How big is Canada?
Canada occupies an area of 9 984 670 square kilometers. The total land area covers 9 093 507 square kilometers while 891 163 square kilometers consists of fresh water. Canada’s area ranks second in the world in terms of area after Russia. The longest stretch of distance from north to south in Canada is 4634 kilometers, extending from Cape Columbia located on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut to the Middle Island situated in Lake Erie in Ontario. The biggest stretch extending from the eastern to the western part is 5 514 kilometers. This is from Newfoundland and Labrador, Cape Spear, to Yukon along the Alaska border.
About 40% of Canada’s fresh water as well as land mass lie towards the north of 60 degrees in north latitude. Nunavut and The Northwest Territories consists of 9.2% of the entire earth’s freshwater. Parts of Canada that are situated north of the tree line occupy 27.4% of the country’s total area. This is about 272 880 0 square kilometers. The entire length of the U.S – Canada border is 8890 kilometers.
The Great Lakes - Michigan, Superior, Huron, Ontario, and Erie are supposed to be the biggest freshwater lakes in the whole world. These lakes occupy a total area of 245 000 square kilometers. One third of the total area occupied by these lakes falls within Canada. The longest coastline in the world is to be found in Canada. It contains the mainland coast as well as offshore islands coasts. The entire length of the coastline is 243 042 kilometers.
