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Coordinates: 60°N 110°W. Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's second-largest country by total area, with the world's longest coastline.
Physical map of Canada showing major cities, terrain, national parks, rivers, and surrounding countries with international borders and outline maps. Key facts about Canada.
Canada, the second largest country in the world in area (after Russia), occupying roughly the northern two-fifths of the continent of North America. Despite Canada’s great size, it is one of the world’s most sparsely populated countries.
Canada has a vast geography that occupies much of the continent of North America, sharing a land border with the contiguous United States to the south and the U.S. state of Alaska to the northwest. Canada stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west; to the north lies the Arctic Ocean. [1]
Geography. Location. Northern North America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean on the east, North Pacific Ocean on the west, and the Arctic Ocean on the north, north of the conterminous US. Geographic coordinates. 60 00 N, 95 00 W. Map references. North America. Area. total : 9,984,670 sq km. land: 9,093,507 sq km. water: 891,163 sq km.
Located in the continent of North America, Canada covers 9,093,507 square kilometers of land and 891,163 square kilometers of water, making it the 2nd largest nation in the world with a total area of 9,984,670 square kilometers.
Canada’s total land area includes thousands of adjacent islands, notably Newfoundland in the east and those of the Arctic Archipelago in the north.
Canada, Country, North America. Area: 3,855,081 sq mi (9,984,670 sq km). Population: (2024 est.) 42,069,000. Capital: Ottawa. People of British and French descent constitute more than half the population; there are significant minorities of Chinese, South Asian, German, Italian, American Indian, and Inuit (Eskimo) origin.
Highlights of Canada's geography. Total area: 9,984,670 km 2, the second-largest country in the world. Area north of the treeline: 2,728,800 km 2, over 27% of Canada's total area. Land border: 8,890-km border with the United States, the longest international border in the world.
Canada occupies the top half of the North American continent, where it borders the United States — Canada’s only neighboring nation — to its south (and north-east, via the isolated state of Alaska).