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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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  1. Mentioned In 65 Articles

  2. US Diplomacy Urged To Tandem With Faith

    Explore Article IDN InDepthNews (21 hours, 55 min ago) Human Rights

    US Diplomacy Urged To Tandem With Faith ...t © 2010 IDN-InDepthNews | Analysis That Matters The writer has served as Sri Lanka’s ambassador to Canada, Cuba, Mexico, and the USA. He was Chairman of the Commonwealth Select Committee on the media and d... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   White House   America   Washington

  3. The violence of conversion

    Explore Article newsweek.washingtonpost.com (Mar 3 2010) Human Rights , Proselytization

    Comment ""For those who believe they have access to such a Truth, the desire to offer it to others is both ..." - reformuscirf

    ...n pill as they face the onslaught of the proselytizers. Today, the Native Americans of the U.S. and Canada, the indigenous progeny of Latin America and Mexico, the Aborigines in Australia are silent witness... (Read Full Article)

    2 Comments Mentions:   Hindu American Foundation   Aseem Shukla   Uscirf

  4. Report of human rights abuse in IOK presented to British Parliament

    Explore Article Associated Press Of Pakistan (Feb 26 2010) Human Rights

    ... an employee of Pakistan Air Force, professionally completed his Ski run on the slopes of Whistler, Canada on Wednesday. With this Abbas, became the first ever proud Pakistani to represent the nation in the... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Kashmir   Karachi   Pakistan

  5. Police Chief denies Muslim officers face extra security vetting

    Explore Article Associated Press Of Pakistan (Feb 26 2010) Human Rights

    ... an employee of Pakistan Air Force, professionally completed his Ski run on the slopes of Whistler, Canada on Wednesday. With this Abbas, became the first ever proud Pakistani to represent the nation in the... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Kashmir   Karachi   Pakistan

  6. Mass Conversions in India – Destroying Cultures and Families

    Explore Article Chakra News (Feb 17 2010)

    Mass Conversions in India – Destroying Cultures and Families By Vikay Paul Toronto, Canada (CHAKRA) — Why are so many religious conversions in India going unnoticed? The majority of the pop... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Canada   Toronto   Bangladesh

  7. India papers over cracks with Pak

    Explore Article MorungExpress (Feb 12 2010) Terrorism

    ...ly demonstrated with the arrest of David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Rana in the United States and Canada, respectively in October and their alleged links to LeT and the Mumbai attacks. The government clai... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Srinagar   Yousuf Raza Gilani   Kashmir

  8. Ethnic Indian battles to die as 'devout' Hindu

    Explore Article Home @The Hindu (Jan 19 2010) Human Rights

    ...ai’s had earlier told the High Court that he wanted his 40-year-old eldest son Sanjay, who lives in Canada, to light the funeral pyre while the rest of his family watches. In 2006 Newcastle City Council had... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Davender Ghai   Jack Straw   Britain

  9. Pakistan Hindu Post (php): Where Are The Muslim Nations On Haiti?

    Explore Article Pakistan Hindu Post (PHP) (Jan 18 2010)

    ... • United States: $100 million along with ships, helicopters, transport planes and 2,000 Marines. • Canada: $4.8 million in US Dollars and with matching citizen contributions: up to a total of $47 million, ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Haiti   Paris   Finland

  10. Ethnic Indian fights for pyre 'dignity' of Hindus in UK

    Explore Article DNA PIL (Jan 18 2010) Human Rights

    Ethnic Indian fights for pyre 'dignity' of Hindus in UK ...39;s had earlier told the high court that he wanted his 40-year-old eldest son Sanjay, who lives in Canada, to light the funeral pyre while the rest of his family watches. In 2006 Newcastle City Council had... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Newcastle City Council   London   Britain

  11. Do we need to say our prayers?

    Explore Article BBC NEWS (Jan 5 2010) Human Rights

    Do we need to say our prayers? ...will simply not matter anymore, and that is tragic. Dr. David Heinimann, Terrace, British Columbia, Canada Most of Africa is dysfunctional with criminal dictatorships and really ignorant and stupid administ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Missouri   South Africa   Canada

  12. Police protect girls forced to convert to Islam

    Explore Article Evening Standard (Dec 27 2009)

    Police protect girls forced to convert to Islam ...t;"When all other means have failed, It is but lawful to take to the sword." - Belwinder, Canada I have heard about non-Muslim Asian girls being pressured by extreme male Muslims to convert. Howev... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Bangladesh   USA   United Kingdom

  13. Why it is essential to stand up to bigots

    Explore Article TheStar.com Toronto Edition (Dec 10 2009) Human Rights

    ...only rules, so reminiscent of some Nazi laws against Jews, have been popping up across Europe – and Canada: German restrictions on mosques; the French ban on the hijab in schools; Canadian bans in soccer an... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Nicolas Sarkozy   Kosovo   Switzerland

  14. Canadian Tribunal Says Internet Hate Speech Law Is Unconstitutional

    Explore Article Religion Clause (Sep 3 2009) Human Rights

    In a 107-page opinion handed down yesterday, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) held that Canada's Internet hate speech law is unconstitutional. The CHRT is an adjudicative body that hears dis... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Canada

  15. Deadly Indian stoning festival 'banned'

    Explore Article Australian and World News (Aug 20 2009) Human Rights

    ...vists have bared their own skins to save baby seals which are slaughtered annually for their fur in Canada's icy wilderness. The wife of a missing Hobart cancer specialist has been charged with murderin... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Canada   Israel   Nikunj Srivastava

  16. The Dharma of Health-Care Reform

    Explore Article newsweek.washingtonpost.com (Aug 18 2009)

    ...rty times the population of Sweden and incredibly more heterogeneous or ten times the population of Canada--should accept a radical makeover and implement socialized health care here is quickly failing. We ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Florida   Minnesota   Sweden

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