Canada
Location: State in Northern America
Capital: Ottawa
Currency code: CAD 124
Issuing authority: Bank of Canada
Language: English, French
Head of state: Queen of Great Britain represented by the Governor General
Head of government: Prime Minister
Monetary unit: Canadian Dollar
1 Canadian Dollar = 100 Cents
More about state
The state in North America, takes the second place in the world on the area after Russia. It is washed Atlantic, Silent and Arctic by oceans, (Greenland) in the northeast and France (Saint Pierre and Miquelon) in the east borders on the USA in the South and in the northwest, on Denmark. The border of Canada and the USA is the most extended general border in the world.
GDP (billions of US dollars)
- 2013 - 1825.1
- 2012 - 1821.4
- 2011 - 1777.8
- 2010 - 1577
- 2009 - 1337.6
- 2008 - 1502.7
Terms of import and export of currencies
Import and export of national and foreign currency is unlimited.
The $1 note was gradually withdrawn from circulatioin. More recently, the $2 note has also been withdrawn. Both denominations (which remain legal tender) were replaced by coins.
All the banknotes issued by Canadian provinces and commercial banks still remain legal tender and are exchanged by the Bank of Canada.
In May 12, 2000 the Bank of Canada stopped issuing the 100-dollar banknotes, which are withdrawn from circulation but still remain legal tender.
