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Discussion of Canada's official name Future TFA paragraph |
I was wrong to insist (apologies to User:Moxy). I would like to discuss this (very small) problem here; in the See also paragraph, the portal is without borders, yet this is the only page in the whole of Wikipedia that has this function. Wouldn't it be better to homologate this page to all the others as well? JackkBrown ( talk) 18:40, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
- Why? Nikkimaria ( talk) 04:54, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- No guesswork pls .....It does match our other top level articles....
Culture of Canada#See also,
History of Canada#See also,
Military history of Canada#See also,
Wildlife of Canada#See also,
Geography of Canada#See also,
Moxy-
16:37, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- @ Moxy: all right! It actually makes sense, because the borders of the Canadian flag are white (the flag represents the image of the maple leaf, but without other details). JackkBrown ( talk) 14:20, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
I think it would be interesting to mention (in the opening paragraph) the land border with Greenland (Danish Realm) following the resolution of the dispute over sovereignty of Hans Island. ZeusMinerva25 ( talk) 18:28, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
- Think that would be undue as it is not as significant as the US border. Nikkimaria ( talk) 05:00, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- While it is interesting, it is of very little significance to the topic.
TFD (
talk) 06:46, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- It seems to me land borders are land borders irrespective of length. They constitute geopolitical realities and worth being mentionned. In this case, it's a new geopolitical reality coupled with the resolution of a longstanding territorial dispute, albeit a relatively minor and peaceful one.
ZeusMinerva25 (
talk) 10:26, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- The opening paragraph is supposed to mention five or ten of the most important facts about Canada. That is shares a land border with Greenland is not one of them, certainly not in the literature about Canada. TFD ( talk) 13:36, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- The land border that Nunavut shares with the Northwest Territores and the southern provinces is more significant than the land border we share with Denmark. It's on an island that most Nunavummiut are never going to see despite it being part of Nunavut.
CambridgeBayWeather (solidly non-human),
Uqaqtuq (talk),
Huliva 06:20, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
- I hope you are aware that the land borders that Nunavut shares with the Northwest Territories and southern provinces are not international borders, regardless of length. Moreover, the border on Hans Island is formally not Nunavut's border, but Canada's border. I was simply making the point that following the resolution of the Hans Island dispute Canada gained an additional international land border. That said, it seems that there in no agreement.
ZeusMinerva25 (
talk) 19:30, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
- Definitely not worth putting in the lead. It’s really only a minor point. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz ( talk) 20:03, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
- Oddly enough I was aware of that. However, based on the way the provinces act sometimes it's easy to believe that they think the NWT and Nunavut are foreign parts.
CambridgeBayWeather (solidly non-human),
Uqaqtuq (talk),
Huliva 16:00, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
- I would agree with that. ZeusMinerva25 ( talk) 19:44, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
- I hope you are aware that the land borders that Nunavut shares with the Northwest Territories and southern provinces are not international borders, regardless of length. Moreover, the border on Hans Island is formally not Nunavut's border, but Canada's border. I was simply making the point that following the resolution of the Hans Island dispute Canada gained an additional international land border. That said, it seems that there in no agreement.
ZeusMinerva25 (
talk) 19:30, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
- It seems to me land borders are land borders irrespective of length. They constitute geopolitical realities and worth being mentionned. In this case, it's a new geopolitical reality coupled with the resolution of a longstanding territorial dispute, albeit a relatively minor and peaceful one.
ZeusMinerva25 (
talk) 10:26, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
KlayCax
you have removed the word "complex " inrelation to relations between Canada and the United States a few times now without trying to undersdtand why its used
[1],
[2]. This is a term that you will find used throughout history about this topic by academics and the media alike. Your reasoning is it needs more context...however its all in the article...in fact Canada's relationship with the USA is the most covered topic of foreign relations in the article as a whole.
Sources
- Mckenna, Peter (1999). "Canada, the United States, and the Organization of American States". American Review of Canadian Studies. 29 (3): 473–493.
doi:
10.1080/02722019909481638.
ISSN
0272-2011.
this important and complex relationship,
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"Reconcilable Differences: A History of Canada-US Relationsn". Oxford University Press.
Reconcilable Differences provides students with a contemporary look at the often complex relationship between Canada and the United States from 1763 to today, using the most recent scholarship available.
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"Canada and the United States". The Canadian Encyclopedia. June 11, 2020.
"The Americans are our best friends whether we like it or not." This statement, uttered in the House of Commons by Robert Thompson, the leader of the Social Credit Party early in the 1960s, perhaps best captures the essence of Canada's complex relationship with its nearest neighbour.
- Shull, Aaron; Tandt, Michael Den (December 13, 2021).
"Is US President Joe Biden Good or Bad for Canada?". Centre for International Governance Innovation.
Canadians have a complex relationship with the United States.
- "Dispute Resolution in the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement: One Element of a Complex Relationship". McGill Law Journal. September 18, 2018.
- Hale, Geoffrey (November 1, 2012).
"So Near Yet So Far". UBC Press.
How do politicians, diplomats, and interest groups negotiate the tangled web of Canada–US relations? So Near Yet So Far provides in-depth look at the multiple dimensions of this complex relationship..
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"A Canadian Agenda for the USA: Obama and Beyond". Canadian Global Affairs Institute. August 1, 2018.
Complex and Complicated but Mutually-Beneficial Relationship Ours is a very complex relationship built, as John F. Kennedy remarked, on ties of history, geography, economics, security and deep people-to-people relationships.
- ""The U.S. Studies Program at The University of British Columbia will significantly increase our understanding of the United States and its institutions and policies through critical research, teaching, and public outreach, making a tremendous contribution to Canada's complex relationship with the U.S."". usstudies. January 16, 2013.
Moxy-
15:30, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- I too wondered why it was used? But it kinda flew under my radar. You bring up a good point. I assumed it was issues like the softwood dispute; the NAFTA re-negotiations; the arctic dispute; Canada looking to claim Hawaii, but the USA getting there like a mere 1 week earlier (so I heard); the burnings of the Parliament/White House; FATCA legislation that caught up so many Canadians in the US tax reporting obligations; however as you said without a clearcut explanation it is all conjecture.
CaribDigita (
talk) 07:02, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
- We link the main article on the topic, provide sources and cover the topic all over the article. That said Canada looking to claim Hawaii,?
Moxy-
17:33, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
- We link the main article on the topic, provide sources and cover the topic all over the article. That said Canada looking to claim Hawaii,?
Moxy-
- I too wondered why it was used? But it kinda flew under my radar. You bring up a good point. I assumed it was issues like the softwood dispute; the NAFTA re-negotiations; the arctic dispute; Canada looking to claim Hawaii, but the USA getting there like a mere 1 week earlier (so I heard); the burnings of the Parliament/White House; FATCA legislation that caught up so many Canadians in the US tax reporting obligations; however as you said without a clearcut explanation it is all conjecture.
CaribDigita (
talk) 07:02, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
- I cannot find it now. There was a radio interview about the 'Turks & Caicos -- Canada political union or affiliation' idea some years ago, and I believe it was either by CTV or CBC and they delved into a fact about a captain from Canada setting off to claim Hawaii for the British Empire but the captain from the USA arrived one week earlier and that's how it wound up a US state instead. CaribDigita ( talk) 22:55, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
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Canada should be spelled Kanada just like Lake Shkoder is titled Lake Skadar in Wikipedia. It's only fair that a foreign toponym be used to describe the country of Canada just like a foreign toponym is used to describe a Lake (among other things), in Albania. Thank you. 142.114.118.180 ( talk) 03:44, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
Not done If you are unhappy about a term used for another location, suggest you address that at that talk page rather than here.
Nikkimaria (
talk) 03:46, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
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After Canada, add officially the Dominion of Canada, as is there for all other countries 142.189.71.71 ( talk) 07:13, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
Not done: “Dominion of Canada” not the name; please see
Name of Canada.
Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (
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Update the Canada's population rank from 37th to 36th. This is due to Ukraine's population falling from 36th to 39th, according to the list of countries and dependencies by population. ZeusMinerva25 ( talk) 03:29, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
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I want to edit Canada to update the countries it borders because it included Denmark and also including new territories (Hans Island) end of the Whiskey War 2001:4455:55E:B500:619E:579:2508:5C19 ( talk) 21:32, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a
"change X to Y" format and provide a
reliable source if appropriate.
Jamedeus (
talk) 22:35, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
Could other editors please have a look at a new article, Humanitarian crisis of family reunification in Quebec. The article's creator has made several lengthy edits to Canadian articles which would benefit from review by editors familiar with Quebec. Thank you. Magnolia677 ( talk) 23:23, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
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Canada to Kanada 2.109.102.68 ( talk) 11:43, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
- Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a
"change X to Y" format and provide a
reliable source if appropriate.
Liu1126 (
talk) 12:54, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
- Not done: This requires a consensus that frankly I don't think has a snowball's chance in hell of passing. Good day—
RetroCosmos
talk 22:44, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
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Update population from 40,528,396 (2023 Q4 estimate) to 40,769,890 (2024 Q1 estimate). ZeusMinerva25 ( talk) 12:43, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
- Not done: please provide
reliable sources that support the change you want to be made.
Shadow311 (
talk) 14:41, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
- The reliable source is already in the article/infobox, it's the same source that's currently being used. No change of sources is being asked, just an update to reflect the source. Canterbury Tail talk 15:14, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
Done ..😀
Moxy🍁 17:45, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
- Please note the archive for the StatsCan source must be updated when we update the population; otherwise, it points to a version with the wrong population listed. Thanks. — Joeyconnick ( talk) 19:41, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
| Total area | 9,984,670 km2 (3,855,100 sq mi) ( 2nd) |
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| • Water (%) | 11.76 (2015) |
| • Total land area | 9,093,507 km2 (3,511,023 sq mi) |
Do the "total area" and the "water" area include Hudson Bay? And do they include parts of the three oceans bounding Canada? If the latter are included how far from land do they extend? Michael Hardy ( talk) 00:46, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
- Freshwater calculations only. That said we're one of the weirdos where our territorial claims are larger than our economic zone... Exclusive economic zone of Canada. Moxy🍁 01:13, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
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Xiedingjian ( talk) 23:50, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
Based the information from Statistic Canada on March 30 2024, the population of Canada is 41,013,253. Webpage : Population of Canada (real-time model) https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2018005-eng.htm
- We use quarterly statistics... https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1710000901.. Thus we don't have to update it on a daily basis. Moxy🍁 00:00, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
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It seems to me that the arrow for the population estimate should be increase neutral and a positive increase (green) for the census population. ZeusMinerva25 ( talk) 11:58, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
- Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a
"change X to Y" format and provide a
reliable source if appropriate.
Shadow311 (
talk) 15:06, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
- The arrow for the census population should be changed from neutral (grey) to positive (green). The population has increased, confirmed by the change from the 2016 census to the 2021 census.
ZeusMinerva25 (
talk) 02:10, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- All country articles use grey arrows for the infobox population tables, whether there has been an increase or decrease in population
B3251 (
talk) 02:41, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- Yes... that makes sense, as a population increase is not necessarily a positive change in all contexts. — Joeyconnick ( talk) 17:19, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- All country articles use grey arrows for the infobox population tables, whether there has been an increase or decrease in population
B3251 (
talk) 02:41, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- The arrow for the census population should be changed from neutral (grey) to positive (green). The population has increased, confirmed by the change from the 2016 census to the 2021 census.
ZeusMinerva25 (
talk) 02:10, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
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The GINI index value is outdated.
Change GINI index value from 30.3 to 29.2 [1]
OR
Change GINI index value from 30.3 to 28.8 [2]
???????
Do not know which source should be used but the numbers are still lower than the 2018 one.
IamTiabeanie ( talk) 05:50, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
- I'm not sure either, but the current number is based on the OECD source so that may be a good choice, for lack of better alternative. ASUKITE 17:41, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
- Done
ASUKITE 17:47, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
- ^ OECD (2024), Income inequality (indicator). doi: 10.1787/459aa7f1-en (Accessed on 16 April 2024)
- ^ Statistics Canada. Table 11-10-0134-01 Gini coefficients of adjusted market, total and after-tax income. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25318/1110013401-eng
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