Canada is a
North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean.
Canada is the world's second-largest country by total area, and its common border with the United States is the world's longest land border.
The land that is now Canada has been inhabited for millennia by various Aboriginal peoples. Beginning in the late 15th century, British and French colonial expeditions explored, and later settled, the region's Atlantic coast. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America to Britain in 1763 after the Seven Years' War. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces.
This began an accretion of provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy, culminating in the
Canada Act 1982.
Canada is a federal state governed as a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state.
The country is officially bilingual and multicultural at the federal level, with a population of approximately 33.4 million as of 2011. Canada's advanced economy is one of the world's largest and relies largely upon its natural resources and international trade, particularly with the United States, with which it has had a long and complex relationship.
Per capita income is the world's ninth highest, and
Canada ranks sixth globally in human development. It performs favourably in international rankings of education, quality of life, government transparency, and economic freedom. Canada is a member of the
G7, G8, G20, NATO, OECD, WTO, Commonwealth of Nations, Francophonie, OAS, APEC, and the United Nations.
Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name
| 7c |
14 |
Canada Goose Branta canadensis |
|
| 1947.01 |
24.11.1947 |
Air |
Booklet |
1946.01 |
| 7c |
14 |
Canada Goose Branta canadensis |
ct |
| 7c |
14 |
Canada Goose Branta canadensis |
cb |
| 7c |
14 |
Canada Goose Branta canadensis |
cbr |
| 7c |
14 |
Canada Goose Branta canadensis |
ctr |
| 1949.01 |
Overprint O.H.M.S on 1946.01 |
|
|
| 7c |
14 |
Canada Goose Branta canadensis |
|
| 1950.01 |
02.10.1950 |
Overprint G on 1946.01 |
|
|
| 7c |
14 |
Canada Goose Branta canadensis |
|
| 1952.01 |
03.11.1952 |
Definitives |
|
|
| 7c |
14 |
Canada Goose Branta canadensis |
|
| 1952.02 |
03.11.1952 |
Overprint G on 1952.01 |
|
|
| 7c |
14 |
Canada Goose Branta canadensis |
|
| 1954.01 |
01.04.1954 |
Definitives |
|
|
| 15c |
31 |
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus |
|
| 1954.02 |
04.04.1954 |
National wildlife week |
2v set |
|
| 5c |
48 |
Whooping Crane Grus americana |
|
| 1957.01 |
10.04.1957 |
National wildlife week |
|
|
| 5c |
15 |
Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii |
|
| 1963.01 |
30.10.1963 |
Definitives |
|
|
| 15c |
14 |
Canada Goose Branta canadensis |
|
| 1968.01 |
15.02.1968 |
Wildlife |
|
|
| 5c |
162 |
Grey Jay Perisoreus canadensis |
|
| 6c |
231 |
White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis |
|
| 10c |
231 |
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis |
|
| 25c |
212 |
Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus |
|
| 1978.01 |
18.01.1978 |
Endangered wildlife |
|
|
| 12c |
38 |
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus |
|
| 1980.01 |
06.05.1980 |
Endangered wildlife |
2v set |
|
| 17c |
11 |
Greater Prairie Chicken Tympanuchus cupido |
|
| 1986.01 |
22.05.1986 |
Birds of Canada |
|
|
| 34c |
26 |
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias |
|
| 34c |
14 |
Snow Goose Chen caerulescens |
|
| 34c |
78 |
Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus |
|
| 34c |
11 |
Spruce Grouse Falcipennis canadensis |
|
| 1991.01 |
20.08.1991 |
Canadian rivers (South Nahanni River) |
5v booklet |
|
| 40c |
14 |
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus |
|
| 1992.01 |
22.04.1992 |
Canadian rivers (South Saskatchewan River) |
2x5v booklet |
|
| 42c |
14 |
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos |
ct |
| 42c |
14 |
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos |
= 1, cb |
| 1994.01 |
22.04.1994 |
Canadian rivers (Churchill River) |
5v booklet |
|
| 43c |
29 |
American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos |
ct |
| 43c |
29 |
American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos |
= 1, cb |
| 1995.01 |
15.08.1995 |
Wildlife |
4v sheet |
|
| 45c |
14 |
Northern Pintail Anas acuta |
|
| 45c |
92 |
Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon |
"aune migratrice" |
| 1995.02 |
26.09.1995 |
Wildlife |
4v sheet |
1995.01 |
| 45c |
14 |
Northern Pintail Anas acuta |
|
| 45c |
92 |
Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon |
"faune migratrice" |
| 1996.01 |
09.01.1996 |
Birds of Canada |
Sheet or strip |
|
| 45c |
108 |
Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus |
|
| 45c |
68 |
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica |
|
| 45c |
86 |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris |
|
| 45c |
38 |
American Kestrel Falco sparverius |
|
| 1997.01 |
10.01.1997 |
Birds of Canada |
Sheet or strip |
|
| 45c |
212 |
Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides |
|
| 45c |
31 |
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus |
|
| 45c |
234 |
Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea |
|
| 45c |
21 |
Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis |
|
| 1997.02 |
31.05.1997 |
Confederation Bridge |
2v set |
|
| 45c |
26 |
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias |
|
| 1998.01 |
13.03.1998 |
Birds of Canada |
Sheet or strip |
|
| 45c |
119 |
Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus |
|
| 45c |
78 |
Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio |
|
| 45c |
226 |
Grey-crowned Rosy Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis |
|
| 45c |
108 |
Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus |
|
| 1998.02 |
27.10.1998 |
Canadian wildlife |
2v set |
|
| 1$ |
15 |
Great Northern Loon Gavia immer |
|
| 1999.01 |
24.02.1999 |
Birds of Canada |
Sheet or strip |
|
| 46c |
37 |
Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis |
|
| 46c |
226 |
American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis |
|
| 46c |
229 |
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus |
|
| 46c |
48 |
Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis |
|
| 1999.02 |
24.02.1999 |
Birds of Canada |
Booklet, sa |
1999.01 |
| 46c |
37 |
Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis |
|
| 46c |
226 |
American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis |
|
| 46c |
229 |
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus |
|
| 46c |
48 |
Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis |
|
| 2000.01 |
01.03.2000 |
Birds of Canada |
Sheet or strip |
|
| 46c |
227 |
Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis |
|
| 46c |
36 |
Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus |
|
| 46c |
15 |
Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica |
|
| 46c |
162 |
Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata |
|
| 2000.02 |
01.03.2000 |
Birds of Canada |
Booklet, sa |
2000.01 |
| 46c |
227 |
Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis |
|
| 46c |
36 |
Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus |
|
| 46c |
15 |
Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica |
|
| 46c |
162 |
Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata |
|
| 2001.01 |
01.02.2001 |
Birds of Canada |
Sheet or strip |
|
| 47c |
233 |
Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus |
|
| 47c |
66 |
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea |
|
| 47c |
37 |
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos |
|
| 47c |
11 |
Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta |
|
| 2001.02 |
01.02.2001 |
Birds of Canada |
Booklet, sa |
2001.01 |
| 47c |
233 |
Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus |
|
| 47c |
66 |
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea |
|
| 47c |
37 |
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos |
|
| 47c |
11 |
Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta |
|
| 2003.01 |
21.02.2003 |
Audubon |
|
|
| 48c |
19 |
Leach's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa |
|
| 48c |
14 |
Brant Goose Branta bernicla |
|
| 48c |
32 |
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo |
|
| 48c |
68 |
Common Murre Uria aalge |
|
| 2003.02 |
21.02.2003 |
Audubon |
Booklet, sa |
|
| 65c |
38 |
Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus |
|
| 2004.01 |
14.05.2004 |
Audubon |
|
|
| 49c |
202 |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula |
|
| 49c |
226 |
Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera |
|
| 49c |
170 |
Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus |
|
| 49c |
177 |
Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus |
|
| 2004.02 |
14.05.2004 |
Audubon |
Booklet, sa |
|
| 80c |
231 |
Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii |
|
| 2005.01 |
23.03.2005 |
Audubon |
|
|
| 50c |
181 |
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris |
|
| 50c |
58 |
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus |
|
| 50c |
64 |
Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus |
|
| 50c |
11 |
Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus |
|
| 2005.02 |
23.03.2005 |
Audubon |
Booklet, sa |
|
| 85c |
32 |
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus |
|
| 2005.03 |
22.04.2005 |
Biosphere reserves (Waterton Lakes) |
2v strip |
|
| 50c |
36 |
Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus |
s 48½x30½ mm |
| 2005.04 |
22.04.2005 |
Biosphere reserves |
2v sheet |
2005.03 |
| 50c |
36 |
Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus |
s 48x31 mm |
| 2005.05 |
19.12.2005 |
Definitives |
8x2v sheet |
|
| 2$ |
38 |
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus |
|
| 2005.06 |
19.12.2005 |
Definitives |
2x2v sheet |
2005.05 |
| 2$ |
38 |
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus |
|
| 2006.01 |
08.03.2006 |
Gardens |
2x4v booklet, sa |
|
| 51c |
227 |
Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens |
|
| 2006.02 |
03.09.2006 |
Duck decoys |
Sheet with 4 sets |
|
| 51c |
14 |
Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica |
|
| 51c |
14 |
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos |
|
| 51c |
14 |
American Black Duck Anas rubripes |
|
| 51c |
14 |
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator |
|
| 2006.03 |
03.09.2006 |
Duck decoys |
Sheet |
2006.02 |
| 51c |
14 |
Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica |
|
| 51c |
14 |
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos |
|
| 51c |
14 |
American Black Duck Anas rubripes |
|
| 51c |
14 |
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator |
|
| 2007.01 |
12.02.2007 |
International polar year |
2v set |
|
| 52c |
14 |
King Eider Somateria spectabilis |
|
| 2007.02 |
12.02.2007 |
International polar year |
2v sheet |
2007.01 |
| 52c |
14 |
King Eider Somateria spectabilis |
|
| 2008.01 |
01.10.2008 |
Endangered species |
4v sheet |
|
| 52c |
227 |
Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea |
|
| 52c |
66 |
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii |
|
| 52c |
78 |
Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia |
|
| 2008.02 |
01.10.2008 |
Endangered species |
Booklet, sa |
2008.01 |
| 52c |
227 |
Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea |
|
| 52c |
66 |
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii |
|
| 52c |
78 |
Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia |
|
| 2009.01 |
09.04.2009 |
Preserve the polar regions and glaciers |
2v set |
|
| 54c |
66 |
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea |
|
| 2009.02 |
09.04.2009 |
Preserve the polar regions and glaciers |
2v sheet |
2009.01 |
| 54c |
66 |
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea |
|
| 2010.01 |
22.05.2010 |
Wildlife photography contest |
Booklet, sa |
|
| 57c |
26 |
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias |
|
| 57c |
183 |
Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor |
|
| 57c |
86 |
Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus |
|
| 2010.02 |
22.05.2010 |
Wildlife photography contest |
5v sheet |
2010.01 |
| 57c |
26 |
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias |
|
| 57c |
183 |
Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor |
|
| 57c |
86 |
Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus |
|
| 2010.03 |
05.07.2010 |
Roadside attractions |
Booklet, sa |
|
| 57c |
14 |
Canada Goose Branta canadensis |
|
| 57c |
68 |
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica |
|
| 2010.04 |
05.07.2010 |
Roadside attractions |
4v sheet |
2010.03 |
| 57c |
14 |
Canada Goose Branta canadensis |
|
| 57c |
68 |
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica |
|
| 2011.01 |
17.01.2011 |
Baby animals |
4v set, sa |
|
| 1.25$ |
14 |
Canada Goose Branta canadensis |
|
| 2011.02 |
17.01.2011 |
Baby animals |
Booklet, sa |
2011.01 |
| 1.25$ |
14 |
Canada Goose Branta canadensis |
|
| 2011.03 |
17.01.2011 |
Baby animals |
4v sheet |
2011.01 |
| 1.25$ |
14 |
Canada Goose Branta canadensis |
|
| 2011.04 |
19.05.2011 |
Parks Canada |
Booklet, sa |
|
| 59c |
37 |
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos |
|
| 2012.01 |
16.01.2012 |
Baby animals |
4v set, sa |
|
| 1.29$ |
15 |
Great Northern Loon Gavia immer |
|
| 2012.02 |
16.01.2012 |
Baby animals |
Booklet, sa |
2012.01 |
| 1.29$ |
15 |
Great Northern Loon Gavia immer |
|
| 2012.03 |
16.01.2012 |
Baby animals |
4v sheet |
2012.01 |
| 1.29$ |
15 |
Great Northern Loon Gavia immer |
|
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