Canada
population: National quarterly estimate (1 Apr 2026) · indicators as of 2026-09-05 · 89 metros tracked
🗺️ Geography84 of 89 metros
Canada metro footprint, shaded by composite tier.
Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.
🏙️ 89 tracked metros
Show all 89 rows
🗂️ Administrative subdivisions
13 entries listed under Canada across 2 types. Click any to see its metros and footprint.
Provinces (10)
Territories (3)
📋 At a glance
- Official languages
- French, English
- Currency
- Canadian dollar ($)
- Government
- Federation
- Legislature
- Parliament of Canada
- Constitution
- 1867, 31 amendment events since
- Demonym
- Canadian
- Time zones
- Atlantic Time Zone, Central Time Zone, Eastern Time Zone, Mountain Time Zone +4 more
- Driving side
- Right
- Calling code
- +1
- Internet TLD
- .ca
- ISO 3166
- CA
- Established
- 1867
- Highest point
- Mount Logan (5,959 m (19,551 ft))
- National anthem
- O Canada
Facts via Wikidata.
📰 In the news6 stories
The Guardian · 17 Sept 2026
Von der Leyen invites Canada to become EU's first associate memberThe European Commission president invited Canada to become the EU's first-ever associate member amid its trade war with the US.
Business Insider · 10 Sept 2026
"Trump bans Canadian alcohol, tariffs cheese as trade war escalates"Trump is banning some Canadian alcohol and putting a fifty percent tariff on Canadian cheese.
Vox · 9 Sept 2026
The weirdest thing about Trump's trade warCaitlin Dewey writes from Montreal that Trump's trade war with Canada has no constituency: no think tank, industry or influencer advocates it.
The Washington Post · 9 Sept 2026
As Canada's countertariffs kick in, Trump's escalating threats draw political rebukeCanada's countertariffs took effect, hitting roughly $20 billion of American goods.
The Washington Post · 30 Aug 2026
"A Native tribe is fighting back as Trump's tariffs threaten its livelihood"The Post follows Blackfeet reservation ranchers, taxi drivers and campsite owners through two years of losses from the Canada tariffs.
The Washington Post · 30 Aug 2026
"On Lake Ontario — er, America — sailors have no plans to change course"Lake Ontario boat captains won't adopt the Lake America name.
💹 Economy and developmentHigh income
Ranks are among sovereign countries with data; ★ marks a top-5% finish. Sources: World Bank Open Data and Our World in Data (UNDP, UN WPP, V-Dem, Global Carbon Budget, Ember, Energy Institute; CC BY 4.0). Each card credits its originating body. Renewable share is of electricity generation, not of primary energy. Each figure is the most recent year available.
🏛️ Leadership History29 leaders · click to expand
marks a leader associated with atrocities or defiance of law, systemic subversion of democratic institutions, or a criminal conviction. Convictions arising from political persecution, and annulled convictions, are excluded. denotes a monarch. These are editorial designations, applied per entry rather than derived automatically.
Mark Carney✦ Current
2025–PresentPrime Minister
Justin Trudeau
2015–2025Prime Minister
Stephen Harper
2006–2015Prime Minister
Paul Martin
2003–2006Prime Minister
Jean Chretien
1993–2003Prime Minister
Kim Campbell
1993–1993Prime Minister
Brian Mulroney
1984–1993Prime Minister
John Turner
1984–1984Prime Minister
Pierre Trudeau
1980–1984Prime Minister
Joe Clark
1979–1980Prime Minister
Pierre Trudeau
1968–1979Prime Minister
Lester B. Pearson
1963–1968Prime Minister
Show all 29 leaders
John Diefenbaker
1957–1963Prime Minister
Louis St. Laurent
1948–1957Prime Minister
William Lyon Mackenzie King
1935–1948Prime Minister
Richard B. Bennett
1930–1935Prime Minister
William Lyon Mackenzie King
1926–1930Prime Minister
Arthur Meighen
1926–1926Prime Minister
William Lyon Mackenzie King
1921–1926Prime Minister
Arthur Meighen
1920–1921Prime Minister
Robert Borden
1911–1920Prime Minister
Wilfrid Laurier
1896–1911Prime Minister
Charles Tupper
1896–1896Prime Minister
Mackenzie Bowell
1894–1896Prime Minister
John S.D. Thompson
1892–1894Prime Minister
John J.C. Abbott
1891–1892Prime Minister
John A. Macdonald
1878–1891Prime Minister
Alexander Mackenzie
1873–1878Prime Minister
John A. Macdonald
1867–1873Prime Minister
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Carney✦ Current | Prime Minister | 2025–Present |
| Justin Trudeau | Prime Minister | 2015–2025 |
| Stephen Harper | Prime Minister | 2006–2015 |
| Paul Martin | Prime Minister | 2003–2006 |
| Jean Chretien | Prime Minister | 1993–2003 |
| Kim Campbell | Prime Minister | 1993–1993 |
| Brian Mulroney | Prime Minister | 1984–1993 |
| John Turner | Prime Minister | 1984–1984 |
| Pierre Trudeau | Prime Minister | 1980–1984 |
| Joe Clark | Prime Minister | 1979–1980 |
| Pierre Trudeau | Prime Minister | 1968–1979 |
| Lester B. Pearson | Prime Minister | 1963–1968 |
| John Diefenbaker | Prime Minister | 1957–1963 |
| Louis St. Laurent | Prime Minister | 1948–1957 |
| William Lyon Mackenzie King | Prime Minister | 1935–1948 |
| Richard B. Bennett | Prime Minister | 1930–1935 |
| William Lyon Mackenzie King | Prime Minister | 1926–1930 |
| Arthur Meighen | Prime Minister | 1926–1926 |
| William Lyon Mackenzie King | Prime Minister | 1921–1926 |
| Arthur Meighen | Prime Minister | 1920–1921 |
| Robert Borden | Prime Minister | 1911–1920 |
| Wilfrid Laurier | Prime Minister | 1896–1911 |
| Charles Tupper | Prime Minister | 1896–1896 |
| Mackenzie Bowell | Prime Minister | 1894–1896 |
| John S.D. Thompson | Prime Minister | 1892–1894 |
| John J.C. Abbott | Prime Minister | 1891–1892 |
| John A. Macdonald | Prime Minister | 1878–1891 |
| Alexander Mackenzie | Prime Minister | 1873–1878 |
| John A. Macdonald | Prime Minister | 1867–1873 |
📈 Power over timeThe Power Atlas →
The powerline is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.
⚔️ Conflicts since 19453 interstate wars · click to expand
| Conflict | Years | Against | Combat deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States invasion of Afghanistan | 2001 | Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | 9,550–14,388 |
| Persian Gulf War | 1990–1991 | — | |
| Korean War [ 9 ]● | 1950–1953 | North Korea,China,Soviet Union | 2,568,927–4,096,927 |
Bold = principal belligerent. Source: Wikipedia, “List of interstate wars since 1945.”
👥 Population over time
Our World in Data population (CC BY): UN WPP 2024 from 1950, Gapminder v7 1800-1949, HYDE 3.3 earlier; today's borders. Figures above are as of 2023, the last year that is estimated rather than forecast. The dashed tail to 2026 is a UN WPP medium-variant projection. It is drawn because the line should reach the present, and drawn differently because it has not happened yet: no rank, peak or share on this page uses it. Before 1950 the series is reconstruction rather than contemporaneous statistics, which is worth knowing when a country’s peak sits back there. The current population shown elsewhere on this page comes from the workbook and is unchanged by this. Note that people and share of world can move in opposite directions. A country can grow steadily and still become a smaller part of humanity, which is what happened to almost every rich country after 1960.
👥 To 2100
The UN’s probabilistic projection for Canada: the median with its 80% and 95% bands, the UN’s own high, low and zero-migration scenarios beside it. Not this site’s model; the site reads it and says what it implies.
Tap or drag across the chart to read any year: the estimate to 2023, then the UN median, its bands and the scenarios.
What drives it
Births, deaths and net migration on the UN medium path, with fertility, life expectancy and median age, every decade from 1950.
Show all 16 decades
Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Estimates to 2023; projections 2024 to 2100, medium variant and probabilistic intervals. The UN revises every two years; this is the WPP 2024 revision.
💰 Billionaires80 · $470.0B combined · click to expand
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| # | Name | Net worth | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Changpeng Zhao | $114.6B | Finance & Investments |
| 104 | Stuart Hoegner | $24.7B | Finance & Investments |
| 194 | Christopher Olah | $15.5B | Technology |
| 251 | Tobi Lutke | $12.8B | Technology |
| 260 | Joseph Tsai | $12.4B | Technology |
| 265 | Sherry Brydson(inherited) | $12.2B | Media & Entertainment |
| 272 | Jim Pattison | $12.0B | Diversified |
| 337 | David Cheriton | $10.4B | Technology |
| 448 | Leonid Boguslavsky | $8.5B | Finance & Investments |
| 500 | Alain Bouchard | $7.8B | Fashion & Retail |
| 523 | Daniel Nadler | $7.6B | Technology |
| 544 | David Thomson(inherited) | $7.4B | Media & Entertainment |
| 544 | Peter Thomson(inherited) | $7.4B | Media & Entertainment |
| 544 | Taylor Thomson(inherited) | $7.4B | Media & Entertainment |
| 567 | Daryl Katz | $7.1B | Diversified |
| 580 | Stephen Smith | $6.9B | Finance & Investments |
| 590 | Peter Gilgan | $6.8B | Construction & Engineering |
| 612 | Mark Scheinberg | $6.6B | Gambling & Casinos |
| 646 | Bruce Flatt | $6.4B | Finance & Investments |
| 695 | Emanuele (Lino) Saputo & family(inherited) | $5.9B | Food & Beverage |
| 711 | Gaye Farncombe(inherited) | $5.8B | Media & Entertainment |
| 711 | Linda Campbell(inherited) | $5.8B | Media & Entertainment |
| 723 | Ling Tang | $5.8B | Technology |
| 748 | Bob Gaglardi & family | $5.6B | Real Estate |
| 812 | N. Murray Edwards | $5.3B | Energy |
| 825 | Chip Wilson | $5.1B | Fashion & Retail |
| 871 | Garrett Camp | $5.0B | Technology |
| 878 | Anthony von Mandl | $4.9B | Food & Beverage |
| 883 | Ryan Cohen | $4.9B | Finance & Investments |
| 962 | Carlo Fidani(inherited) | $4.4B | Real Estate |
| 1095 | Stephen Jarislowsky | $4.0B | Finance & Investments |
| 1156 | Lawrence Stroll | $3.7B | Fashion & Retail |
| 1176 | Zhang Ning | $3.7B | Manufacturing |
| 1180 | Jacques D'Amours | $3.7B | Fashion & Retail |
| 1186 | Barry Zekelman(inherited) | $3.6B | Manufacturing |
| 1211 | Pierre Karl Péladeau(inherited) | $3.6B | Media & Entertainment |
| 1244 | Mark Leonard & family | $3.5B | Technology |
| 1249 | Jean Coutu & family | $3.5B | Fashion & Retail |
| 1251 | Michael Latifi | $3.5B | Food & Beverage |
| 1295 | Jack Cockwell | $3.4B | Finance & Investments |
| 1343 | Michelle Zatlyn | $3.2B | Technology |
| 1437 | Eric Sprott | $3.0B | Finance & Investments |
| 1506 | Mitchell Goldhar | $2.8B | Real Estate |
| 1524 | Larry Tanenbaum | $2.8B | Sports |
| 1570 | Naomi Azrieli(inherited) | $2.7B | Real Estate |
| 1570 | Sharon Azrieli(inherited) | $2.7B | Real Estate |
| 1594 | Hal Jackman | $2.7B | Finance & Investments |
| 1599 | Stephan Crétier(inherited) | $2.6B | Service |
| 1601 | Jay Hennick | $2.6B | Finance & Investments |
| 1643 | Robert G. Miller | $2.6B | Technology |
| 1658 | V. Prem Watsa | $2.5B | Finance & Investments |
| 1715 | Charles Bronfman(inherited) | $2.5B | Food & Beverage |
| 1757 | Pan Dong | $2.4B | Fashion & Retail |
| 1787 | Brian Hill | $2.3B | Fashion & Retail |
| 1823 | Bill Malhotra | $2.3B | Real Estate |
| 1885 | Clayton Zekelman(inherited) | $2.2B | Manufacturing |
| 1889 | Catherine Phillips | $2.2B | Finance & Investments |
| 1889 | John Phillips | $2.2B | Finance & Investments |
| 1936 | Serge Godin | $2.2B | Technology |
| 2029 | Richard Fortin | $2.1B | Fashion & Retail |
| 2257 | Alex Shevchenko | $1.9B | Technology |
| 2257 | Max Lytvyn | $1.9B | Technology |
| 2275 | Alan Zekelman(inherited) | $1.9B | Manufacturing |
| 2455 | Ivan Zhao | $1.7B | Technology |
| 2460 | Guy Laliberté | $1.7B | Media & Entertainment |
| 2479 | Brandt Louie(inherited) | $1.7B | Food & Beverage |
| 2484 | Sam Pollock | $1.7B | Finance & Investments |
| 2529 | Gerald Schwartz | $1.6B | Finance & Investments |
| 2559 | Stewart Butterfield | $1.6B | Technology |
| 2579 | Terence (Terry) Matthews | $1.6B | Telecom |
| 2717 | Philip Fayer | $1.5B | Technology |
| 2749 | Richard Warke | $1.4B | Metals & Mining |
| 2788 | Elly Reisman | $1.4B | Real Estate |
| 2824 | Huang Chulong | $1.4B | Real Estate |
| 2860 | Réal Plourde | $1.4B | Fashion & Retail |
| 2939 | Zhao Tongtong | $1.3B | Service |
| 2945 | Michael Andlauer | $1.3B | Logistics |
| 3214 | K. Rai Sahi | $1.1B | Real Estate |
| 3229 | Apoorva Mehta | $1.1B | Technology |
| 3254 | James Cameron | $1.1B | Media & Entertainment |
Source: Forbes real-time billionaires (via the rtb-api project). Net worth as of the latest monthly snapshot.
🏆 National Teams
Canada on the international stage. Click a card for the full record.
National Teams Champions
Every major championship won by Canada's national teams, newest first. 19 in total.
Show all 19 titles
| Year | Date | Champion | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2021-08-06 | Canada | Olympic women's football |
| 2016 | 2016-09-29 | Canada | World Cup of Hockey |
| 2014 | 2014-02-23 | Canada | Olympic men's hockey |
| 2010 | 2010-02-28 | Canada | Winter Olympics Top Medalist |
| 2010 | 2010-02-28 | Canada | Olympic men's hockey |
| 2004 | 2004-09-14 | Canada | World Cup of Hockey |
| 2002 | 2002-02-24 | Canada | Olympic men's hockey |
| 2000 | 2000-02-27 | Canada | CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 1991 | 1991-09-16 | Canada | World Cup of Hockey |
| 1987 | 1987-09-15 | Canada | World Cup of Hockey |
| 1985 | 1985-09-14 | Canada | CONCACAF Championship |
| 1984 | 1984-09-18 | Canada | World Cup of Hockey |
| 1976 | 1976-09-15 | Canada | World Cup of Hockey |
| 1952 | 1952-02-24 | Canada | Olympic men's hockey |
| 1948 | 1948-02-08 | Canada | Olympic men's hockey |
| 1932 | 1932-02-13 | Canada | Olympic men's hockey |
| 1928 | 1928-02-19 | Canada | Olympic men's hockey |
| 1924 | 1924-02-03 | Canada | Olympic men's hockey |
| 1920 | 1920-04-26 | Canada | Olympic men's hockey |
🏟️ League Hubs
Domestic league portals that operate in Canada: 5 leagues.