Canada
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A Short Background
Canada is the second largest country in the world. Only Russia has a greater land area. Canada extends across the continent of North America, from Newfoundland on the Atlantic coast to British Columbia on the Pacific coast. More than 27 million people live in Canada.
About 75 per cent of the population live within 150 kilometres of Canada's southern border. Much of the rest of Canada is uninhabited or thinly populated because the country has rugged terrain and a severe climate.
Canada is a land of vast distances and rich natural resources. From 1867 on it has enjoyed de facto independence while retaining, even to the present day, certain formal ties to the British crown.
Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbour to the south across an unfortified border.
Its paramount political problem continues to be the relationship of the province of Quebec, with its French-speaking residents and unique culture, to the remainder of the country...