Travel Alert Status
Level 4: Do Not Travel
Time Difference:
UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard Time)
note: Canada has six time zones
Travel Climate:
The climate varies greatly in the many diversified regions ranging from frigid to mild, but Canada generally may be described as lying in the cool Temperate Zone, with long, cold winters.
Travel Currency:
1.331
Languages:
English (official) 58.8%, French (official) 21.6%, other 19.6%
Ethnic Groups:
British Isles origin 28%, French origin 23%, other European 15%, Amerindian 2%, other, mostly Asian, African, Arab 6%, mixed background 26%
National Holiday:
Canada Day, 1 July (1867)
Geographic Coordinates:
60 00 N, 95 00 W
Location:
Northern North America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean on the east, North Pacific Ocean on the west, and the Arctic Ocean on the north, north of the conterminous US
Airports:
523