The One Minute Geographer: Canada’s Population Distribution

Map by Differentiated Analytics Inc. on vividmaps.com

In the last post we suggested that Canada might be thought of as a ‘shoestring country.’ Let’s look at a few basics about Canada’s population.

Canada has 38.2 million people, almost the same as California, the most populous state in the US (with 39.5 million.) A European comparison is that Canada has about as many people as Poland.