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HIV news : 0.3% (2003 est.) Population below poverty line news : NA . Literacy : 97% (1986 est.) House hold income lowest than 10% news : 2,80% House hold income highest than 10% news : 23.8% (1994) Inflation news : 2.8% (2003 est.) . Unemployment Rate news : 7.8% (2003 est.) . Internet Users news : 16.11 million (2002) . Location : Northern North America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean on the east, North Pacific Ocean on the west, and the Arctic Ocean on the north, north of the conterminous US . Geographic Coordinates : 60 00 N, 95 00 W . Religion Canada news : Roman Catholic 46%, Protestant 36%, other 18% . Administrative region : 10 provinces and 3 territories*; Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories*, Nova Scotia, Nunavut*, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory* . Terrain : mostly plains with mountains in west and lowlands in southeast . Elevation extremes lowest : Atlantic Ocean 0 m . Elevation extremes highest : Mount Logan 5,959 m . Natural resources : iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas, hydropower . Land use arable land : 4,96%. Land use permanentcrops : 0,02%. Irrigated land : 7,200 sq km (1998 est.) . Natural hazards : continuous permafrost in north is a serious obstacle to development; cyclonic storms form east of the Rocky Mountains, a result of the mixing of air masses from the Arctic, Pacific, and North American interior, and produce most of the country's rain and snow east of the mountains . Environment current issues : air pollution and resulting acid rain severely affecting lakes and damaging forests; metal smelting, coal-burning utilities, and vehicle emissions impacting on agricultural and forest productivity; ocean waters becoming contaminated due to agricultural, industrial, mining, and forestry activities . Geography note : second-largest country in world (after Russia); strategic location between Russia and US via north polar route; approximately 90% of the population is concentrated within 160 km of the US border . Population news : 32,507,874 (July 2004 est.) . age -14 p : 18,20%. age -14 men : 3 038 800. age -14 ladies : 2 890 579. age 15/64 p : 68,70%. age 15/64 men : 11 225 686. age 15/64 ladies : 11 111 941. age +65 p : 13%. age +65 men : 1 807 472. age +65 ladies : 2 433 396. date : 2004 est.. median age total : 38.2 years . median age male : 37.2 years . median age female : 39.2 years (2004 est.) . population growth rate : 0.92% (2004 est.) . population growth rate note : . birth rate : 10.91 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) . death rate : 7.67 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) . net migration rate : 5.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) . sex ratio at birth : 1.05 male(s)/female . sex ratio under 15 : 1.05 male(s)/female . sex ratio 15/64 : 1.01 male(s)/female . sex ratio more 65 : 0.74 male(s)/female . sex ratio total : 0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.) . infant mortality rate male : 5.28 deaths/1,000 live births . infant mortality rate female : 4.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) . life expectancy at birth total : 79.96 years . life expectancy at birth male : 76.59 years . life expectancy at birth female : 83.5 years (2004 est.) . total fertility rate : 1.61 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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