Recognised as Country
Canada
- CA
- North America
- CAD
- .ca
Canada (CA/CAN) is a country in North America with its capital at Ottawa. It covers about 9,984,670 km² with a population of roughly 40,000,000, uses the CAD, dials on +1, owns the .ca internet domain and keeps its capital on America/Toronto. It borders 1 country.
Identity
Official short nameCanada
CapitalOttawa
ContinentNorth America
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2CA
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3CAN
Internet TLD.ca
Calling code+1
Currency codeCAD
Geography
Latitude56.1304° N
Longitude106.3468° W
HemisphereNorthern and Western
Area9,984,670 km²3,855,103 square miles
Land neighbours1
Distance from London6,274 kmto the approximate centre of Canada, not to Ottawa. NW, bearing 320°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalAmerica/Torontothe IANA zone for Ottawa; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC-05:00
Observes daylight savingYesthe clock moves between UTC-05:00 and UTC-04:00
Summer offsetUTC-04:00
Offset in JanuaryUTC-05:00
Offset in JulyUTC-04:00
Current offsetUTC-04:00
Local time now22 Sept 2026, 09:32
Hours ahead of UTC-4
Population & scale
Population40,000,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Population density4 per km²≈
Share of world population0.494%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset2 of 196
Population rank in this dataset37 of 196
Neighbouring countries
United States2,262 km centre to centre
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2026-09-10
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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