9,984,670 km

TOTAL AREA OF CANADA SECOND LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD AFTER RUSSIA

5%

LAND AREA

891,163 km
FRESH WATER

Arable land

Other Permanent Permanent Forests & crops pastures woodlands (1993 est.)

202,080 km
COASTLINE LONGEST IN THE WORLD
of

Distance East to West

5,541 km

Great Bear Lake, N.W.T., is the largest lake in Canada with an area

31,326 km

Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron is the worlds largest island in a freshwater lake

CANADIAN SHIELD
The shield is known for its vast minerals such as emeralds, diamonds and copper.

Home of the

Nearly 90% of Canadians live within 159 km of the U.S. border

Sources: trailcanada.com; Wikipedia; The Canadian Encyclopedia; thecanadapage.org

Highest mountain in Canada is Mount Logan, Yukon Territory

2,765 km

5959 metres

0%

9,093,507 km

CANADIAN BORDER WITH THE U.S.

8,890 km

The Great Lakes are the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world. They have a total surface area of of which about one third is in Canada.

245,000 km

The worlds highest tide is in the Bay of Fundy between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Tide range is

SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR, TWITTER @SBATS1; INFOGRAPHIC BY TARA CORRAN/QMI AGENCY

3%

10%

of the worlds freshwater is in Yukon, N.W.T., and Nunavut.

507,451 km

Land use

16.1 m

38%

Ba n Island in Nunavut is the largest island in Canada

54%

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