Canada
Canada · North America
Canada is a country in North America, with Ottawa as its capital, home to about 41,651,653 people. Canada shares a land border with one country, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Ottawa |
|---|---|
| Region | North America |
| Currency | Canadian dollar (CAD $) |
| Calling code | +1 |
| ISO codes | CA / CAN / 124 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇨🇦 |
| Population | 41,651,653 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 9,984,670 km² |
| Languages | English, French |
| Internet domain | .ca |
| Demonym | Canadian |
Bordering countries
What does the flag of Canada mean?
Canada's red and white became the country's official colors by proclamation of King George V in 1921, drawing red from the cross of St George and white from the French royal emblem used since the reign of King Charles VII, a nod to Canada's two founding European traditions. The 11-point maple leaf at the center of the current flag, adopted in 1965, was chosen after wind-tunnel testing found its outline stayed clearest and least blurred under high winds compared with other leaf designs; the number of points itself carries no symbolic significance, an unusually candid detail for a national flag.
Source: Wikipedia: Flag of Canada
About Canada
Canada is a United Nations member state in North America. Its capital and seat of government is Ottawa. It shares land borders with 1 country. The official currency is the Canadian dollar ($), using the code CAD.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of Canada for Ottawa’s own facts and history.
To call Canada from abroad, dial the country code +1204 or +1226 or +1236 or +1249 or +1250 or +1263 or +1289 or +1306 or +1343 or +1354 or +1365 or +1367 or +1368 or +1382 or +1387 or +1403 or +1416 or +1418 or +1428 or +1431 or +1437 or +1438 or +1450 or +1468 or +1474 or +1506 or +1514 or +1519 or +1548 or +1579 or +1581 or +1584 or +1587 or +1600 or +1604 or +1613 or +1622 or +1633 or +1639 or +1644 or +1647 or +1655 or +1672 or +1677 or +1683 or +1688 or +1705 or +1709 or +1742 or +1753 or +1778 or +1780 or +1782 or +1807 or +1819 or +1825 or +1867 or +1873 or +1879 or +1902 or +1905 or +1942. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes CA (alpha-2) and CAN (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 41,651,653.
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How Canada compares
- Area: 9,984,670 km², ranking 2 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 41,651,653, ranking 38 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 4 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 1, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
Flags with the same colours as Canada
22 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (red, white). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout. Showing the first 12.
Canada appears in these lists
Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.