Connections between U.S. and Canada
How are we related?
There are many similarity's between us and Canada.
We both share two borders, due to the main 48 states and Alaska. Thanks to that, there are a couple billion dollars a day in trade. There are tons of people crossing the border everyday for multiple reasons. But with all these objects crossing the border, there are multiple security enforcement's to make sure there is no illegal activity. Both the US and Canada help out in the security category.
More Relations Between the Nations
Social Factors
Both of the country's speak predominantly English. But Canada's second most common language is French, while America's is Spanish. We have almost 10 times the population of Canada, along with the population density as well. We are pretty close in religion with a dominant 75% Christian. And our ethnic groups being the same percentage of White/European.
Economic Factors
The General Domestic Product from 2009 roughly thinks Canada had 1.3 trillion dollars produced. U.S.A. had 14 times as much. But for Canada, they had it as around $40,000 per capita. America is around $45,000 per capita. There is also money put towards the military. Canada puts almost 20 billion dollars towards their defenses. We put 667 billion towards our Military.
Political Factors
Canada has a Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The U.S. has a Federal presidential constitutional republic.