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This post was originally done in honour of canadas 145th birthday on july 1st, 2012. It has the 10th highest nominal per capita income and is a member of various international economic groups, such as g8, g10, g20, nafta north american free trade agreement and apec asiapacific economic cooperation. Tax facts and figures is produced by welch llp as an information service with the. Older statistics reports can be found on the library and archives canada and the government of canada publications websites. Immigration overviewpermanent and temporary residents, cic provides a broad range of statistical information on admissions to canada. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. I am also writing this because i notice when books are set in canada peopl. It is probably the most welcoming country to the immigrants. Arctic fox view web page download pdf arctic hare view web page download. We hope you enjoyed reading out canada facts for kids.
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