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"Languages": {
"text": "English (official) 58.7%, French (official) 22%, Punjabi 1.4%, Italian 1.3%, Spanish 1.3%, German 1.3%, Cantonese 1.2%, Tagalog 1.2%, Arabic 1.1%, other 10.5% (2011 est.)"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. (English)<br><br>The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)"
}
},
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"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of:<br>Senate or Senat (105 seats; members appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister and can serve until age 75)<br> House of Commons or Chambre des Communes (338 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote with terms up to 4 years)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "Senate - appointed; latest appointments in December 2018<br> House of Commons - last held on 21 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2023)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br> Senate - composition as of December 2018 - men 51, women 54, percent of women 51.4% <br><br>House of Commons - percent of vote by party - CPC 34.4%, Liberal Party 33.1%, NDP 15.9%, Bloc Quebecois 7.7%, Greens 6.5%, other 2.4%; seats by party - Liberal Party 157, CPC 121, NDP 24, Bloc Quebecois 32, Greens 4; composition - men 240, women 98, percent of women 29%; note - total Parliament percent of women 34.3%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Mary SIMON (since 6 July 2021)"
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},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the governor general position is largely ceremonial; Julie PAYETTE, Canada's fourth female governor general, resigned on 21 January 2021; Richard WAGNER, chief justice of the Supreme Court, will be Acting Governor General in the interim"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of:<br>Senate or Senat (105 seats; members appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister and can serve until age 75)<br> House of Commons or Chambre des Communes (338 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote with terms up to 4 years)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "Senate - appointed; latest appointments in December 2018<br> House of Commons - last held on 21 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2023)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br> Senate - composition as of December 2018 - men 51, women 54, percent of women 51.4% <br><br>House of Commons - percent of vote by party - CPC 34.4%, Liberal Party 33.1%, NDP 15.9%, Bloc Quebecois 7.7%, Greens 6.5%, other 2.4%; seats by party - Liberal Party 157, CPC 121, NDP 24, Bloc Quebecois 32, Greens 4; composition - men 240, women 98, percent of women 29%; note - total Parliament percent of women 34.3%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court of Canada (consists of the chief justice and 8 judges); note - in 1949, Canada abolished all appeals beyond its Supreme Court, which prior to that time, were heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)"
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"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Arnold CHACON (since 28 May 2021)"
},
"telephone": {
"text": "[1] (613) 688-5335"
"text": "[1] (613) 238-5335"
},
"embassy": {
"text": "490 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 1G8"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "P. O. Box 5000, Ogdensburg, NY 13669-0430; P.O. Box 866, Station B, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5T1"
"text": "5480 Ottawa Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-5480"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[1] (613) 241-7845"
},
"email address": {
"text": "OttawaACS@state.gov"
},
"consulate(s) general": {
"text": "Calgary, Halifax, Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg"
},