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title: "Canada — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Canada: capital Ottawa, area 9,984,670 km², population 41,651,653 (2025), currency Canadian dollar. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/canada/
site: "At One Place"
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# Canada

**Canada: Capital Ottawa**

9,984,670 km² · 41,651,653 people (2025) · Canadian dollar

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.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Ottawa
- **Largest city:** Toronto
- **Area:** 9,984,670 km² — 3,855,101 sq mi
- **Population:** 41,651,653 (2025)
- **Density:** 4.2 people per km²
- **Currency:** Canadian dollar (CAD, $)
- **Official languages:** English, French
- **Time zones:** UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30
- **Calling code:** +1
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** CA · CAN
- **Continent:** North America

## How it compares

- **By area:** 2 of 200
- **By population:** 38 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Russia | 17,098,242 | 143,513,328 |
| Canada ← | 9,984,670 | 41,651,653 |
| United States | 9,833,517 | 341,784,857 |
| China | 9,596,960 | 1,406,585,000 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Canada?

Ottawa

### What currency does Canada use?

The Canadian dollar (CAD).

### How big is Canada?

9,984,670 km², or 3,855,101 square miles — 2 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Canada drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [United States](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-states/)
- [China](https://atoneplace.net/country/china/)
- [United States](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-states/)
- [Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country/mexico/)
- [Guatemala](https://atoneplace.net/country/guatemala/)
- [Haiti](https://atoneplace.net/country/haiti/)
- [Dominican Republic](https://atoneplace.net/country/dominican-republic/)
- [Honduras](https://atoneplace.net/country/honduras/)
- [Cuba](https://atoneplace.net/country/cuba/)
- [Nicaragua](https://atoneplace.net/country/nicaragua/)

## 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]