Canada

Canada is a country located in North America, it's only neighbour is the United States, it is the 2nd Largest Country ahead of China or America but behind Russia

History
Canada was first discovered by the Native Tribes that crossed the Bering Strait thousands of years ago and controlled the lands of Canada before Norse Vikings landed on Newfoundland at the 10th Century (900 - 999) calling it Vinland, but they lived there shortly before heading back to Europe, it wasn't until around the 16th Century (1500 - 1599) when the English, Scottish and French colonists colonized Canada and America, with the French colonies being Acadia and New France, the British colonies being Newfoundland and Rupert's Land, the Scottish colonies being Nova Scotia and Port Royal, Canada by the 18th Century was predominately controlled by the British and French Colonial Empires, the Seven Years' War made France lose it's colonies, with it's Canadian colonies going to Britain, and Louisiana going to Spain, Canada was almost in the hands of America in the Revolutionary War with an invasion planned on Quebec and in the War of 1812 when America burned down Fort York (but got revenge by burning down the White House), Canada got an undeserved independence as a Republic in 1837 and dissolved in 1838, Canada got Confederation in 1867 with the British Colonies of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia decided it was best to unite into Canada, the first major war they were involved in was the Second Boer War (1899 - 1902), they then fought in World War I (1914 - 1918) on the side of the Entente, Canada began to become one of the founders of the League of Nations, the United Nations and NATO, Canada had recently been involved in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo, Bosnia and Libya.

25 Largest Cities

 * 1) Toronto
 * 2) Montreal
 * 3) Vancouver
 * 4) Calgary
 * 5) Edmonton
 * 6) Ottawa-Gatineau
 * 7) Winnipeg
 * 8) Quebec City
 * 9) Hamilton
 * 10) Kitchener
 * 11) London
 * 12) Victoria
 * 13) Halifax
 * 14) Oshawa
 * 15) Windsor
 * 16) Saskatoon
 * 17) St. Catharines-Niagara Falls
 * 18) Regina
 * 19) St. Johns
 * 20) Kelowna
 * 21) Barrie
 * 22) Sherbrooke
 * 23) Guelph
 * 24) Abbotsford
 * 25) Kingston

Leaders

 * 1) Sir John A. MacDonald (1867 - 1873) (Liberal-Conservative)
 * 2) Alexander Mackenzie (1873 - 1878) (Liberal)
 * 3) Sir John A. MacDonald (1878 - 1891) (Liberal-Conservative)
 * 4) Sir John Abbott (1891 - 1892) (Liberal-Conservative)
 * 5) Sir John Thompson (1892 - 1894) (Liberal-Conservative)
 * 6) Sir Mackenzie Bowell (1894 - 1896) (Original Conservative)
 * 7) Sir Charles Tupper (1896) (Original Conservative)
 * 8) Sir Wilfrid Laurier (1896 - 1911) (Liberal)
 * 9) Sir Robert Borden (1911 - 1920) (1911 - 1917 as Original Conservative) (1917 - 1920 as Unionist)
 * 10) Arthur Meighan (1920 - 1921) (National Liberal and Conservative)
 * 11) William Lyon Mackenzie King (1921 - 1926) (Liberal)
 * 12) Arthur Meighan (1926) (Original Conservative)
 * 13) William Lyon Mackenzie King (1926 - 1930) (Liberal)
 * 14) Richard B. Bennett (1930 - 1935) (Original Conservative)
 * 15) William Lyon Mackenzie King (1935 - 1948) (Liberal)
 * 16) Louis St. Laurent (1948 - 1957) (Liberal)
 * 17) John G. Diefenbaker (1957 - 1963) (Progressive Conservative)
 * 18) Lester B. Pearson (1963 - 1968) (Liberal)
 * 19) Pierre E. Trudeau (1968 - 1979) (Liberal)
 * 20) Joseph Clark (1979 - 1980) (Progressive Conservative)
 * 21) Pierre E. Trudeau (1980 - 1984) (Liberal)
 * 22) John N. Turner (1984) (Liberal)
 * 23) Brian Mulroney (1984 - 1993) (Progressive Conservative)
 * 24) Kim Campbell (1993) (Progressive Conservative)
 * 25) Jean Chrétien (1993 - 2003) (Liberal)
 * 26) Paul Martin (2003 - 2006) (Liberal)
 * 27) Stephen Harper (2006 - 2015) (Conservative)
 * 28) Justin Trudeau (2015 - ) (Liberal)

Provinces

 * 1) Ontario (July 1st 1867)
 * 2) Quebec (July 1st 1867)
 * 3) New Brunswick (July 1st 1867)
 * 4) Nova Scotia (July 1st 1867)
 * 5) Manitoba (July 15th 1870)
 * 6) British Columbia (July 20th 1871)
 * 7) Prince Edward Island (July 1st 1873)
 * 8) Saskatchewan (September 1st 1905)
 * 9) Alberta (September 1st 1905)
 * 10) Newfoundland and Labrador (March 31st 1949)

Territories

 * 1) Northwest Territories (July 15th 1870)
 * 2) Yukon (June 13th 1898)
 * 3) Nunavut (April 1st 1999)

Inside

 * Maritime Union (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island)
 * Acadia (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island)
 * Cape Breton Island (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia)
 * Labrador (Newfoundland and Labrador)
 * Nunatsiavut (Newfoundland and Labrador)
 * Province of Montreal (Montreal, Quebec)
 * Nunavik (Quebec)
 * Kanienkehaka (Quebec)
 * National Capital Region (Ontario, Quebec)
 * Northern Ontario (Ontario)
 * Northwestern Ontario (Ontario)
 * Province of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario)
 * Province of Buffalo (Alberta and Saskatchewan)
 * Vancouver Island (British Columbia)
 * Northern Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut)

Outside

 * Turks and Caicos Islands
 * Bermuda
 * The Bahamas
 * Barbados
 * Jamaica
 * West Indies Federation
 * Vermont
 * Maine
 * All or Part of the USA
 * St. Pierre and Miquelon
 * Iceland
 * Scotland

Separatist Movements

 * Alberta
 * British Columbia
 * Cascadia
 * Manitoba
 * The Maritime Provinces (Acadia)
 * Newfoundland
 * Nova Scotia
 * Quebec
 * Saskatchewan
 * Western Canada

Proposed Names

 * Anglia (The Medieval Latin name for England)
 * Albionoria (Albion of the North)
 * Borealia (from Borealis, the Latin word for Northern; compare with Australia)
 * Cabotia (in honour of Italian explorer John Cabot, who explored the eastern coast of Canada for England)
 * Colonia
 * Efisga (an acronym for English, French, Irish, Scottish, German and Aboriginal)
 * Hochelaga (an old name for Montreal)
 * Laurentia
 * Mesopelagia (land between the seas)
 * New Albion
 * Norland
 * Superior
 * Tupona (derived from The United Provinces of North America)
 * Transatlantica
 * Ursalia (place of bears)
 * Vesperia (land of the evening star)
 * Victorialand (in honour of Queen Victoria)

Trivia

 * Canada was the largest colony in the British Empire and is the largest in the Commonwealth of Nations and NATO
 * Canada could've been in the United States if the Annexation Bill of 1866 was successful, the proposed states and territories would've been New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Canada East, Canada West, Selkirk Territory, Saskatchewan Territory, Columbia Territory and an Unorganized Territory in the northern islands
 * The Jesusland map (in the 2004 election) depicts the blue states as the United States of Canada and the red states as Jesusland states (with Washington, Oregon, California, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Hawaii and DC being Canadian), there's and alternate version with Alberta being a red state