In this write up we furnish you with information on Facts About Canada. Canada occupies the major portion of the northern part of North America. It extends from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Atlantic Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean. This is the second largest country of the world in terms of area and shares land borders with the United States to the south and northwest. In the subsequent paragraphs on Facts About Canada
we will discuss about the climate and economy of Canada.
Depending on the location the average winter and summer temperatures vary across Canada. Winters can be extremely cold in many regions of the country. The interior and Prairie Provinces has continental type of climate with extremes. The daily average temperatures hover around ?15 °C but can drop below ?40 °C with gust of breeze. In non-coastal regions, snow can cover the ground almost six months of the year. The Coastal part of British Columbia experiences mild and rainy winter.
Average high temperatures are generally in the low 20°Cs at the east and west coast while between the coasts the average summer high temperature ranges from 25 to 30 °C with occasional extreme heat in some interior locations exceeding 40 °C.
Facts About Canada include its economy. Canada, with a high per capita income, is one of the world's wealthiest nations. Canada is also one of the members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Group of Eight (G8) also includes Canada. Canada's economy characterizes the free market type with a little more government intervention than the United States. A lower per capita gross domestic product (GDP) characterizes traditional Canada than United States.
The Canadian economy has been on the rise with low unemployment and large government surpluses on the federal level since the early 1990's. There is a great resemblance of Canada's market-oriented economic system with the US in its pattern of production and high living standards. Canada's national unemployment rate of 5.9% is the lowest in 33 years as of October 2007.
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