Canada

Facts

Population:  31,592,805 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  18.95% (male 3,067,102; female 2,918,839) 15-64 years:  68.28% (male 10,846,151; female 10,725,800) 65 years and over:  12.77% (male 1,715,071; female 2,319,842) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  0.99% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  11.21 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  7.47 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  6.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.74 male(s)/female total population:  0.98 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  5.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  79.56 years male:  76.16 years female:  83.13 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  1.6 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  0.3% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  49,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  400 (1999 est.)
Nationality:  noun:  Canadian(s) adjective:  Canadian
Ethnic groups:  British Isles origin 28%, French origin 23%, other European 15%, Amerindian 2%, other, mostly Asian, African, Arab 6%, mixed background 26%
Religions:  Roman Catholic 42%, Protestant 40%, other 18%
Languages:  English 59.3% (official), French 23.2% (official), other 17.5%
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  97% (1986 est.) male:  NA% female:  NA%
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $774.7 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  4.3% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $24,800 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  3% industry:  31% services:  66% (2000 est.)
Population below poverty line:  NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  2.8% highest 10%:  23.8% (1994)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  2.6% (2000)
Labor force:  16.1 million (2000)
Labor force - by occupation:  services 74%, manufacturing 15%, construction 5%, agriculture 3%, other 3% (2000)
Unemployment rate:  6.8% (2000 est.)
Budget:  revenues:  $126.1 billion expenditures:  $125.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $14.8 billion (2000)
Industries:  processed and unprocessed minerals, food products, wood and paper products, transportation equipment, chemicals, fish products, petroleum and natural gas
Industrial production growth rate:  4.5% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:  567.193 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  26.38% hydro:  60% nuclear:  12.31% other:  1.31% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  497.532 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  42.911 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  12.953 billion kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fruits, vegetables; dairy products; forest products; fish
Exports:  $272.3 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:  motor vehicles and parts, newsprint, wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, machinery, natural gas, aluminum, telecommunications equipment, electricity
Exports - partners:  US 86%, Japan 3%, UK, Germany, South Korea, Netherlands, China (1999)
Imports:  $238.2 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:  machinery and equipment, crude oil, chemicals, motor vehicles and parts, durable consumer goods, electricity
Imports - partners:  US 76%, Japan 3%, UK, Germany, France, Mexico, Taiwan, South Korea (1999)
Debt - external:  $1.9 billion (2000) Economic aid - donor: ODA, $1.3 billion (1999)
Currency:  Canadian dollar (CAD)
Currency code:  CAD
Exchange rates:  Canadian dollars per US dollar - 1.5032 (January 2001), 1.4851 (2000), 1.4857 (1999), 1.4835 (1998), 1.3846 (1997), 1.3635 (1996)
Fiscal year:  1 April - 31 March

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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