The Regions of Canada

With an area of nearly 10 million square kilometres, Canada is the second largest country in the world. Only Russia is bigger. Located on the North American continent, Canada stretches “from sea to sea” (the country's motto)—bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the west coast and the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast. To the south, lies the United States. Whereas many national borders are fenced of and patrolled in order to control people entering and leaving, Canada and the US share the longest undefended national border in the world, a symbol of their good relations.

Canada occupies about half of the North American continent, and in size at least can consider Mexico and the United States its "little brothers". Its physical geography includes mountains, rivers, oceans, and prairies and a variety of different climates. Canada consists of ten provinces and two territories, and the nature, culture and economic life of these provinces are largely dictated by their terrain.

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