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title: "Canada vs France — area, population, currency"
description: "Canada is 9,984,670 km² with 41,651,653 people; France is 643,801 km² with 68,720,337. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-france/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Canada vs France

**Canada vs France: Canada is larger; France has more people**

9,984,670 km² vs 643,801 km² · 41,651,653 vs 68,720,337

Canada is 16 times larger than France — 9,984,670 against 643,801 km². France is 1.6 times more populous than Canada — 68,720,337 against 41,651,653 people.

## Side by side

|  | Canada | France |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Ottawa | Paris |
| Area | 9,984,670 km² | 643,801 km² |
| Population | 41,651,653 (2025) | 68,720,337 (2025) |
| Density | 4.2 /km² | 106.7 /km² |
| Currency | Canadian dollar (CAD) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | English, French | French |
| Time zones | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +1 | +33 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | North America | Europe |
| ISO codes | CA / CAN | FR / FRA |

## Population density

France is 26 times more densely populated than Canada — 107 against 4 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- Different currencies: the Canadian dollar and the Euro.
- Canada spans 6 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — North America and Europe.

## Canada

The second-largest country in the world by total area, and the longest coastline of any — about 202,000 km, more than the rest of the world put together. Canada holds more lake area than every other country combined, and something over two million lakes. Its border with the United States is the longest between any two countries at 8,891 km.

## France

Mont Blanc on the Italian border is 4,806 m, the highest point in western Europe. Counting its overseas departments, France spans twelve time zones — more than any other country — and its exclusive economic zone is the second largest in the world. The Gouffre Mirolda and other Alpine systems make it one of the great caving countries.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Canada bigger than France?

Canada is larger — 9,984,670 km² against 643,801 km².

### Which has more people, Canada or France?

France, with 68,720,337 against 41,651,653.

### What is the time difference between Canada and France?

Canada is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 and France is UTC+01:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]