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• Country Analysis• Canada• Presented By –Sahil Srivastava
Introduction
A land of vast distances and rich natural resources.
Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown.
Economically and technologically, the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the south across the world's longest unfortified border.
GEOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS
Location• Northern North America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean on
the east, North Pacific Ocean on the west, and the Arctic Ocean on the north, north of the conterminous US.
Geographic coordinates• 60 00 N, 95 00 WArea• total: 9,984,670 sq km• country comparison to the world: 2• land: 9,093,507 sq km• water: 891,163 sq km
Climatic conditions• varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north.
Historical places
Canadian Museum Canadian National Canadian Parliament Grand-Preof Civilization War Memorial
Land boundaries:• total: 8,893 km• border countries: US 8,893 km (includes 2,477 km with Alaska)• note: Canada is the World's largest country that borders only one
country.
Local standard time • Standard time zone: GMT/UTC -5 hoursNatural resources• iron • nickel• zinc, copper• gold• lead• coal• petroleum, natural gas, hydropower etc……
Minimum and maximum temperature• Minimum -16 °C degree & maximum 32 °C. degree
Environment - current issues
• air pollution,• resulting acid rain severely affecting lakes and damaging forests,• metal smelting, • coal-burning utilities, • vehicle emissions impacting on agricultural and forest productivity,• ocean waters becoming contaminated due to agricultural,• industrial, • mining
Economic indicators
GDP (purchasing power parity)• $1.446 trillion (2012 est.)• country comparison to the world: 14• $1.418 trillion (2011 est.)• $1.385 trillion (2010 est.)• note: data are in 2012 US dollars
GDP (official exchange rate)• $1.77 trillion (2012 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 1.9% (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 143 2.4% (2011 est.) 3.2% (2010 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP)• $41,500 (2012 est.)
• country comparison to the world: 27• $41,200 (2011 est.)• $40,600 (2010 est.)• note: data are in 2012 US dollars
GDP - composition by sector• agriculture: 1.8%• industry: 28.6%• services: 69.6% (2012 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 1.8% (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 28 2.9% (2011 est.)
CURRENCY Canadian dollar (CAD)
Currency exchange rate in respect to Indian rupee and US dollar1 CAD = 52.85 inr
Savings rate • Personal Savings rate in 2012 was 38928 CAD Million that was fourth
quarter of 2012
Foreign exchange reserve size• Foreign Exchange Reserves in Canada increased to 68890 USD Million in
January of 2013 from 68546 USD Million in December of 2012.
Canada’s % of world trade• Canada rank 4nd in the world trade
Exports (size)• $481.7 billion (2012 est.)• country comparison to the world: 11• $463.1 billion (2011 est.)Imports (size)• $480.9 billion (2012 est.)• country comparison to the world: 12• $460.7 billion (2011 est.)Main trading partners (% of each)
COUNTRY TOTAL EXPORT(CAD)
TOTAL IMPORT(CAD)
%OF SHARE IN EXPORTS
%OF SHARE IN IMPORTS
United States 299,075,013,698
203,388,584,488
74.90 50.37
China 13,232,265,799
44,522,918,962
3.31 11.03
Mexico 5,008,226,868 22,110,444,350
1.25 5.58
United Kingdom
16,367,388,056
10,712,732,911
4.10 2.65
Main import items and its %
Debt size (% of GDP)• $1.181 trillion (30 June 2011)• country comparison to the world: 15• $1.009 trillion (30 June 2010)
Interest rate • Canada interest rate is 1 percent
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: $65.82 billion (31 December 2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 31 $57.15 billion (2010 est.)
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product Trade value Share(%) Growth (%) 5yr
1 Passenger Vehicles 22,329,762 2.49 31.21
2 Motor Vehicle Parts 20,248,473 2.25 16.77
3 Trucks 8,327,256 0.93 76.24
4 Computers, Printers & Storage Units
7,185,217 0.80 22.83
CISCO CANAD Ellison Corporation PCL Constructors Inc. Edmonton. Bennett Jones LLP Edward Jones Mississauga CIMA + Montréal, Wellington West Holdings Inc. G&K Services Canada Inc. Farm Credit Canada Regina, B.C. Biomedical Laboratories Ltd. Aecon Group Inc. Toronto. Flight Centre North America Vancouver
Major companies
FDI flow annually FDI stock $US2 trillion (2012)
Central bank discount rate: 1% (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 142 0.25% (31 December 2012 est.)% of budget expenditure on
defense ,education & others
Ranking in competitiveness index Canada ranked 7th in competitiveness index
Population below poverty line: 9.4% note: this figure is the Low Income Cut-Off (LICO), a calculation that
results in higher figures than found in many comparable economies; Canada does not have an official poverty line (2008)
Major production o Agriculture wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fruits, vegetables; dairy products; fish; forest products….oIndustries transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and unprocessed minerals, food products, wood and paper products, fish products, petroleum and
natural gasRanking in Human development index Human Development Index (HDI) - 2012 Rankings Canada ranked 11rd.
Social factors Languages
English (official) 58.8%, French (official) 21.6%, other 19.6% Religions Roman Catholic 42.6%, Protestant 23.3% (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 16% (2001 census)
Population: 34,568,211 (July 2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 37
Birth rate 10.28 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 189Death rate 8.09 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 95
Major festivals• Alcan Dragon Boat Festival• Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (Montreal Jazz Festival)• Caribana• Winnipeg Pride Festival
Main holidays New year’s day Good Friday Easter Monday
Major sports• Baseball • Football• Basketball• Ice hockey
National days• Canada Day (1th of July)
Main food items• Tim Horton’s iced cap• Beaver Tails• Maple syrup• Nanaimo bars
Clothing habits• Fashionable Dress• T-shirts and denims-shirts • tops and skirts
Education literacy level• 92% literacy rate
Main occupations• Service • Agriculture• Industry
Sources of entertainment• Social Medias• Games• T.V• Disco etc…..
Political factorsNational flag
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two vertical bands of red (hoist and fly side, half width) with white square between them; an 11-pointed red maple leaf is centered in the white square; the maple leaf has long been a Canadian symbol; the official colors of Canada are red and white
Type of government• a parliamentary democracy, a federation, • a constitutional monarchy
Major political parties• Conservative Party of Canada [Stephen HARPER]; Green Party [Elizabeth
MAY]; Liberal Party [Robert RAE (interim)]; New Democratic Party [Thomas MULCAIR]
Capital• Ottawa
National symbol(s)
maple leaf
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