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ABOUT CANADA
FARM’s Canadian partners include the provinces of Canada has an area of 3.9 million sq miles (9,976 000 sq KM), which is made up of mountains, valleys, prairies, desert, artic tundra, glaciers, foothills, rivers and lakes. Canada’s neighbor to the south is the United States and the Canada-U.S. border stretches 5,061 km (3,145 miles) on land and 3,832 km (2,381 miles) over water.1 10 provinces make up Canada: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan. Canada also has three territories which are the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon Territory. Canada has a population of 32 million. The largest distributions of population are in southern Ontario; Montréal, British Columbia 's Lower Mainland and southern Vancouver Island; and the Calgary-Edmonton corridor. In 2001, 51% of Canada 's population lived in these regions. In Canada, the government is Parliamentary Democratic, with Stephen Harper as Prime Minister. Under our system of constitutional monarchy, the Queen is our Head of State: She represents the people as citizens. The queen or monarch fulfills more traditional and ceremonial duties. Canada is a federation, which means that the work of governing the country is shared by the federal and provincial or territorial governments.2 Each province has their own premier who is voted for/selected by the people and is therefore looking out for the best interests of their province. The major industries of Canada include: processed and unprocessed minerals, food products, wood and paper products, transportation equipment, chemicals, fish products, petroleum and natural gas.3 The primary sectors of Canada are: services 74%, manufacturing 15%, construction 5%, agriculture 3%, and other 3%. 3% of Canadians are directly occupied in the business of farming, but the agri-food sector employs about 15% of the population.
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