{"id":84889,"date":"2026-08-28T12:36:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T07:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=84889"},"modified":"2026-08-28T12:59:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T07:29:01","slug":"canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Canada Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, India and Canada formally launched their inaugural Economic and Financial Dialogue in Toronto.\u00a0<\/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 <\/span><b>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 in<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>world in area<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (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 non-contiguous US state, to the northwest, and 12 other US states to the south.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><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<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> border in the world.<\/span><\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/arctic-region\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Arctic Ocean<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the north, by the <\/span><b>Atlantic Ocean<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the east and the <\/span><b>Pacific Ocean<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the west.<\/span><\/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;\"> It has <\/span><b>seven climatic regions or zones<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: the Arctic, Subarctic, Prairie, Great Lakes, Cordilleran, plus the East and West Coasts.\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 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 five Great Lakes namely <\/span><b>Superior, Michigan, Huron, Ontario, and <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/lake-erie\/\" target=\"_blank\">Erie<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> form a natural boundary between Canada and the United States. (Amongst these five, only <\/span><b>Lake Michigan lies entirely within the US).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural Resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It mainly consists of Bauxite, Iron ore, Nickel, Zinc, copper, gold, lead, uranium, rare earth elements, potash, diamonds etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/world-news\/india-canada-hold-inaugural-economic-and-financial-dialogue-101787838625456.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada  is located in the northern part of North America. 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