Canada

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A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the south across an unfortified border. Canada faces the political challenges of meeting public demands for quality improvements in health care and education services, as well as responding to the particular concerns of predominantly francophone Quebec. Canada also aims to develop its diverse energy resources while maintaining its commitment to the environment.^[1]

Economical characteristics

Currency: Canadian Dollar (ISO code: CAD)
Central bank discount rate: 1.75% (31 December 2008)^[1]
Commercial banks lending rate: 4.73% (31 December 2008)^[1]
Stock of money (M1): $356.2 billion (31 December 2008)^[1]
Quasi money (with M1 makes M2): $1.299 trillion (31 December 2008)^[1]

Statistics

Statistic / Year	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
GDP (million USD)^[2]	661 265	724 919	715 424	734 662	865 873	992 242	1 132 720	1 278 640	1 429 700	1 501 330
Govt. debt (% of GDP)^[3]	65.980	59.922	57.828	54.670	51.865	48.573	45.174
Govt. revenue (% of GDP)^[4]	21.359	20.873	20.392	19.754	19.764	19.726	19.642	19.255	19.578
Govt. expenses (% of GDP)^[5]	20.195	19.044	18.725	18.577	18.617	18.415	18.073	17.863	17.762
Debt to revenue (years)	3.089	2.871	2.836	2.768	2.624	2.462	2.300

References

Note: statistical data was rounded. Debt to revenue is calculated by dividing the two variables from their original ('unrounded') values. It represents how long it would a government take to repay its entire debt if it used its whole revenue for this purpose.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named CIA_CA
↑ World Bank. "Canada: GDP", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-21.
↑ World Bank. "Canada: government debt", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-21.
↑ World Bank. "Canada: government revenue", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-21.
↑ World Bank. "Canada: government expenses", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-21.

External links

Canada on Wikipedia
Central bank of Canada
BBC country profile

[CIA_CA-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named CIA_CA

[WorldBank_GDP_CA-2] World Bank. "Canada: GDP", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-21.

[WorldBank_Debt_CA-3] World Bank. "Canada: government debt", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-21.

[WorldBank_Revenue_CA-4] World Bank. "Canada: government revenue", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-21.

[WorldBank_Expenses_CA-5] World Bank. "Canada: government expenses", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-21.

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