Canada
Canada 🇨🇦 is a country in North America with a population of approximately ~40 million (2024). Its capital is Ottawa. This is the complete reference for identifying Canada in MapDash, Worldle, Globle, and other daily geography puzzles — drawn from one of 212 country profiles in the network.
Quick facts
| Flag | 🇨🇦 |
| Continent / region | North America |
| Capital | Ottawa |
| Population | ~40 million (2024) |
| ISO codes | CA / CAN |
| Coordinates | 45.42°, -75.69° |
| Bordering countries | United States (longest international border in the world) |
Famous for
Maple syrup, ice hockey, the Rocky Mountains, the longest coastline of any country, the world's second-largest country by area.
Quiz tips for Canada
Second-largest country by area after Russia, but only ~40 million people. Borders only one country (the US — including Alaska). Capital is Ottawa, NOT Toronto or Vancouver.
How Canada appears in daily geography puzzles
In MapDash, Canada is identified through the clue sequence: north america first, then population range (~40 million (2024)), then bordering countries, then capital (Ottawa), then a famous-for hint.
In Worldle, Canada is identified by its country outline shape. In Globle, the heat-map proximity game warms guesses as they approach North America.
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Reading Canada in MapDash context
The Canada record above pulls directly from OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary. What follows is the per-entity context — how Canada sits in the broader country-guessing geography puzzles distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.
Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for Canada’s peers within recognized sovereign countries. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.
Frequently asked questions
What is the capital of Canada?
The capital of Canada is Ottawa.
What continent is Canada in?
Canada is in North America.
What is the population of Canada?
Canada has a population of approximately ~40 million (2024).
What countries border Canada?
Canada borders United States (longest international border in the world).
What is Canada famous for?
Maple syrup, ice hockey, the Rocky Mountains, the longest coastline of any country, the world's second-largest country by area.