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Canada (CA, CAN) is a country in North America, with Ottawa as its capital. The currency is the Canadian Dollar (CAD, CA$). The international dialling code is +1 and the trunk prefix is 1; mobile numbers are written like (506) 234-5678. There are 23 time zones: America/St_Johns, America/Halifax, America/Glace_Bay, America/Moncton, America/Goose_Bay, and America/Blanc-Sablon and more. Official languages: English and French.

CurrencyCADCA$
Dial code+1e.g. (506) 234-5678
Time zone23 zonesUTC−03:30 … UTC−04:00
LanguageEnglish+1 more
CapitalOttawa
Population38.8M10M km²

Overview

Official name
Canada
Native name
Canada
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
CA
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
CAN
ISO 3166-1 numeric
124
IOC code
CAN
Demonym
Canadian
Capital
Ottawa
Region
Americas › North America
Status
Independent, UN member
Groups
  • Northern America
  • United Nations
Internet domain
.ca
Coordinates
60, -95
Area
9,984,670 km²
Population
38,794,800
GDP
$2.2T ($57.7K per person)
Literacy
99%
Landlocked
No

Currency

Canadian Dollar CAD

Symbol
CA$ narrow $
Minor units
2 decimals
Cash rounding
2 decimals, increment 5
Example
$1,234.50

Languages

LanguageStatusShare of populationWriting
English enOfficial87% (33.8M)
French frOfficial29% (11.3M)
Inuktitut iuOfficial (regional)0.11% (42.7K)
Inuktitut (Latin) iu-LatnOfficial (regional)0.11% (42.7K)
Plains Cree crkOfficial (regional)0.033% (12.8K)
Chipewyan chpOfficial (regional)0.032% (12.4K)
Slave denOfficial (regional)0.006% (2.3K)
Dogrib dgrOfficial (regional)0.0055% (2.1K)
Gwichʼin gwiOfficial (regional)0.0008% (310.4)
Spanish es3.2% (1.2M)
Chinese zh2.7% (1M)
Punjabi pa2.6% (1M)
Arabic ar2.3% (892.3K)
Hindi hi2.1% (814.7K)
Filipino fil2% (775.9K)
Cantonese yue2% (775.9K)
Italian it1.5% (581.9K)
German de1.2% (465.5K)
Urdu ur1.1% (426.7K)
Portuguese pt0.93% (360.8K)
Russian ru0.85% (329.8K)
Tamil ta0.65% (252.2K)
Vietnamese vi0.64% (248.3K)
Persian fa0.61% (236.6K)
Gujarati gu0.58% (225K)
Korean ko0.56% (217.3K)
Polish pl0.56% (217.3K)
Greek el0.4% (155.2K)
Ukrainian uk0.36% (139.7K)
Bangla bn0.33% (128K)
Romanian ro0.32% (124.1K)
Dutch nl0.3% (116.4K)
Japanese ja0.27% (104.7K)
Serbian sr0.23% (89.2K)
Turkish tr0.22% (85.3K)
Croatian hr0.2% (77.6K)
Hungarian hu0.18% (69.8K)
Somali so0.16% (62.1K)
Plautdietsch pdt0.11% (42.7K)
Ojibwa oj0.072% (27.9K)
Oji-Cree ojs0.042% (16.3K)
Innu-aimun moe0.03% (11.6K)
Mi'kmaw mic0.024% (9.3K)
Atikamekw atj0.018% (7K)
Siksiká bla0.017% (6.6K)
Cree cr0.013% (5K)
Northern East Cree crl0.013% (5K)
Swampy Cree csw0.012% (4.7K)
Waray war0.012% (4.7K)
Western Ojibwa ojw0.0094% (3.6K)
Michif crg0.0049% (1.9K)
Mohawk moh0.0041% (1.6K)
Dakota dak0.0039% (1.5K)
Halkomelem hur0.0036% (1.4K)
nsk nsk0.0027% (1K)
Chilcotin clc0.0022% (853.5)
Kwakʼwala kwk0.0021% (814.7)
Maliseet-Passamaquoddy pqm0.0021% (814.7)
Okanagan oka0.0018% (698.3)
Lillooet lil0.0015% (581.9)

Time zones

Time zoneLocal timeStandardDaylight savingName
America/St_JohnsUTC−03:30UTC−02:30Newfoundland Standard Time
America/HalifaxUTC−04:00UTC−03:00Atlantic Standard Time
America/Glace_BayUTC−04:00UTC−03:00Atlantic Standard Time
America/MonctonUTC−04:00UTC−03:00Atlantic Standard Time
America/Goose_BayUTC−04:00UTC−03:00Atlantic Standard Time
America/Blanc-SablonUTC−04:00noneAtlantic Standard Time
America/TorontoUTC−05:00UTC−04:00Eastern Standard Time
America/IqaluitUTC−05:00UTC−04:00Eastern Standard Time
America/AtikokanUTC−05:00noneEastern Standard Time
America/WinnipegUTC−06:00UTC−05:00Central Standard Time
America/ResoluteUTC−06:00UTC−05:00Central Standard Time
America/Rankin_InletUTC−06:00UTC−05:00Central Standard Time
America/ReginaUTC−06:00noneCentral Standard Time
America/Swift_CurrentUTC−06:00noneCentral Standard Time
America/EdmontonUTC−07:00UTC−06:00Mountain Standard Time
America/Cambridge_BayUTC−07:00UTC−06:00Mountain Standard Time
America/InuvikUTC−07:00UTC−06:00Mountain Standard Time
America/VancouverUTC−08:00UTC−07:00Pacific Standard Time
America/CrestonUTC−07:00noneMountain Standard Time
America/Dawson_CreekUTC−07:00noneMountain Standard Time
America/Fort_NelsonUTC−07:00noneMountain Standard Time
America/WhitehorseUTC−07:00noneYukon Time
America/DawsonUTC−07:00noneYukon Time

Phone numbers

Calling code
+1 (+1204, +1226, +1236, +1249, +1250, +1263, +1289, +1306, …)
Dial-out prefix
011
Trunk prefix
1
National number length
7–10 digits
Emergency number
112 pattern 112|911

Number types

TypeNational formatInternational formatLayoutDigits
Fixed line(506) 234-5678+1 506 234 5678(XXX) XXX-XXXX10
Mobile(506) 234-5678+1 506 234 5678(XXX) XXX-XXXX10
Toll free(800) 212-3456+1 800 212 3456(XXX) XXX-XXXX10
Premium rate(900) 212-3456+1 900 212 3456(XXX) XXX-XXXX10
Personal number(521) 902-3456+1 521 902 3456(XXX) XXX-XXXX10
VoIP(600) 201-2345+1 600 201 2345(XXX) XXX-XXXX10
Universal access310-1234+1 310 1234XXX-XXXX7

Address and postal code

Address layout

{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{City} {State/province} {Postal code}
Required fields
Street address, City, State/province, Postal code
Uppercase fields
Street address, City, Name, Organization, State/province, Postal code
Predefined regions
13

Postal code

Pattern
[ABCEGHJKLMNPRSTVXY]\d[ABCEGHJ-NPRSTV-Z] ?\d[ABCEGHJ-NPRSTV-Z]\d
Examples
H3Z 2Y7 · V8X 3X4 · T0L 1K0 · T0H 1A0 · K1A 0B1

Calendar, units and conventions

First day of the week
Sunday
Weekend
Saturday to Sunday
First week of the year
Contains at least 1 day of the new year
Hour cycle
12-hour (1–12), also hb, H, hB
Calendars
gregorian
Measurement system
Metric
Temperature
Celsius
Paper size
US-Letter

Number and date formats

As written by the Canadian English locale (en-CA), amounts in CAD.

Number
1,234,567.891
Percent
45.7%
Currency (CAD)
$1,234,567.89
Accounting
($1,234,567.89)
Currency, name
1,234,567.89 Canadian dollars
Compact short
1.2M
Compact long
1.2 million
Scientific
1.235E6
Speed
88 kilometres per hour
Temperature
21.5 °C
Date, full
Friday, March 27, 2026
Date, long
March 27, 2026
Date, medium
Mar 27, 2026
Date, short
2026-03-27
Time, medium
3:04:05 p.m.
Time, short
3:04 p.m.
Date and time
Mar 27, 2026, 3:04 p.m.
Month and year
March 2026
Weekday
Friday
Relative time
yesterday · in 3 days · 2 hours ago
List: and
A, B and C
List: or
A, B or C

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