Canada

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Canada is the world's second-largest country by land mass. It occupies most of northern North America; stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, Canada shares land borders with the United States to the south and to the northwest (Alaska).

The nation was born in 1867 through the union of several the British North American Colonies.

Canada is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy.

Federal Government

The Canadian Head of State is the Governor General and the head of government is the Prime Minister.

The Provinces

• Newfoundland & Labrador
• Nova Scotia
• Prince Edward Island
• New Brunswick
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Nunavut
• Northwest Territories
• Yukon