from Asia, and the ancient peoples in Canada lived sporadically, as the peoples at that time worked mainly in hunting and agriculture. The first European peoples to cross into Canada were the Vikings, who discovered it in 986 AD, but did not land there until 1001 AD and called it “Vinaland” at that time. But the Vikings did not stay there for long and soon left. Canada remained unknown until 1497 AD when King Henry VII of England sent the Italian explorer John Cabot, who discovered the coasts of Canada, after which exploratory trips to the land of Canada began.

The 17th century AD witnessed the first permanent settlement in Canada. In 1603 AD, the Frenchman Samuel de Champlain sailed to Canada, and in 1604 AD he established Port Royal in Acadia, then in 1608 AD he established the state of Quebec, and in 1642 AD the French founded Montreal, and called the new settlement The name “New France”, and its population began to increase, and at the same time, the English showed interest in Canada. In 1610 AD Henry Hudson discovered Hudson Bay, and in 1629 AD the English seized Quebec, but France regained it in 1632 AD. In 1670 AD, the English established the Hudson's Bay Company, which owned rights to trade with the indigenous people of the region.

As a result of the French and British presence in Canada, conflicts arose between them over the ownership of the lands and the existing settlements in them, and the Seven Years' War broke out between 1756-1763 AD in a struggle to control Canada, and France was forced to cede all its settlements to Britain, and the conflict was not limited to European peoples only, in the year 1775 AD The American army entered Canadian territory and took control of Montreal, but they retreated in the following year, then the American army returned and invaded Canadian territory during the American War of 1812 AD; But they could not control any of the lands.

In the 19th century AD, political movements began to rise, demanding democratic rule, and French Canadians began making claims and protests, and after a series of political events, a Canadian democratic government was established in 1867 AD and the states of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were united, and Canada had a strong central government, Its capital was Ottawa. Then other states and territories were founded, Canada's population increased, its economy grew greatly, and industries flourished.