Where is Canada?
Canada is a country in North America, bordered by the United States.
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Crazy but True
Canada has more lakes than every other country on Earth combined. It holds roughly 60 percent of the world's lakes, more than two million of them, and so many are unnamed that most have never been formally surveyed. Its coastline is also the longest in the world by an enormous margin.
Canada facts
- Capital
- Ottawa
- Population
- 41,651,653 (2025)
- Area
- 9,984,670 km²
- Continent
- North America
- Region
- North America
- Currency
- Canadian dollar (CAD)
- Languages
- English and French
- Coordinates
- 60°, -95°
- Landlocked
- No
- Country code
- CA · CAN
How Canada compares
- Canada is the 2nd largest of the 168 countries on our map by area.
- It is smaller than Russia and larger than China.
- It is the 38th most populous of the 167 with population data.
- It shares land borders with 1 country.
- Within North America, it is the 1st largest of 17 countries by area.