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Canada (IPA: /ˈkænədə/) is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. more...

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It is the world's second largest country by total area, and shares land borders with the United States to the south and northwest.

The lands have been inhabited for millennia by various groups of aboriginal peoples. Beginning in the late 15th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled the Atlantic coast. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763 after the Seven Years War. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of additional provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy from the United Kingdom, highlighted by the Statute of Westminster in 1931 and culminating in the Canada Act in 1982 which severed the vestiges of legal dependence on the British parliament.

A federation now comprising ten provinces and three territories, Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state. It is a bilingual and multicultural country, with both English and French as official languages at the federal level. Technologically advanced and industrialized, Canada maintains a diversified economy that is heavily reliant upon its abundant natural resources and upon trade—particularly with the United States, with which Canada has a long and complex relationship.

Etymology

The name Canada most likely comes from a St. Lawrence Iroquoian word kanata, meaning "village" or "settlement". In 1535, inhabitants of the present-day Quebec City region used the word to direct explorer Jacques Cartier toward the village of Stadacona. Cartier used the word 'Canada' to refer to not only that village, but the entire area subject to Donnacona, Chief at Stadacona. By 1545, European books and maps began referring to this region as Canada.

The French colony of Canada referred to the part of New France along the Saint Lawrence River and the northern shores of the Great Lakes. Later, it was split into two British colonies, called Upper Canada and Lower Canada until their union as the British Province of Canada in 1841. Upon Confederation in 1867, the name Canada was adopted for the entire country, and Dominion was conferred as the country's title. It was frequently referred to as the Dominion of Canada until the 1950s. As Canada asserted its political autonomy from Britain, the federal government increasingly used Canada on legal state documents and treaties. The Canada Act 1982 refers only to "Canada" and, as such, it is currently the only legal (and bilingual) name. This was reflected in 1982 with the renaming of the national holiday from Dominion Day to Canada Day.

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1971 8c Centennial Postal Stationery Card $3.00 1964 Revalued 7c Jet Cda Geese Pc Winnipeg Cancel $3.00
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#9 Prince Edward Island Mint very fine $4.99 Canada Sc#55 (Sg#129) 6c Jubilee Mint $94.95
1964 8c Jet Canada Geese Pc Winnipeg Cancel $3.00 Randolph Man 1973 Pd to Uk $3.00
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Van Dam Fb 26 unused Block x 4 $9.00 Canada Un#45 Mng Vf-Xf Jumbo sm thin Cv Cdn800 ($765) $149.99
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Canada Un#Mr2 Mnh Vf-Xf Beauty Cv Cdn105/$103 $49.99 Newfoundland Sg#79 Mh/Mnh Margin Block Vf-Xf $79.99
Newfoundland Sg#85a Mng Full Sheet Cv £1200 ($2461) $99.99 1961 Dr J Tuzo Wilson How International Is Science $3.00
1961 Psc Robertson The North Problems & Possibilities $3.00 1959 2c Psc Eric Morse & Voyageurs Highway $3.00
1959 Ottawa Psc Governor General Massey Talk $3.00 1959 Polio & Charlotte Whitton Far East Cda's Near West $3.00
Canada #25 3C Large Queen Mint and Free Shipping $150.00 Qv 1c Montreal to Vittoria Cw Via Simcoe 1865 $24.99
Toronto Cw 1861 s/r & Grid Cxls 5c Beaver to Springbank $8.00 Montreal Ce 1865 s/r Duplex 5c Beaver Toronto Cw s/r $8.00
Lansing Cw 3c Large Queen 1869 to Maple Ont $9.99 Richmond Hill Cw 1862 s/r 5c Beaver to Maple Cw $8.00
Montreal Ce 1865 Duplex 10c Albert to Lotus Indiana $24.99 15c Centennial London 1967 Flight Slogan & Cinderella $3.00
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Huntsville 1927 Duplex 2c Confederation + Us 1/2c Block $3.00 Qv Numeral 2c + 5c Pair Auburn Ont to Goderich 1900 $8.00
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