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The Dominion of Canada is located on the North American continent, north of the United States of America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and North Pacific Ocean. The northernmost point is only 800km south of the North Pole. The enormous country has an area of nearly 10 million square kilometers (9,976,140km²) but only 31 million inhabitants. This means only 3 inhabitants per square kilometer, an extremely low value for a western technologic country. 90% of the population is concentrated within 160km of the USA/Canada border. It is the second-largest country in world after Russia, slightly larger than the USA.
Canada is inhabited by native Inuit and British and French immigrants. The spoken languages are English, French, and Inuktitut. The Capital is Ottawa, other main cities are Toronto, Montréal, and Vancouver.
Because of Canadas northern location and size its climate is very diverse, but generally rather cool. The climate varies from temperate in the south to subarctic and arctic in the north. The west coast of British Columbia has the most temperate climate in Canada, thanks to warm, moist Pacific Ocean airstreams. The province's most populous cities, Vancouver and Victoria, enjoy comfortable and relatively dry summers and mild, wet winters.
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