Balance of Power in Canada
By Jarrett Taylor
Size of Canada
- Canada has 3.511 sq miles or 9.093 sq kilometers of living area,
- It is the second largest country in the world by area if you don't count Antarctica as a country
- The only country bigger than it is Russia
- Even though Canada is the second largest country by area, most of Canada is very cold and in some places it is almost unlivable
- So even though Canada has a large area this does not make it very powerful.
The population of Canada
- Canada has a population of about 35 million people which is less than the population of California which is around 38 million
- Canada is second for land area it is ranked 37th for population
- Because of its small population this makes it where it does not have the largest army to control their country and they also can't protect themselves to well.
Education
- Canada is ranked 7th our of 16 peer countries
- Is was given a B which means that around 25 percent of people between age 24-64 have a university degree
- Canada is smarter than most but does not have the best education system
- In this aspect Canada is more powerful than most but not all
How well equipped is Canada's military and how well do the people their get along
- Canada is ranked 14th for spending the most on their armed forces
- Canada has the 34th largest army by population
- Canada spends a lot on its army even though it doesn't have a large army to spend it on meaning that their army is well equipped
- It's military is trained well but doesn't have many people so this factor makes it only able to over power around 3/4 of the other armies in the world
- Most of the people speak English or French
- Most people are catholic
- The people in Canada get along well because the normally have the same religion and speak the same language making them powerful in the sense of teamwork
Canada's physical features
- In the north part of Canada it is much colder than the south part
- This makes it where you can only live in the south because the north is too cold to live in
- Canada has many mountains but most of them are not that big
- This makes it somewhat hard to travel but not that hard which makes it a little hard on Canada's armed forces to travel
- Canada's geography does not make it over powered
Economy in Canada
- Canada's economy is in the top 15 in the world being ranked around 13th
- It's economy resembles Americas by the the high tech industrial society in the trillion dollar class
- Canada has highly skilled work force to help the economy
- Canada's economy has also been getting better since 2010, after the bad economy they had for about 2 years, and is said that the economy is to be balanced by 2015