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What is the area of Canada?
Canada area: 9984670 square kilometers.

Canada reaches the Pacific Ocean in the west, the Atlantic Ocean in the east, the Arctic Ocean in the north, Greenland in the northeast, Saint Pierre and Miquelon Islands in France in the east, the United States in the south and Alaska in the northwest.

Canada has a land area of 9,984,670 square kilometers, ranking second in the world, and its population is mainly concentrated along the southern Great Lakes. Famous cities include Toronto and Vancouver. The official languages are English and French, and it is a typical bilingual country.

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1867, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick formed the dominion of Canada (English: The Dominion of Kanada, French: Le Dominion du Kanada). 1867 British courts recognized it as an independent kingdom, and the Canadian Federation has been joined by new members since its establishment. Canada consists of ten provinces and three territories.

Canadian capital: Ottawa (English: City of Ottawa;; French: Ottawa City). Located at the junction of southeastern Ontario and Quebec, across the Ottawa River. The population of the Capital Region (including Ottawa, Ontario, Hull, Quebec and its surrounding towns) is1128,900 (in 2002), covering an area of 4,662 square kilometers.