- Conventional long form of name: Canada
- Capital city: Ottawa
- Government type: Federal parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy
- Date of independence: July 1, 1867
- National holidays: New Year's Day (January 1), Canada Day (July 1), Labour Day (First Monday of September), Christmas Day (December 25), Good Friday (Friday before Easter Sunday), Victoria Day (Monday before May 25), Thanksgiving (Second Monday in October), Remembrance Day (November 11), Boxing Day (December 26)
- Chief of state (official public face of government): Governor General David Johnston
- Head of government (actual leader of government): Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
- Description of executive branch/powers: Implements the decisions required to maintain the rule of law and the well-being of Canadians
- Description of legislative branch/powers: Makes the laws
- Description of judicial branch/powers: to serve as an impartial arbiter
- Who is allowed to vote: Canadian citizens who are 18 or older on election day
- Name of their ambassador to the the U.S.: David MacNaughton
- Location of their embassy in the U.S.: Washington D.C.
- Location of their consulate(s) in the U.S.: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Seattle, San Francisco/Silicon Valley
- Name of U.S. ambassador to them: Bruce Heyman
- Location of U.S. embassy there: Ottawa
- Location of US consulate(s) there: Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City, Halifax, Winnipeg
- Name of their representative to the UN: Marc-Andre Blanchard
- Description of flag's symbolism: The colours red and white used in the Canadian flag are the same as those colours used in the Union Flag (of the UK), the maple leaf was adopted as the national emblem of Canada for use in the decorations for the Prince of Wales' visit
- National anthem
- National symbol(s): Beaver, maple leaf tartan, maple leaf, national anthem
- Description of international disputes: Managed maritime boundary disputes with the US at Dixon Entrance, Beaufort Sea, Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the Gulf of Maine, including the disputed Machias Seal Island and North Rock; Canada and the United States dispute how to divide the Beaufort Sea and the status of the Northwest Passage but continue to work cooperatively to survey the Arctic continental shelf; US works closely with Canada to intensify security measures for monitoring and controlling legal and illegal movement of people, transport, and commodities across the international border; sovereignty dispute with Denmark over Hans Island in the Kennedy Channel between Ellesmere Island and Greenland; commencing the collection of technical evidence for submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in support of claims for continental shelf beyond 200 nm from its declared baselines in the Arctic, as stipulated in Article 76, paragraph 8, of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
- Quantity of refugees inside country and country(ies) of origin of refugees: 13,666 (Colombia); 11,415 (China); 8,807 (Haiti); 8,807 (Sri Lanka); 7,207 (Pakistan); 6,414 (Mexico)
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