Canada:
what it is today
(statistics from 1994)
| territory: | 9976139 km2 |
| inhabitants: | 25,7 million |
| inhabitants per square mile: | 3 people |
| capital: | Ottawa |
| currency: | 1 Can. dollar = 100 cent |
| lanquage: | 60 % English; 26 % French |
| religion: | Christianity (47 % roman-catholic) |
| land utilization: | 36 % forrest; 4,6 % arable land; 3 % willows and meadows |
| mineral ressources: | coal; mineral oil; natural gas; iron ore; lead; silver; nickel; gold; uran; copper; asbestos |
| average income: | 20450 $ per year |
| population growth: | 1,0 per year |
| life expectancy: | men: 73 years; women: 80 years |