Latitude/Longitude (at largest city) : 43o66'N / 79o41'W Area (km2) : 9970610 Total Population (in thousands, 1997 est.) : 29942 Population Density (pop. per square km.) : 3 Capital : Ottawa Major Language(s) : English, French Largest City : Toronto Largest City Population (in thousands) : 4483 Currency : Canadian dollar Date of UN Membership : 9 Nov. 1945 GDP (million US$, 1995) : 561008 GDP Per Capita (US$, 1995) : 18943 NEW YORK MISSION ADDRESS : Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations 1 Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza 885 Second Avenue, 14th Floor New York, N.Y. 10017 USA Telephone: 212-848-1100 Telefax : 848-1195 Email: canun@undp.org GENEVA MISSION ADDRESS : Mission permanente du Canada auprès de l’Office des Nations Unies à Genève Rue du Pré-de-la-Bichette 1 1202 Genève Suisse Téléphone : 919 92 00 Télécopieur : 919 92 27

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