Canada

Country in North America

Canada is a country in North America, with its capital in Ottawa. About 41.7 million people live there (2025), making it the 38th most populous of the 195 countries. At 9,984,670 km², it is the 2nd largest country by area, and the largest in North America. It borders the United States.

Canada at a glance

Capital: Ottawa
Population (2025): 41.7 million
Area: 9,984,670 km²
Density: 4 per km²
Official languages: English, French
Currency: Canadian dollar
People: Canadian
Calling code: +1
Internet domain: .ca
Coast: Has a coastline

Where is Canada?

How Canada compares

Population rank

38th of 195

3rd of 23 in North America

Size rank

2nd of 195

1st of 23 in North America

Crowding

4 per km²

More crowded than 3% of countries

Similar in size: China (9,706,961 km²).
Similar population: Yemen (41.8 million).
Canada is the only place that uses the Canadian dollar.
English is also an official language in 58 other countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana and 52 more.
French is also an official language in 30 other countries: Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and 24 more.

The flag of Canada

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Its outline

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Its emoji clues

The four clues we use for Canada in Guess the Country by Emoji.

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How players do with Canada

Every answer in DodoThinks games is counted anonymously. This is how players have done with Canada so far, from 462 answers up to November 2026.

On the map

83% right

163rd hardest of 176 · 351 answers

Its flag

94% right

142nd hardest of 145 · 111 answers

Players find Canada on the map in 83% of tries, which makes it one of the easiest. The most common wrong answer is the United States.
Players recognise the flag of Canada in 94% of tries, one of the highest of any flag.

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Countries that border Canada

Canada borders 1 country: the United States.

United States

Quick quiz: Canada

3 questions. Tap an answer to check it.

1. Which is the flag of Canada?
2. What is the capital of Canada?
3. Which of these borders Canada?

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Questions about Canada

Is Canada a country?

Yes. Canada is an independent country and one of the 193 member states of the United Nations.

What is the capital of Canada?

The capital of Canada is Ottawa.

Which countries border Canada?

Canada borders 1 country: the United States.

How many countries border Canada?

1. Canada shares a land border with 1 country.

How big is Canada?

Canada covers 9,984,670 km², about the same size as China (9,706,961 km²).

Is Canada hard to find on a map?

Not for most players. On DodoThinks map quizzes, players find Canada in 83% of 351 tries, 163rd hardest of 176 places with enough answers to count. The most common wrong answer is the United States.

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