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Canada claims 22 km (12 nmi) of territorial sea, a contiguous zone of 44 km (24 nmi), an exclusive economic zone of 5,599,077 km 2 (2,161,816 sq mi) with 370 km (200 nmi) and a continental shelf of 370 km (200 nmi) or to the edge of the continental margin. Five per cent of Canada's land area is arable, none of which is for permanent crops.
By land area alone, Canada ranks fourth, due to having the world's largest area of fresh water lakes. [116] Stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the east, along the Arctic Ocean to the north, and to the Pacific Ocean in the west, the country encompasses 9,984,670 km 2 (3,855,100 sq mi) of territory. [117]
Canada had 1,137 municipalities that held city, town or ville [a] status as of 2011. [1] This list presents the 100 largest of these municipalities by land area in square kilometres at the time of the 2011 census .
Below is a list of countries and dependencies in North America by area. [1] The region includes Canada, the Caribbean, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Central America, Greenland, Mexico, and the United States. Canada is the largest country in North America and the Western Hemisphere.
All three territories combined are the most sparsely populated region in Canada, covering 3,921,739 km 2 (1,514,192 sq mi) in land area. [4] They are often referred to as a single region, the North, for organizational and economic purposes. [ 56 ]
Area of Canada: 9,984,670 km 2 (3,855,100 square miles) - 2nd most extensive country; Atlas of Canada; Environment ... Area (km 2) Land Water Total
Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies, ranked by total area, including land and water. This list includes entries that are not limited to those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which covers sovereign states and dependent territories.
Land is owned in Canada by governments, Indigenous groups, corporations, and individuals. Canada is the second-largest country in the world by area; with 9,093,507 km 2 (3,511,023 sq mi) of land. [citation needed]