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{{Infobox Country
|country = Canada
|map = <map lat='60.673178565817715' lng='-97.03125' zoom='2' view='0' float='right' country='Canada'/>
|language = English, French
|capital = [[Ottawa]]
|pop = 3134,612001,897000 (2009 est.)|currency = Canadian Dollar($CAD)|hitch = {{good}} to {{very good}}<rating country='ca' />|BW = CA|neighbour = ([[Greenland]]), [[Saint-Pierre and Miquelon|Saint Pierre and Miquelon]] (''incorporated''), [[United States of America]]
}}
'''For specific information about provinces and territories, have a look at see the bottom of the page.'''
'''Canada''' is the northernmost country of [[North America]] and is composed comprised of ten provinces and three territories. English and French are the two official languages of the country. English, English being spoken by 23/3 4 of the population , is the majority language in most provinces while . French is the main official language in the province of Quebec , but also widely spoken in New Brunswick and some areas of Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Manitoba. Inuktitut is the main language in Nunavut and has official status there but English is still widely spoken. So for For the convenience of the common hitchhiker these the provinces and territories are discussed in detail , along with their capitals , in the following separate pages.
=== Car Number Plate ===
Just like it's its southern neighbour, the [[United States of America|United States]], every provinces are issuing their own specific car plates. For example, a car from Manitoba will have a specific [[wikipedia:License plates of Canada|Car licenses]] tagged as such. == Telecommunication ==The best and cheapest way is to contact people in the area you are is to find the nearest phone booth, there are usually plenty within in a city and even the in country side, usually you will find one by every petrol station, shops or restaurant. Unlike many countries, they are usually in good condition and reliable so always make sure to have a pre-paid phone-card or a few 'quarters' available. Local calls now costs two 'quarters' (50 cents) although for some stupid historical divisions and economical reasons, in some areas some phone booths will belong to another company and what seems to be a local call will in fact be a 'long distance call' and will request an higher amount. It's often simplest to call using pre-paid calling cards. You can make calls from public phones without using coins when you dail the card's toll-free "1-800" number, and, for many of these cards, there is no extra fee for making the call from a public phone. Credit is deducted from the card at the same rate as with calls from land-lines. Most cards will cost somewhere between 2 and 10 cents per minute for calls to anywhere in Canada. The same, or similar, rates will often apply to calls to the States and parts of Europe as well.
== [[Winter Hitch-hiking ]] hitchhiking ==
'''Be careful!'''
=== Passports for U.S. and Canadian citizens =Personal Experiences ==U''I have hitchhiked many thousands of miles through most of the provinces.SGetting rides is usually slightly easier than the [[United States]], but harder in some places. The cost of food makes travel here very expensive. Border crossing as an American citizen is incredibly frustrating! It usually takes four to six hours of intense interrogation of myself and Canadian citizens are NOT required to show a passportviolation of the privacy of other people in my life. At least not yet. That doesnThe first time I was held and interrogated for over six hours and eventually turned away because I couldn't mean provide documentation proving that I had a reason to return to the states; they wanted me to buy a border guard won't ask return bus ticket to see oneprove I was only staying a short while, though. Butsorry, not happening! Well I got a border guard is not supposed little crafty with their requirements and subsequent attempts to deny you just because you don't enter have a passportbeen easier, heh. Until January of 2008You may have to get creative, border guards are supposed to continue accepting “oral declarations of citizenship” which basically meansbut where there's a will, “you have to believe me because I told you sothere's a way.”Don't give up! This is a beautiful country!'' [[User:Thewindandrain|Thewindandrain]] ([[User talk:Thewindandrain|talk]]) 00:45, 5 June 2013 (CEST)
== Nomadwiki & Trashwiki ==
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