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Government
Long-form name: none.
Type: confederation with parliamentary democracy.
Capital: Ottawa.
Administrative divisions: 10 provinces and 2 territories*;
Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland,
Northwest Territories*, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward
Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory*.
Independence: 1 July 1867 (from UK).
Constitution: amended British North America Act 1867 patriated
to Canada 17 April 1982; charter of rights and unwritten customs.
Legal system: based on English common law, except in Quebec,
where civil law system based on French law prevails; accepts
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations.
National holiday: Canada Day, 1 July (1867).
Executive branch: British monarch, governor general, prime
minister, deputy prime minister, Cabinet.
Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament consists of an
upper house or Senate and a lower house or House of Commons.
Judicial branch: Supreme Court.
Leaders:
Chief of State--Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952),
represented by Governor General Raymond John HNATSHYN
(since 29 January 1990);
Head of Government--Prime Minister (Martin) Brian MULRONEY
(since 4 September 1984); Deputy Prime Minister Donald Frank
MAZANKOWSKI (since NA June 1986).
Political parties and leaders: Progressive Conservative,
Brian Mulroney; Liberal, John Turner; New Democratic, Audrey
McLaughlin.
Suffrage: universal at age 18.
Elections: House of Commons--last held 21 November 1988
(next to be held by November 1993); results--Progressive
Conservative 43.0%, Liberal 32%, New Democratic Party 20%,
other 5%; seats--(295 total) Progressive Conservative 170,
Liberal 82, New Democratic Party 43.
Communists: 3,000.
Member of: ADB, CCC, Colombo Plan, Commonwealth, DAC, FAO,
GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICES, ICO, IDA, IDB--Inter-American
Development Bank, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IHO, ILO, ILZSG, IMF,
IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IPU, ISO, ITC, ITU, IWC--International
Whaling Commission, IWC--International Wheat Council, NATO,
OAS, OECD, PAHO, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WSG.
Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Derek BURNEY; Chancery
at 1746 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20036; telephone
(202) 785-1400; there are Canadian Consulates General in
Atlanta, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit,
Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco,
and Seattle; US--Ambassador Edward N. NEY; Embassy at 100
Wellington Street, K1P 5T1, Ottawa (mailing address is P.O. Box
5000, Ogdensburg, NY 13669); telephone (613) 238-5335; there are
US Consulates General in Calgary, Halifax, Montreal, Quebec,
Toronto, and Vancouver.
Flag: three vertical bands of red (hoist side), white (double
width, square), and red with a red maple leaf centered in
the white band.