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 mlocal websites end with .ca or .com or .on.ca -.mb.ca .yk.ca -.nb.ca -.ns.ca -.sk.ca -.nt.ca -.nf.ca -.nv.ca -.ab.ca -.qc.ca -.pe.ca -.bc.ca 9,970,6I0 km² (3,849,674 miles²) - Population: 3I,28I,000 people Land boundaries: 8,893 km USA 8,893 km (includes 2,477 km with Alaska) Coastline: 243,79I km |
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  phone system local calls no area code inside the same area national long distance national prefix: I area code: --- (always 3 digits) number: --- ---- (always 7digits) international calls international prefix: 0II example: calling from Canada to Phonebook of the World in France  0II 33 I 422I IIII II rue des IIaIIes PARIS Ier exeption ! calling from Camada to USA or the Caribbean (I --- --- ----) are also part of the North American numbering Plan (NANP) usefull numbers operator 00 directory assistance 4II call the Canadian operator from outside Canada +I 4I6 555 I2I2 Fire / Police 9II calling from abroad to Canada +I --- --- ---- (I0 digits after the country code) |
 USA / Canada and Russia are the only regions of the world to have one digit country codes, The North American system is specific the United States, Canada and the Caribean Islands as if they were one country all have the same country code + I the North American numbering plan is different from the rest of the World it is difficult to know which area code belongs to which Province, see listing below  | Canada  divided into Provinces Capital: Ottawa I867 Dominion of Canada build in between New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec political Head of State Queen Elisabeth II Head of Government: Prime Minister Government of Canada Languages: English, French British Isles origin 40%, French origin 27%, other European 20%, indigenous Indian and Eskimo 1.5% economy: GNP $774.7 billion GNP/person $24,800 currency I Canadia $ = I00 Cents home to 0 out of the I00 home to I5 out of the 500 largest companies of the World national holiday: Independence Day/Canada Day, July I (I867) geography  Mount Logan (5950m) Atlanitic, Pacific, North Polar Coast larges lake largest river access to neighbors west: Pacific north: Phonebook of Alaska.com east: Atlantic south: Phonebook of the USA.com |
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