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

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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.{{disputed-inline}} 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.

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  1. “ We urge the people of Indian origin and the friends of India to come forward and join ICF to strongly protest against such acts of hooliganism by a bunch of misguided people, and at the same time demand from the law enforcing agencies respect and safety of our human rights to peaceful assembly to celebrate our national festivals in Canada. ”
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  2. “ Canada is resolving its own problem at the expense of the Czech Republic. ”
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  2. Forgotten Islamist terror plot targeted Toronto

    Explore Article TheStar.com Toronto Edition (Aug 31 2010)

    ...t from Ottawa’s Integrated Threat Assessment Centre deemed Al Fuqra not to be a terrorist threat in Canada. The U.S. government listed Al Fuqra as a terrorist organization in 1995 and delisted it in 2000 fo... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Pakistan   Canada   Lahore

  3. Fears of 'demographic inundation' behind Bhutan's refugee crisis

    Explore Article Home - ContraCostaTimes.com (Aug 30 2010) Human Rights

    ...ts survival as a nation state. Today, the mass movement of uprooted Bhutanese to the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Europe is one of the largest organized resettlements in the world, acco... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Amnesty International   International Organization for Migration   North Dakota

  4. Anuradhapura the capital of Sri Lanka

    Explore Article LankaWeb (Aug 29 2010)

    ... like then we had hyper-democracy). This group left the country, settled down mostly in England and Canada, and quickly discovered that they have become second-class citizens from being masters at home. You... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Colombo   Australia   Sri Lanka

  5. Fears of 'demographic inundation' behind Bhutan's refugee crisis

    Explore Article Home - Inside Bay Area (Aug 29 2010) Human Rights

    ...ts survival as a nation state. Today, the mass movement of uprooted Bhutanese to the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Europe is one of the largest organized resettlements in the world, acco... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Amnesty International   International Organization for Migration   America

  6. Ancient Sport of India Touts Ties to Buddha, and Male Cheerleaders

    Explore Article online.wsj.com (Aug 27 2010)

    Ancient Sport of India Touts Ties to Buddha, and Male Cheerleaders ... Punjab held a "World Cup" of kabaddi this April that drew crowds of more than 50,000. Italy, Iran, Canada and the U.S. sent teams. Plans are under way to launch a World Kabaddi League early next year with ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Bhopal   Canada   Iran

  7. Hinduism Summit brings Hindus together in California

    Explore Article About Hinduism (Aug 26 2010) Human Rights

    Hinduism Summit brings Hindus together in California ...d Hindu human ... Prominent Hindu leaders and activists from various parts of the United States and Canada will gather in Sunnyvale Hindu Temple in California to discuss current issues facing the worldwide ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Canada   Hindu American Foundation   Rajan Zed

  8. Send the Tamils back, sadly

    Explore Article canada.com (Aug 17 2010) Human Rights

    ...thern third, the traditional home of the Tamils. More than half of the nearly 250,000 Tamils now in Canada -- the largest expatriate Sri Lankan Tamil population in the world -- came here as part of the exo... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Canada   Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam   Sri Lanka

  9. Sadly, the boat Tamils should be sent back

    Explore Article canada.com (Aug 17 2010) Human Rights

    ...ygoing lifestyle. Against this backdrop, I might ordinarily be tempted to argue for acceptance into Canada of the 492 Tamils who sailed into our waters. Many might well have valid refugee claims. The proble... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam   Canada   Rajiv Gandhi

  10. World Association of Vedic Studies (waves) Holds A Successful Conference in ...

    Explore Article PRWeb::The Online Visibility Company (Aug 9 2010) Human Rights

    ... Government to WAVES delegates, who were from many parts of the world including India, Belarus, US, Canada and Greece. Prof. Subhash Kak highlighted the antiquity of the Sarasvati Civilization, and the core... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Indian High Commission   Government of India   Canada

  11. World Association of Vedic Studies (waves) Holds A Successful Conference in Trinidad-Tobago from August 4 to August 7 ...

    Explore Article news.yahoo.com (Aug 9 2010) Human Rights

    ... Government to WAVES delegates, who were from many parts of the world including India, Belarus, US, Canada and Greece. Prof. Subhash Kak highlighted the antiquity of the Sarasvati Civilization, and the core... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Indian High Commission   Government of India   Canada

  12. Jainism Summer School Gets Foreign Attraction

    Explore Article Chakra News (Aug 3 2010)

    ... different countries around the world. About 50 percent of those students come from North America (Canada and the US) but lately students from other Asian and European countries such as Thailand, Czech Rep... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Denmark   Thailand   Czech Republic

  13. Bhutanese refugees' American dream

    Explore Article newsweek.washingtonpost.com (Jul 22 2010) Human Rights

    ... these refugees--are resettled in the United States while several European countries, Australia and Canada absorb the rest under a program coordinated by the U.S. State Department and the U.N. High Commissi... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Canada   Hindu Temple of Minnesota   America

  14. What are the benefits and rewards for living a good life in conformity with ...

    Explore Article canada.com (Jul 7 2010) Human Rights

    ...e. BALPREET SINGH is legal counsel and acting executive director for the World Sikh Organization of Canada. The key benefits of living a life in conformity with Sikh beliefs are two-fold: understanding and ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Abdul Rashid   Canada   Ottawa

  15. UN Secretary General's Panel on Sri Lanka is a Blunder of Serious Proportions

    Explore Article LankaWeb (Jul 5 2010) Human Rights

    ...erious Proportions Posted on July 5th, 2010 MEDIA RELEASE -SRI LANKA UNITED NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA July 5, 2010 The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon has clearly exceeded the powers prescribed per C... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam   Unhrc   Human Rights Council

  16. Gandhi statue unveiled near Canadian Museum of Human Rights

    Explore Article Home @The Hindu (Jun 16 2010) Human Rights

    Gandhi statue unveiled near Canadian Museum of Human Rights ...f Human Rights (CMHR) located in Winnipeg. Unveiling the 500-kg statue, Indian high commissioner to Canada Shashishekhar Gavai said, “Gandhi’s message for peace and justice belong to all people of the world... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Canada   Hyderabad   Winnipeg

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