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Canada has more lake area than any other country in the world and so it should come as no surprise that roughly 20% of the worlds freshwater is to be found there. Includes information about canada s new permanent and temporary residents. Britains quebec act of 1774 granted quebec its own legal and religious. Baffin islands more than double the size of great britain, victoria island and ellesmere island both are roughly the size of england.
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