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Fact about canada

[|**Capital (2004 est.):**] Ottawa, Ontario, 1,142,700 (metro. area)
 * Sovereign:** Queen Elizabeth II (1952)
 * Governor-General: ** Michaëlle Jean (2005)
 * Prime Minister: ** Stephen Harper (2006)
 * Land area: ** 3,511,003 sq mi (9,093,507 sq km); **total area:** 3,855,102 sq mi (9,984,670 sq km)
 * Population (2009 est.): ** 33,759,742 (growth rate: 0.8%); birth rate: 10.2/1000; infant mortality rate: 4.9/1000; life expectancy: 81.3; density per sq km: 3
 * Largest cities (metropolitan areas) (2004 est.): ** Toronto, 5,203,600; Montreal, 3,606,700; Vancouver, 2,160,000; Calgary, 1,037,100; Edmonton, 1,101,600; Quebec, 710,700; Hamilton, 710,300; Winnipeg, 702,400; London, 459,700; Kitchener, 450