Canada is a place.
Canada . Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering 9.98 e6km2 , making it the world 's second-largest country by total area and the fourth-largest country by land area . It is highly urbanized with 82 per cent of the 35.15 million people concentrated in large and medium-sized cities , many near the southern border . Canada is a federal parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy , with Queen Elizabeth II being the head of state .