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| Canada
Canada is a great market in its own right. It is a member of NAFTA and has a consumer market of 34 million people (a little over half that of the UK). Canada shares the +1 international dialing prefix with the US - and it is usually straightforward to sell to Canadians from the US.
The North American country of Canada is comprised of ten provinces and three territories. Its total population is 34,030,589. English and French are the official Canadian languages, and latter is spoken primarily in the province of Montreal. However, a number of tribal and cultural languages are spoken regularly in the far northern regions.
The GDP of Canada in 2010 was $1.33 trillion with a GDP per capita of $39,400, compared to the United States’ $14.66 trillion and $47,200, respectively. Canada’s main imports are machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, crude oil, chemicals, electricity, and durable consumer goods; its main exports are motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery, aircraft, telecommunications equipment, chemicals, plastics, fertilizers, wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity, and aluminum.
Canada trades primarily with the United States, China, and Mexico and is a member of many trade agreements, including NAFTA, WTO, Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement, Canada-Jordan Free Trade Agreement, Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement, EFTA, CCFTA, CIFTA, and CCRFTA.
Canada’s top ten largest companies (in descending order) are: Royal Bank of Canada, Manulife Financial, Bank of Nova Scotia, Toronto-Dominion Bank, EnCana, Sun Life Financial Services, Bank of Montreal, Canadian Imperial Bank, BCE, Imperial Oil.
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