Canada
The land of the maple leaf, from sea to sea to sea
Passport card
Canada
Canada
- Capital
- Ottawa
- Continent
- North America
- Currency
- Canadian dollar
- Languages
- English and French
- People
- About 4.2 crore
- Size
- About 99.8 lakh km²
- Leader
- Prime Minister Mark Carney
- Became one country
- 1 July 1867
- Time
- 10½ hours behind India in winter: at 12 noon in India, it is 1:30 am in Ottawa, and 2:30 am in summer
⭐ Canada makes most of the world's maple syrup.
Your Canada stamp
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Canada
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Canada
Turn the globe with your finger. Canada has 1 neighbour on land: tap one to visit it.
Compare with India
Canada and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeCanada is about 3 times the size of India.
- PeopleIndia has about 35 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 4.2 crore in Canada.
- DistanceOttawa is about 11,300 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeCanada is 10½ hours behind India in winter. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 1:30 am in Ottawa, or 2:30 am in summer.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Canada, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Canada
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Canada's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Canada back on the map
Canada and its neighbour have fallen off the map. Can you put them both back?
Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Canada worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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