Time Zone: UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone – Toronto) | Note: Canada is divided into 6 different time zones – from UTC-8 to UTC-3.5)
Ethnic Groups: Canadian 32.2% | English 19.8% | French 15.5% | Scottish 14.4% | Irish 13.8% | German 9.8% | Italian 4.5% | Chinese 4.5% | American Indian 4.2% | Others 50.9% (2011 est)
Legal System: Common Law system except in Quebec, where civil law based on the French civil code prevails
Capital: Ottawa
Largest Cities: Toronto (population: 5.928 million) | Montreal (population: 4.098 million) | Vancouver (population: 2.463 million) | Calgary (population: 1.392 million) | Ottawa (population: 1.323 million) | Edmonton (population: 1.321 million)
Government Type: federal parliamentary democracy (Parliament of Canada) under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
Head of State: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Julie Payette (since October 2, 2017)
Head of Government: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (since November 2015)
Main Industries: Transportation Equipment | Chemicals | Processed and Unprocessed Minerals | Food Products | Wood and Paper Products | Fish Products | Petroleum | Natural Gas
Main Natural Resources: Iron Ore | Nickel | Zinc | Copper | Gold | Lead | Rare Earth Elements | Molybdenum | Potash | Diamonds | Silver | Fish | Timber | Wildlife | Coal | Petroleum | Natural Gas | Hydropower
