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Canada Canada is the second largest country in the world.It is larger than the USA and reaches nearly a quarter of the way round the earth.The distance from east to west is over 5,500 kilometres and the country covers six of the world’s 24 time areas.The population of Canada is about 35 million and the capital is Ottawa.There are two official languages, French and English.The first travellers arrived from England in 1497.Settlers from France reached Canada in 1534.For two centuries English and French settlers struggled against each other to control the country.