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Facts about Canada
The total area of Canada is 9 984 670 kilometres square. Of
this, 9 093 507 kilometres square is land and 891 163 square
kilometres is fresh water. Canada's area is the second largest
in the world (after Russia which has a total area of 17 075 000
square kilometres). On Canadian territory, the longest distance
North to South (on land) is 4 634 kilometres from Cape Columbia
on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut to Middle Island in Lake Erie,
Ontario. The longest distance East to West is 5 514 kilometres
from Cape Spear, Newfoundland and Labrador, to the Yukon
Territory - Alaska boundary.The total length of the
Canada-United States boundary is 8 890 kilometres.
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Canadian Flag Links
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Acadian Flag [geographic.org] - Flags of the Acadian community,
for use with web sites, which the author permits.
- Animated
flags of Canada - Offers an animated image gallery of the flags
of the provinces and territories.
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Canada Flags - Check out the thumbnail, small, and large GIFs of
the flag of Canada with links to maps and country facts.
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Canada's Flag- A Search for a Country - Government's official
page for the history behind the current Canadian flag.
- The Flags of Canada
- Text only version of Alistair B. Fraser's book offering the
Canadian flags, national symbols, and the provinces' flags.
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Flags of Labrador [geographic.org] - GIF images of the regional
flag of Labrador (Newfoundland, Canada) for use on web pages,
permitted by the author.
- Maple
Leaf Forever - Explains the red ensign and maple leaf in detail.
- National
and Provincial Flags - Offers various images, facts, and symbols
of the flag.
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The National Flag of Canada
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