Canada is a thriving, multicultural country set in a vast, and spectacularly diverse landscape that stretches, as her motto says, "A mari usque ad mare" -- from sea to sea. From the Pacific, over the snow-capped Rockies, under the endless sky across the wide expanse of the prairies, and through the rugged Canadian Shield, to the Atlantic, Canada also has vibrant cities, friendly towns, and no end to the great outdoors. We're big on size (the second-largest country in the world, at 9,984,670 sq km) and small on population (40.1 million), so we have plenty of room to welcome you!