The state of Canada in North America with the federal capital Ottawa covers 9,984,670 km² and is the second largest country in the world. It is located between the Atlantic to the east and the Pacific to the west, extending northward to the Arctic Ocean. Canada borders the USA to the south and northwest, to the east it borders the France overseas territory of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, and with the border created in 2022 over Hans Island, it borders Greenland. Canada is a constitutional monarchy within the Commonwealth of Nations (mostly former territories of the Great Britain) with the British monarch as head of state, represented by the Cabinet.
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