{"id":84889,"date":"2026-01-30T15:36:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=84889"},"modified":"2026-01-31T16:04:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T10:34:38","slug":"canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts about Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Canada Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, India and Canada signed a Joint Statement on Energy Cooperation on the sidelines of India Energy Week (IEW) 2026 in Goa.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Canada<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located in the <\/span><b>northern part of North America.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>second largest country<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the world in area (after Russia).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordered by: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It shares borders with Alaska, a <\/span><b>non-contiguous US state,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the northwest, and 12 other US states to the south.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The border of <\/span><b>Canada with the US<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the <\/span><b>longest bi-national land border<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Maritime Borders:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is bounded by the <\/span><b>Arctic Ocean to<\/b> <b>the north,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by <\/span><b>the Atlantic Ocean<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to <\/span><b>the east<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>Pacific Ocean to the west<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also shares maritime borders <\/span><b>with the island of Greenland<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the northeast and the French island regions of <\/span><b>Saint Pierre and Miquelon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the southeast.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital City:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ottawa<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Canada<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canada has <\/span><b>seven climatic regions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or zones: the Arctic, Subarctic, Prairie, Great Lakes, Cordilleran, plus the East and West Coasts.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Major Mountains:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u200bRocky Mountain, the St. Elias Mountains\u00a0 and the Laurentian Mountains.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Major Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 Mackenzie River, Yukon River, Saint Lawrence River<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Lakes: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>five Great Lakes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> namely <\/span><b>Superior, Michigan, Huron, Ontario, and Erie<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> form a natural boundary between Canada and the United States. (Amongst these five, only <\/span><b>Lake Michigan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lies entirely within the US).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural Resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bauxite, Iron ore, Nickel, Zinc, copper, gold, lead, uranium, rare earth elements, potash, diamonds etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/en\/india-canada-sign-joint-statement-on-energy-cooperation-at-india-energy-week-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>DD News<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada  is located in the northern part of North America. 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