CANADA

Capital Ottawa
Area (km2) 9 970 610
Total population (thousands, 2021) 38 226
Population density (per km2) 4
National currency Canadian dollar (CAD)
National statistical office www.statcan.ca
Statistics Canada
Women in the labour force, 2023
   percentage of total for both sexes 47%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2022 22%
   hourly wage, 2022 13%
Women in part-time employment, 2022
   percentage of employed women 25%
Female tertiary students, 2020
   percentage of total for both sexes 56%
Female victims of homicide, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 25%
Women researchers, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 59%
Life expectancy at birth, 2020
   females, years 84.0
   males, years 79.5
Life expectancy at 65, 2020
   females, years 22.1
   males, years 19.4
Total fertility rate, 2021
   average number of children per woman 1.4
Adolescent fertility rate, 2021
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 4.9
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2021
   age in years 30.0
 
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
1.9
-5.3
5.0
4.1
3.0
1.9
Unemployment rate
 (%)
5.7
9.6
7.5
5.3
5.4
6.3
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
11.0
20.2
13.5
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GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2024 2 705 754
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2024 65 763
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 32.4
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 32.7
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2024 50 659
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   CAD per USD, US=1, 2024 1.135
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 38
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 1 320

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2023 75 455
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 1995 16 571
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2023 3 096
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2023 50
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2023 1 491
      million tonne-kilometres, 2023 437 083
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2009 494 700
      million tonne-kilometres, 2018 269 285