Introduction

I live in Canada. It's an interesting place. It's very much like the United States, but being a different country, Canada obviously has a unique history and government. As a region of North America, it is also a country home to a great variety of quaint cultural traditions, practices, and beliefs.

Canadians often lament that no one "knows anything about Canada" in the rest of the world. In my view this is partially because Canadians don't know their own country very well, and as a result are poor educators. With my site, and my cartoons, I always attempt to help educate people about Canada, and its various goings-on. I created this guide to further serve as an educational tool for anyone interested in learning more about my country.

If you share an ongoing interest in civil matters of this sort, you might want to pursue a masters' in Public Administration.

Just use the navigation thingie on the right to choose a section.

This guide is a work in progress, always under construction.

Basic Stats of Canada

POPULATION:
32.5 million
LAND AREA:
9,093,507 square kilometers
NUMBER OF TIME ZONES:
6 (Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern, Atlantic, Newfoundland Standard)
CAPITAL CITY : Ottawa
LARGEST CITY : Toronto (2.5 million)
RACIAL MAKEUP:
85% white, 9% Asian, 3% Native, 2% Black
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONS: 44% Catholic, 29% Protestant,
17% no religion, 2% Muslim
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES:
English, French
MEASUREMENT STANDARD: Officially Metric, imperial/customary system remains in fairly widespread defacto use.
CURRENCY:
Canadian Dollar ($), roughly par with USD
PASSPORT:
GOVERNMENT LOGO:
STAMPS:

A fine poster drawn by 17-year-old Kristin Thackeray of Alberta