Canada, a country of vast distances and rich natural resources is the second largest country in the world.

Fresh water accounts for about 10 percent of the total area of Canada, and the coast is the world's largest (273,792 km).

Almost all (90 percent) of the 30 million people within 160 km in the vicinity of the U.S. border with Canada concentrated.

In 1867 he became an autonomous domain in line with a parliamentary democracy with links to BritishCrown. Canada is also economically and technologically developed in parallel with the United States, is different from its southern neighbors in many ways, such as economic, social, political, legal and health systems.

Among the specific problems of the relationship with Quebec, the French-speaking province's unique culture. Another problem is the flow south of specialists in the United States caused by higher pay, lower place, and in the rich high-tech –Infrastructure.

Although in many ways, economically, Canada is similar to that of the United States with their dynamic high-tech industrial society, market oriented economy, standards of production and life. As one of the richest countries in the world, Canada is a member of the Group of Eight (G8) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). As with other developed countries in the services sector of Canada is the dominant sector of theits economy, employs about three quarters of Canadians. But Canada is different from many of them will be a net exporter of energy with its vast natural gas reserves and large oil reserves, the second largest in the world. In addition, hydropower is for Canada, a cheap source of energy more abundant.

Along with him, because of his Prairies Canada is the world's largest providers of agricultural products including wheat and other cereals. Canada is also the largest in the worldManufacturers of many important natural resources such as zinc, uranium, gold, nickel, aluminum and lead.

Canada has both an important industry with the automotive industry is particularly important.

Not least because of its large primary sector, Canada, a great level of international trade, particularly with the United States. The trade and economic integration of Canada with the United States has increased significantly since the approval of United States, 1989 – Canada Free Trade ZoneAgreement (FTA) and 1994 North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Since then Canada enjoys stable economic development with a real exchange rate increases by almost 3 percent, falling unemployment and budget surpluses will be partly devoted to debt reduction of large public sector. This is mainly for education and health are the largest in Canada, largely under the control of the government. The rapid growth of health services has led to problems ofTo finance the government.