Key facts

Official Name: Canada
Capital City: Ottawa
Type of Government: Constitutional monarchy
Official Languages: English and French
Area: 9,976,140 sq. km/ 3,851,788 sq. mi
Population: 33.5 million
Religion: Roman Catholic 42.6%, Protestant 23.3%, other Christian 4.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other and unspecified 11.8%, none 16%
Currency: Canadian Dollar (C$)
Number of Time Zones: Canada spans six time zones:

Newfoundland: Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) minus 3.5 hrs; Eastern Standard Time (EST) plus 1.5 hrs

Atlantic: GMT minus 4 hrs; EST plus 1 hr

Eastern: GMT minus 5 hrs; same as EST

Central: GMT minus 6 hrs; EST minus 1 hr

Mountain: GMT minus 7 hrs; EST minus 2 hrs

Pacific: GMT minus 8 hrs; EST minus 3 hrs

Daylight Saving Time (DST) is observed, in all provinces except Saskatchewan, from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November.

Weights and Measures: Metric system
Country Domain: .ca
Country Tel Code: 1