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How big is Canada?

Canada encloses approximately 9,872,085 km² in this site’s Natural Earth boundary dataset. Canada follows Russia in the area order of the mapped country and territory features. Its many northern islands and extensive inland waters make the meaning of an “area” figure especially important.

Map-derived area
9,872,085 km²
Area order
2 of 241 mapped places
Representative latitude
60.3° N
Mercator area scale at that point
4.1× its equatorial scale

What the map shows

Canada’s representative anchor is near 60° north. Mercator’s local area scale there is much larger than at the equator. A switch to the equal-area view makes the comparison with lower-latitude countries easier to judge.

The Mercator factor above is calculated at one representative point. It changes across the country and describes map enlargement, not a change in its real area. See Canada at its original position, then open the equal-area view.

Canada compared with Russia

Russia is 1.71× the area of Canada in this dataset. The bars below encode area as length, with the larger area spanning the full line.

Canada9,872,085 km²
Russia16,879,675 km²
Bar lengths show the ratio of the two boundary-derived area estimates. They do not show how one outline would physically fit inside the other.

Read the full comparison or place the outlines together on the map.

Places nearby in the area order

The entries immediately above and below Canada in the same mapped dataset are shown here. A different source or an official land-area ranking can put close places in another order.

What this area figure includes

This site measures a Natural Earth polygon. That calculation does not consistently separate land from inland water, and its simplified coastlines do not capture every small island. Official land and total-area statistics answer different questions.

The area is calculated from the original Natural Earth 1:50m Admin 0 countries polygon. It is a consistent estimate for this map, not a certified land or total-area statistic. Read the area definitions before using the figure in research or teaching.