The size of Canada compared to the size of other countries
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Canada has a total area of about 10 million square kilometers (~4 million square miles) and makes up about half of the territory of North America. Canada is the second-largest country in the world after Russia. Though, its population is only nearly one-fifth of Russia’s. Canada has the longest coastline globally, and the border it shares with the U.S. is the longest international border in the world. Nearly 90 percent of Canadians live inside 200 kilometers (124 miles) of the border with the U.S.
The size of Canada compared to the size of Europe.
It turns out you can about squeeze the United Kingdom into Canada’s Hudson Bay.
Canadian provinces
Canada has 10 provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan) and 3 territories to the north (Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon).
The largest subdivision by water area is the province of Quebec. The largest subdivision by land area is the territory of Nunavut. This province occupies one-fifth of the country’s land area. The smallest subdivision of both water and land area is the province of Prince Edward Island.
| Rank | Subdivision | Area sq. km. | Area sq. mi. | Percentage of the total area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nunavut | 2,093,190 | 808,185 | 21 |
| 2 | Quebec | 1,542,056 | 595,391 | 15.4 |
| 3 | Northwest Territories | 1,346,106 | 519,734 | 13.5 |
| 4 | Ontario | 1,076,395 | 415,598 | 10.8 |
| 5 | British Columbia | 944,735 | 364,764 | 9.5 |
| 6 | Alberta | 661,848 | 255,541 | 6.6 |
| 7 | Saskatchewan | 651,036 | 251,366 | 6.5 |
| 8 | Manitoba | 647,797 | 250,116 | 6.5 |
| 9 | Yukon | 482,443 | 186,272 | 4.8 |
| 10 | Newfoundland and Labrador | 405,212 | 156,453 | 4.1 |
| 11 | New Brunswick | 72,908 | 28,150 | 0.7 |
| 12 | Nova Scotia | 55,284 | 21,345 | 0.6 |
| 13 | Prince Edward Island | 5,660 | 2,185 | 0.1 |
The maps below show Canadian provinces and territories compared to countries of similar size by area.
Canadian subdivisions compared to other nations of the world
Another map created by ReddsAlt illustrates the Canadian provinces as countries with similar areas.
