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Canada - Economy
Currency : Canadian Dollar (CAD) = 100 Cents
Rate of exchange (Sept.2004) :

1 Euro = 1.6 CAD

GDP (Gross Domestic Product), 2002 : 728 billion dollars
GDP per capita, 2002 : 22525 dollars
GNP (Gross National Product), 2005 : 1051.9 billion dollars
GNP per capita, 2005 : 32546 dollars


Canada - Miscellaneous information
CONSUMPTION (individual / year) (world rank 1997) :
- Meat = 95 Kg (6)
- Milk = 90 l (17)
- Cheese = 10 Kg (19)
MAIN NATURAL RESOURCES (world rank 2002) :
- Mustard seeds (1)
- Oats (2)
- Barley (2)
- Lentils (3)
- Wood (5)
- Wheat (7)
- Corn (10)
- Potatoes (12)
- Honey (5)
- Pigs (12)
- Oxen (20)
- Uranium (1)
- Deposits of coal (1)
- Potash (2)
- Natural gas (3)
- Nickel (3)
- Salt (4)
- Zinc (4)
- Lead (6)
- Diamonds (7)
- Gold (7)
- Silver (7)
- Copper (7)
- Coal (8)
- Iron (9)
- Oil (9)
RECORDS :
- 2nd largest lake in the world = Superior (82 000 Km2). See also USA.
- 5th largest lake in the world = Huron (61 000 Km2). See also USA.
- 6th largest island in the world = Baffin (462 800 Km2).
- Lowest recorded temperature in America = -63°C / -81°F (Snag, Yukon, 1947-Feb.03).
- The largest meteoric crater in the world = 440 Km in diameter (Hudson Bay).
- The highest tower in the world = The Canadian National (Toronto), 553 m. (source = Guiness Book 2003)


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