Time zone: GMT minus between 3.5 to 8 Hours
Location: northern North America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean on the east, North Pacific Ocean on the west, and the Arctic Ocean on the north, north of (and joined to) the USA.
Capital: Ottawa
Currency: Canadian dollar (currency code CAD)
Language: English 60%, French 23% (both official languages), other 17%.
Airport authority contact information: Transport Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Telephone: +1 (1)613 990 2309
Airports: In 2005 Canada had 1357 airports, 505 of which have a paved runway, the most significant of which are (there are so many, we have split them by region):
Calgary Airport
Halifax Airport
Montreal Airport
Toronto Airport
Vancouver Airport
Canada International Airports
Alberta Airports
British Columbia Airports
Manitoba Airports
New Brunswick Airports
Newfoundland and Labrador Airports
Northwest Territories Airports
Nova Scotia Airports
Nunavut Airports
Ontario Airports
Prince Edward Island Airports
Quebec Airports
Saskatchewan Airports
Yukon Airports