•Distances
•Distances in
Canada are measured in kilometers. Canada is over 7,000 kilometers from east to west. You would need seven days
to drive from Halifax, Nova
Scotia, to Vancouver, British Columbia. By airplane, the same trip would take about seven hours.
•
Population
•Canada has
about 31 million people. More than 80 percent of all the people in Canada live in towns and cities within 250
kilometers of the United
States border. Ottawa is Canada's capital city, with a population of nearly one million. It is located in the province
of Ontario. Canada's largest
cities are Toronto, Ontario (4.4 million people); Montréal, Quebec (3.4 million); and Vancouver, British Columbia
(1.9 million).
•RegionProvince/TerritoryCapitalAtlantic
RegionNewfoundland and LabradorSt.John'sPrince
Edward IslandCharlottetownNova ScotiaHalifaxNew
BrunswickFrederictonCentral CanadaQuebecQuébecOntarioToronto
Prairie ProvincesManitobaWinnipegSaskatchewanReginaAlbertaEdmontonWest CoastBritish
ColumbiaVictoriaNorthNunavutIqaluitNorthwest TerritoriesYellowknifeYukonWhitehorse