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Canadaisa

countryoccupyingmostof

northernNorthAmerica,extending

fromtheAtlanticOceanintheeast

tothePacificOceaninthewest

andnorthwardintotheArctic

Ocean.Itistheworld'ssecond

largestcountrybytotalarea.

Canada'scommonborderwiththe

UnitedStatestothesouthand

northwestisthelongestinthe

world.

ThelandoccupiedbyCanadawas

inhabitedformillenniabyvarious

groupsofAboriginalpeoples.

Beginninginthelate15thcentury,

BritishandFrenchexpeditions

explored,andlatersettled,along

theAtlanticcoast.Franceceded

nearlyallofitscoloniesinNorth

Americain1763aftertheSeven

Years'War.In1867,withthe

unionofthreeBritishNorth

Americancoloniesthrough

Confederation,Canadawasformed

asafederaldominionoffour

provinces.

Thisbeganan

accretionofprovincesand

territoriesandaprocessof

increasingautonomyfromthe

UnitedKingdom.Thiswidening

autonomywashighlightedbythe

StatuteofWestminsterof1931and

culminatedintheCanadaActof

1982,whichseveredthevestiges

oflegaldependenceontheBritish

parliament.

Afederationconsistingoften

provincesandthreeterritories,

Canadaisgovernedasaparliamentarydemocracyanda

constitutionalmonarchywith

QueenElizabethIIasitsheadof

state.Itisabilingualnationwith

bothEnglishandFrenchasofficial

languagesatthefederallevel.One

oftheworld'shighlydeveloped

countries,Canadahasadiversified

economythatisreliantuponits

abundantnaturalresourcesand

upontrade—particularlywiththe

UnitedStates,withwhichCanada

hashadalongandcomplex

relationship.Itisamemberofthe

G8,G-20,NATO,OECD,WTO,

Commonwealth,Francophonie,

OAS,APEC,andUN.