1. FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Federal parliamentary state

2. CAPITAL: Ottawa

3. POPULATION: 35,881,659

4. OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: English, French

5. MONEY: Canadian dollar

6. AREA: 3,849,674 square miles (9,970,610 square kilometers)

7. MAJOR MOUNTAIN RANGES: Rockies, Coast, Laurentian

8. MAJOR RIVERS: St. Lawrence, Mackenzie

The current flag is made up of two red rectangles on the sides, a white square in the center and a red maple leaf adorning the center. The Canadian flag is known by various names. It is generally called the 'National Flag of Canada'. In English it is known as 'The Maple Leaf

 The design that we can currently see on the Canadian flag was definitively approved on February 15, 1965, replacing the English flag. Since then, Canada's National Flag Day has been celebrated on February 15 of each year.

The song that represents Canada as a nation is called "O Canada", it was originally written in French and made official as a national symbol in 1980

Théodore Robitaille commissioned the composition of a patriotic song for the celebration of the Quebec National Holiday, which coincides with the Day of Saint John the Baptist on June 24, spiritual patron of the French-Canadian community.

There were several attempts to translate the text into English, but they were unsuccessful. Currently, the official anthem in English is a song inspired by a poem by Mr. Justice Robert Stanley Weir written in 1908; which was modified in 1968 and later in 2018.

This means that Canada has two official anthems, one in French that was written first and one in English that was written later. In addition to this, Canada still recognizes "God Save the Queen" as the Royal Anthem, which was their anthem until "O Canada" was adopted.

Canadians use coins and banknotes with a name similar to that of the United States. In fact, historically, the sizes of coins less than 50 cents are almost identical to those of US currencies, due to the fact that the two countries used the Spanish dollar as a basis

Canadian coins (of 1, 5, 10 and 25 cents, 1 and 2 dollars) are issued by the Royal Canadian Mint (Royal Canadian Mint, Monnaie Royale Canadienne) and are minted in Winnipeg. The banknotes (of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 and 1000 dollars) are issued by the Bank of Canada (Bank of Canada, Banque du Canada) and are produced in Ottawa. Both coins and banknotes carry the inscriptions in the two official languages of Canada: English and French.