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| | Canada Demographics and Geography - Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online |
 | | Canada, country (3,851,787 sq mi/9,976,128 sq km; 1991 population 27,296,859; 2004 estimated population 32,507,874), N North America, (cap.) Ottawa; 45°15'N 75°45'W. It is a federation of 10 provincesNewfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbiaand the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories. |
 | | Canada occupies all of North America N of the U.S. (and E of Alaska) except for the French islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. |
 | | Canada has a very long and irregular coastline; Hudson Bay and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence indent the E coast and the Inside Passage extends along the W coast. |
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