Canada is a country in the northern part of the North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the pacific and northward into the arctic ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometers (3.85 million square miles), making it the world’s second largest country by total area. Its southern border with the United States stretching some 8,891 kilometers (5,525mi0 is the world’s longest binational land border. Canada’s capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.