ICanada inenxalenye enkulu yesiqwenga somantla eMntla Melika. Isizwe sinqunyelwe kuLwandlekazi lweAtlantic eMantla empuma, kuMantla oLwandlekazi lwePasifiki ngasentshona, nakuLwandlekazi iArctic emantla.
Imiphetho yeAlaska (iUSA) ngasentshona, kunye neemeko ezilishumi elinambini zaseMelika zelizwekazi laseMelika emazantsi. Umphetho wayo kunye nommelwane wasemazantsi ubaleka ubukhulu becala ngokwe-45 ngokulinganayo (emantla). Yeyona ndawo inde kwihlabathi liphela phakathi kwezizwe ezibini (i-8,891 km (5,525 yeekhilomitha)).
ICanada idlulisela imiphetho yolwandle eGreenland (indawo elawulayo yaseDenmark) naseSaint Pierre naseMiquelon, indawo yesiqithi esincinci enendawo neFrance.
Isizwe sinommandla we-9,984,670 km², esenza ukuba lelona lizwe likhulu kwi-Western Hemisphere. Ucinga ngayo, inkulu kune-US, okanye amaxesha amaninzi ubukhulu beFrance.
ICanada inamacandelo ali-13 aphantsi koluntu, imimandla elishumi, kunye nemimandla emithathu. Yonke imimandla inamalungiselelo kurhulumente okufuphi. Isithili sento ekuthiwa yiCanada ngoku yayilixesha lokuba nguvulindlela kuMntla Merika. Ummandla wajika waba yindawo yokuzilawula ngokwakho ngekhulu leshumi elinesithoba ngelixa ubambe unxibelelwano kwisithsaba sase-Bhritane. Ngomhla woku-1 kuJulayi ngo-1867, umthetho wase-Bhritane eMntla Melika wenza iKhanada kunye nemimandla emine ese-Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick naseNova Scotia.
ICanada yahlulwe yangamacandelo amaninzi obume bendawo, kwaye indawo yayo inikezela ngemibono ebanzi. ICanada Shield, eyona ndawo inkulu yokwakheka komhlaba, igubungela indawo enkulu yesizwe kwaye ijolise kwiHudson Bay. Indawo esempuma-mpuma yaseCanada igutyungelwe yimigxobhozo, ejikelezwe ngamachibi amakhulu: iLake Michigan, iLake Superior, iLake Erie kunye neLake Ontario.
ICanada inabemi abazizigidi ezingama-38 (ngo-2020), eyi-10% nje kuphela yobungakanani babahlali baseMelika engabamelwane. Idolophu enkulu ye-Ottawa, esona sixeko sikhulu yiToronto. Ukunxibelelana ngeziyelelane sisiNgesi nesiFrentshi.
I-Canada lelinye lawona mazwe akhuselekileyo, athembekileyo emhlabeni, kunye nabahlali ababuxabisayo ubomi obuqhelekileyo obukhululwe bakhululekile kubunzima obubalulekileyo. Ngelixa naluphi na uhlobo lobomi besizwe luya kwahluka ngokucacileyo isixa esiqwalaselweyo kumntu ngamnye, ukujonga kwimilinganiselo eyahlukeneyo yezentlalo kubonisa izinto ezininzi abantu baseKhanada ekufuneka babulele ngazo - kanye njengalapho kufuneka kwenziwe khona uphuculo. Izinga lokuthengisa izindlu eCanada lijikeleze iipesenti ezingama-66. Phakathi kwabanini abangabambisi ngempahla, uninzi lwabantu baseCanada baqeshisa indlu eqeshiweyo, indawo ephezulu, okanye isuti evela kumnini mhlaba okanye kubambiswano lwepropathi.
Abantu baseKhanada, ngokubanzi, bahlala nabantu babo kude kube ngama-20s kwaye emva koko baqeshise kude kube ngama-30s abo, xa bethenga indlu okanye i-loft, ngokuqhelekileyo kunye neqabane labo. Uninzi lwabantu baseKhanada bathatha isigqibo ngokuqhubekayo sokuqeshisa ngalo naliphi na ixesha lokuphila kunakwiminyaka edlulileyo, nangona kunjalo. Amakhaya abiza ngokungafanelekanga ayakhathaza kwiindawo ezininzi ezisezidolophini zaseCanada, apho iindleko zomhlaba zezona zibalulekileyo emhlabeni. Imali mboleko enkulu yekhaya inegalelo elibonakalayo kwizantya eziphezulu zoxanduva lwabantu baseKhanada (jonga ngezantsi).
URhulumente waseKhanada uqhankqalaza ukuba phakathi kwama-150,000 ukuya kuma-300,000 amaKhanadi "afumana ubungqindilili" kunyaka othile, okuthetha ukuba ngesiquphe basilela kwindawo engapheliyo yokuhlala. Umbutho weendawo zokubalekela ezihlwempuzekileyo, ezisetyenzwe ngurhulumente kunye nesizathu esivakalayo, zinika iindawo zokudlula ukuze zihlale kwabona bantu bahluphekayo baseKhanada. Inxalenye enkulu yabemi baseCanada abahlwempuzekileyo iquka amadoda amadala ngokuphakathi, nabantu baseKhanada bomthonyama abonakalise kakhulu.
Inxalenye enkulu yesinye isiqingatha iluma uthuli olusuka kwezinye iintlobo zezifo eziqhelekileyo kunye nemithwalo eya kuthi ibambe abantu emva kwexesha kubomi bemihla ngemihla, kubandakanya ukugula kwesakhelo sokuphefumla, ukubetha, isifo seswekile, usulelo lwe-Alzheimer kunye nenyumoniya (ngoku kunye saphinda sifanise ngokukhaba ibhakethi "lobudala"). Abantu baseCanada bayaluxabisa ulindelo oluphakamileyo lokuphila ngenxa yamandla oqoqosho lwaseCanada. Intlawulo yosapho yonyaka ophakathi eCanada (oko kuthetha ukuba kukho inani elilinganayo leentsapho zaseCanada ezenza ngakumbi nangaphantsi) yavavanywa kwi- $ 78,870 ngo-2014.
