Just the facts, eh?
Published: June 28, 2008 12:00 PMn The total area of Canada is 9.98 million square kilometres, which makes Canada the second-largest nation in the world, behind Russia.
n The total length of the Canada-United States boundary is 8,890 kilometres.
n Between them, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut contains 9.2 per cent of the world’s total freshwater.
n Canada has the world’s longest coastline, at 202,080 kilometres.
n The Trans-Canada Highway, at 7,604 kilomtres, is the longest national highway in the world.
— source: Government of Canada
