_#Defense expenditures: $219 million, 1.7% of GDP (1990 est.) % @Canada *Geography #_Total area: 9,976,140 km2; land area: 9,220,970 km2
_#_Comparative area: slightly larger than US
_#_Land boundaries: 8,893 km with US (includes 2,477 km with Alaska)
_#_Coastline: 243,791 km
_#_Maritime claims:
Continental shelf: 200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation;
Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm;
Territorial sea: 12 nm
_#_Disputes: maritime boundary disputes with France (Saint Pierre and Miquelon) and US
_#_Climate: varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north