Canada

The country calling code for Canada is +1. Country calling codes identify the destination country when placing an international call. The international access prefix used to leave your originating country varies by telephone network. On mobile phones, the + symbol is generally used instead. After the country code, dial the local Canada number, dropping any leading zero used for domestic dialling.

Canada is assigned CA as its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code and CAN as its alpha-3 code. Alpha-2 codes are the two-letter codes used in web addresses, currency pairs and shipping forms. Alpha-3 codes are the three-letter codes used in banking, aviation and international standards work. The internet country code top-level domain for Canada is .ca. ISO country codes are standardized identifiers, but they can change when countries or territories undergo changes in international status or classification.

The official currency of Canada is the Canadian dollar, with the ISO 4217 code CAD and the symbol $. Prices, salaries and official accounts inside Canada are quoted in CAD. Exchange rates move daily, so check a live rate before converting rather than relying on a figure you saw last week.

The primary time zone for Canada is -08:00, currently UTC-08:00. This country spans multiple time zones. The clock above shows the primary time zone, so local time elsewhere in Canada may differ. The clock reads from your own device, so it follows daylight saving rather than showing a fixed offset.

The capital of Canada is Ottawa. Canada sits in Americas, specifically the Northern America subregion. Its approximate centre point is 60.00000000, -95.00000000. Traffic in Canada drives on the right. Languages recorded for Canada: English, French.

Canada shares a land border with 1 country: United States of America. Land borders are not the same as nearest countries: a country across a narrow strait can be closer than one you share a fence with. The nearby page ranks countries by straight-line distance instead.