Travel Alert Status
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
Time Difference
UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
time zone note: Canada has six time zones
Travel Climate
The climate varies greatly in the many diversified regions ranging from frigid to mild, but Canada generally may be described as lying in the cool Temperate Zone, with long, cold winters.
Travel Currency
1.331
Language Spoken
English (official) 87.1%, French (official) 29.1%, Chinese languages 4.2%, Spanish 3.2%, Punjabi 2.6%, Arabic 2.4%, Tagalog 2.3%, Italian 1.5%
Languages
English (official) 58.8%, French (official) 21.6%, other 19.6%
Ethnic Groups
Canadian 15.6%, English 14.7%, Scottish 12.1%, French 11%, Irish 12.1%, German 8.1%, Chinese 4.7%, Italian 4.3%, First Nations 1.7%, Indian 3.7%, Ukrainian 3.5%, Metis 1.5%
National Holiday
Canada Day, 1 July (1867)
Geographic Coordinates
60 00 N, 95 00 W
Location
Northern North America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean on the east, North Pacific Ocean on the west, and the Arctic Ocean on the north, north of the conterminous US
Airports
523