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Canadaat a Glance

Location
Northern North America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean on the east, North Pacific Ocean on the west, and the Arctic Ocean on the north, north of the coterminous United States

Population
32,805,041

Population Growth Rate
0.9%

Religions
Roman Catholic 42.6%, Protestant 23.3% (including United Church 9.5%, Anglican 6.8%, Baptist 2.4%, Lutheran 2%), other Christian 4.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other and unspecified 11.8%, none 16%

Languages

Literacy
definition:  age 15 and over can read and write
total population:  97% (1986 est.)
male: NA%
female:  NA%