• 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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