Canada

Canada in 2012

Canada was ranked 8th best place to live in the world last year - see report

What seems to support this assumption is that Canada also has 4 cities in the Global Top 50 for Quality of Life as ranked by Mercer.

As the silver and gold price predictably fade ahead of option expiration, JP Morgan’s bullion manipulation scheme could be headed for unprecedented problems, not from the record purchases of gold and silver from the Chinese, Indians or Russians, but from a Canadian.

Canadian-based Eric Sprott Management CEO Eric Sprott filed a follow up prospectus for the purchase of an additional $1.5 billion of silver bullion to cover expected demand for the company’s exchange traded fund, PSLV. (see full article here )

Canada Key Facts and Figures 



Capital - Ottawa
World Cities 2012
Alpha Cities - Toronto
Beta+ Cities - Montreal, Vancouver
Beta- Cities - Calgary
Gamma Cities - Edmonton
Gamma- Cities - Ottawa
QOL Global Top 50 Cities - Vancouver 4th, Ottawa 14th , Toronto 16th , Montreal 21st , Calgary 28th.
Population - 31.5m
Area - 9,970,610 sq km(2nd largest Country)
Currency - Canadian Dollar (C$)
Languages - English , French Canadian
GDP - $857bn USD
WELT - Canada has the 11th largest economy in the world.
Gold Producer - Rank 8th 95,000kg   
Reserve Bank Bank of Canada
Mint - Royal Canadian Mint
Central Bank Rate 1.0%
Inflation 3.1%
 Public Debt by GDP - Canada 82.5% (Ranked 14th)
Current Credit Rating  AAA    
Arable as % of total land - 5%
Urban Population - 80.4%
Drive on the - right
Calling Code - +1
Internet TLD - .ca
G20 Member - Canada
APEC Member - Canada (see APEC article )  
Star Alliance Hubs - Air Canada Hubs: Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary
WEF* Tech Pioneers 2011 - Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies
WWF - Canada Site 
HDR Index 2010 - 8th Canada
Press Freedom Index -  21/178
HIV/AIDS Rate - Rank 39 Canada  
Book a Hotel -  Canada
Hard Rock Cafes -  Niagara Falls Canada Ottawa Toron

Impact Crater - Sudbury

Ontario, Canada

250km  Rank 2nd

Employment in Canada
Workingin - Canadian Site
Canada Jobs - Jobs in Canada
Job Bank - Canadian Jobs
Monster - Canadian Website
Allstarjobs - Jobs by Area
Eluta - High paying careers
Get your Job in NZ at the opportunities expo - London, Aberdeen , Manchester , Edmonton , Vancouver ,Calgary , Johannesburg 2012 




The Canadian Dollar is the currency of Canada. The most popular Canada Dollar exchange rate is the USD to CAD rate. The currency code for Dollars is CAD, and the currency symbol is $.

Vancouver | Wallpaper

Sports | Canada

2011 Formula One Race 8 Grand Prix Du Canada Montreal 27th-29th May 2011


Global 500 Companies | Canada

Country Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)	City
1	Royal Bank of Canada	211	36,616	Toronto
2	Power Corp. of Canada	226	35,125	Montreal
3	George Weston	254	32,361	Toronto
4	Manulife Financial	276	30,948	Toronto
5	EnCana	284	30,064	Calgary
6	Suncor Energy	325	27,680	Calgary
7	Petro-Canada	340	26,054	Calgary
8	Bank of Nova Scotia	343	25,944	Toronto
9	Onex	353	25,207	Toronto
10	Toronto-Dominion Bank	354	25,070	Toronto
11	Magna International	384	23,704	Aurora
12	Husky Energy	396	23,162	Calgary
13	Bombardier	468	19,721	Montreal
14	Bank of Montreal	479	19,365	Toronto

News | Canada
Picture of the week -  Rioters in Vancouver

Diamonds become increasingly more significant in Canada
Thousands of dead birds will be collected from an Ontario shoreline on Monday as the province's Ministry of Natural Resources tries to determine what killed the waterfowl.  (see report here )

Blogs | Canada
Diverse Depositories | Toronto based blog focusing on keeping books in the forefront
Tech Start Ups Canada | Tech Start Ups after 40 
Toronto Insanity | SilverGoldSilver blog about the coming fiat collapse 

Cruises from Montreal, Canada

The city of Montreal in Canada has a nice cruise port, from which many Canadians living on the Eastern coast start their cruise journey. In fact, Montreal cruises begin their journey by going down the beautiful St. Lawrence River until they reach the Atlantic ocean. Holland America operates all cruises out of Montreal. Most of the cruises start at Montreal, then slowly make their way down on the eastern cost of Canada and then US until they reach Boston, which is the destination point for most of such journeys. On their way down, cruises typically stop at Quebec City, Charlottetown and Halifax ports in Canada and at Bar Harbor port in the state of Maine in US. Most cruises from Montreal are 7 nights long.


Energy Efficiency
As well as Europe, the US, Australia, Cuba, Canada and the Philippines are all banning , or have banned, incandescent bulbs.
 
WEF* = World Economic Forum

Canadian Gold Maple

PocketInfo Coin Collecting Glossary

Canadian Maple Leafs - The Canadian Gold Maple Leaf is the official bullion coin of Canada. It is one of the purest regular-issue gold coins in the world with a gold content of .9999 (24 carats). Introduced in 1979. At the time the only other bullion coin was the South African Krugerrand, which was not widely available. 
 

Gold Rush 21, the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee's conference in Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada, in August 2005, brought the world’s attention to the Western central bank gold price suppression scheme.

The gold price, then around $400 per ounce, immediately took off. Six years later gold has reached over $1,500 but Western central banks and their agents, the bullion banks, still obstruct free markets in gold and the other monetary metal, silver.



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Canada , Toronto , Vancouver , Ottawa , Montreal , Bank of Canada - updated Jan 9th 2012