| NAME: |
Canada |
| LOCATION: |
North America & The Caribbean |
| GOVERNMENT: |
Constitutional monarchy that is also a parliamentary democracy and a federation |
| OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: |
English (official) 59.3%, French (official) 23.2%, other 17.5% |
| MAJOR RELIGION(S): |
Roman Catholic 42.6%, Protestant 23.3% (including United Church 9.5%, Anglican 6.8%, Baptist 2.4%, Lutheran 2%), other Christian 4.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other and unspecified 11.8%, none |
| MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS: |
British Isles origin 28%, French origin 23%, other European 15%, Amerindian 2%, other, mostly Asian, African, Arab 6%, mixed background 26%. |
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