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Area:
9,984,670 km2
Type:
Other Languages:
French:
Canada
German:
Kanada
Italian:
Canada
Russian:
Канада
Simplified Chinese:
加拿大
Spanish:
Canadá
Abkhaz:
Канада
Achinese:
Kanada
Adyghe:
Канадэ
Afrikaans:
Kanada
Akan:
Kanada
Albanian:
Kanadaja
Alemannic:
Kanada
Amharic:
ካናዳ
Anglo-Saxon:
Cænada
Arabic:
كندا
Aragonese:
Canadá
Aramaic:
ܩܢܕܐ
Armenian:
Կանադա
Aromanian:
Canada
Asturian:
Canadá
Avaric:
Канада
Aymara:
Kanada
Azeri:
Kanada
Bambara:
Kanada
Bashkir:
Канада
Basque:
Kanada
Bavarian:
Kanada
Belarusian:
Канада
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Канада
Bengali:
কানাডা
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
কানাডা
Bislama:
Kanada
Bosnian:
Kanada
Breton:
Kanada
Bulgarian:
Канада
Burmese:
ကနေဒါနိုင်ငံ
Catalan:
Canadà
Cebuano:
Canada
Central Bikol:
Kanada
Central Kurdish/Sorani:
کەنەدا
Chamorro:
Canada
Chavacano:
Canada
Chechen:
Канада
Cherokee:
ᎨᎾᏓ
Cheyenne:
Canada
Church Slavic:
Канада
Chuvash:
Канада
Classical Chinese:
加拿大
Cornish:
Kanada
Corsican:
Canadà
Cree:
ᑳᓇᑕ
Crimean Tatar (Latin):
Kanada
Croatian:
Kanada
Czech:
Kanada
Danish:
Canada
Doteli:
क्यानाडा
Dutch:
Canada
Dutch Low Saxon:
Kannede
Dzongkha:
ཀེ་ན་ཌ་
Egyptian Arabic:
كندا
Emilian-Romagnol:
Cànada
Erzya:
Канада Мастор
Esperanto:
Kanado
Estonian:
Kanada
Ewe:
Canada
Extremaduran:
Canadá
Faroese:
Kanada
Farsi/Persian:
کانادا
Fiji Hindi:
Canada
Finnish:
Kanada
Franco-Provençal:
Canada
Friulian:
Canadà
Fula:
Kanadaa
Gagauz:
Kanada
Galician:
Canadá
Gan:
加拿大
Georgian:
კანადა
Greek:
Καναδάς
Greenlandic:
Canada
Guarani:
Kanatã
Gujarati:
કેનેડા
Haitian:
Kanada
Hakka:
Kâ-nâ-thai
Hausa:
Kanada
Hawaiian:
Kanakā
Hebrew:
קנדה
Hill Mari:
Канада
Hindi:
कनाडा
Hungarian:
Kanada
Icelandic:
Kanada
Ido:
Kanada
Igbo:
Kánada
Iloko:
Kanada
Indonesian:
Kanada
Ingush:
Канада
Interlingua:
Canada
Interlingue:
Canada
Inuktitut:
ᑲᓇᑕ
Inupiaq:
Kanada
Irish Gaelic:
Ceanada
Jamaican Patois:
Kianada
Japanese:
カナダ
Javanese:
Kanada
Judaeo-Spanish:
Kanada
Kabardian:
Канадэ
Kabiye:
Kanadaa
Kabyle:
Kanada
Kalmyk:
Канадин Орн
Kannada:
ಕೆನಡಾ
Kapampangan:
Canada
Karachay-Balkar:
Канада
Karakalpak:
Kanada
Kashmiri:
کینَڑا
Kashubian:
Kanada
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Канада
Khmer:
កាណាដា
Kikuyu:
Canada
Kinyarwanda:
Kanada
Komi:
Канада
Konkani:
ಕೆನಡಾ
Korean:
캐나다
Kurdish (Latin Script):
Kanada
Kyrgyz:
Канада
Lao:
ແຄນນາດາ
Latgalian:
Kanada
Latin:
Canada
Latvian:
Kanāda
Lezghian:
Канада
Ligurian:
Canada
Limburgian:
Canada
Lingala:
Kanadá
Lingua Franca Nova:
Canada
Lithuanian:
Kanada
Livvi-Karelian:
Kanuadu
Lojban:
kadnygu'e
Lombard:
Canada
Low Saxon/Low German:
Kanada
Lower Sorbian:
Kanada
Luganda:
Kanada
Luri:
کانادا
Luxembourgish:
Kanada
Macedonian:
Канада
Maithili:
क्यानाडा
Malagasy:
Kanada
Malay:
Kanada
Malayalam:
കാനഡ
Maltese:
Kanada
Manx:
Yn Chanadey
Maori:
Kānata
Marathi:
कॅनडा
Mazanderani:
کانادا
Meadow Mari:
Канада
Min Dong Chinese:
Gă-nā-dâi
Minangkabau:
Kanada
Mingrelian:
კანადა
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Canada
Mirandese:
Canadá
Moksha:
Канада
Mongolian:
Канад
Nahuatl:
Canada
Narom:
Cannada
Nauruan:
Kanada
Navajo:
Deeteel Bikéyah
Neapolitan:
Canadà
Nepali:
क्यानडा
Newar / Nepal Bhasa:
क्यानाडा
Norfolk:
Kaneda
Northern Frisian:
Kanada
Northern Sami:
Kanáda
Northern Sotho:
Canada
Norwegian:
Canada
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Canada
Novial:
Kanada
Occitan:
Canadà
Odia:
କାନାଡ଼ା
Ossetian:
Канадæ
Pali:
केनडा
Pangasinan:
Canada
Papiamento:
Canada
Pashto:
کاناډا
Pennsylvania German:
Kanadaa
Picard:
Canada
Piedmontese:
Canadà
Polish:
Kanada
Portuguese:
Canadá
Punjabi:
ਕੈਨੇਡਾ
Quechua:
Kanada
Ripuarian:
Kannada
Romanian:
Canada
Romansh:
Canada
Rundi:
Kanada
Russia Buriat:
Канада
Rusyn:
Канада
Samoan:
Kanata
Samogitian:
Kanada
Sango:
Kanadäa
Sanskrit:
केनडा
Sardinian:
Canada
Saterland Frisian:
Kanada
Scots:
Canadae
Scottish Gaelic:
Canada
Serbian:
Канада
Serbo-Croatian:
Kanada
Shona:
Canada
Sicilian:
Canadà
Silesian:
Kanada
Sindhi:
ڪئناڊا
Sinhalese:
කැනඩාව
Slovak:
Kanada
Slovenian:
Kanada
Somali:
Kanada
South Azerbaijani:
کانادا
Sranan Tongo:
Kanadakondre
Sundanese:
Kanada
Swahili:
Kanada
Swati:
IKhanada
Swedish:
Kanada
Tagalog:
Canada
Tahitian:
Tanata
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Канада
Tamil:
கனடா
Tarantino:
Canada
Tatar:
Канада
Telugu:
కెనడా
Tetum:
Kanadá
Thai:
แคนาดา
Tibetan (Standard):
ཁ་ན་ཌ།
Tigrinya:
ካናዳ
Tok Pisin:
Kanada
Tongan:
Kānata
Traditional Chinese:
加拿大
Tsonga:
Canada
Turkish:
Kanada
Turkmen:
Kanada
Twi:
Kanada
Ukrainian:
Канада
Upper Sorbian:
Kanada
Urdu:
کینیڈا
Uyghur:
كانادا
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Kanada
Venetian:
Canada
Veps:
Kanad
Vietnamese:
Canada
Vlax Romani:
Kanada
Volapük:
Kanadän
Võro:
Kanada
Walloon:
Canada
Waray:
Kanada
Welsh:
Canada
West Flemish:
Canada
West Frisian:
Kanada
Western Punjabi:
کینیڈا
Wolof:
Kanadaa
Wu Chinese:
加拿大
Yakut:
Канаада
Yiddish:
קאנאדע
Yoruba:
Kánádà
Zazaki:
Kanada
Zeelandic:
Canada
Zhuang:
Gyanazda
Zulu:
IKhanada


Canada is divided into ten provinces and three territories. Each of these entities may have different types of subdivision, used for various purposes.

Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.


Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

1745 valid minerals. 263 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals. 11 (FRL) - first recorded locality of unapproved mineral/variety/etc. 13 erroneous literature entries.

Rock Types Recorded

Note: data is currently VERY limited. Please bear with us while we work towards adding this information!

Rock list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Select Rock List Type

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Acid volcanic rock

'Actinolite schist'

Agglomerate

'Alaskite'

'Albitite'

Alkali basalt

'Alkali gabbro'

Alkali-feldspar-granite

'Amphibole schist'

Amphibolite

'Amygdaloid'

'Amygdaloidal basalt'

'Analcime phonolite'

Andesite

'Andesite-basalt'

'Andesitic tuff'

'Anomalous PMG pallasite meteorite'

Anorthosite

'Aplite'

Arenite

'Argillaceous Quartzite'

'Argillaceous limestone'

'Argillite'

'Arkose'

'Arkosic sand'

Ash

'Augen gneiss'

'Augite monzonite'

'Augite porphyry'

'Augite syenite'

Banded iron formation

'Banded-ferruginous chert'

Basalt

'Basaltic tuff'

Basaltic-andesite

Basaltoid

'Bentonite'

'Biotite Monzogranite'

'Biotite gneiss'

'Biotite granite'

'Biotite hornfels'

'Biotite schist'

'Biotite-pyroxenite'

Bituminous-coal

Black shale

'Blueschist'

Boulders

Breccia

Brucite-marble

CI1 chondrite meteorite

Calc-silicate rock

'Calcisiltite'

Calcite-carbonatite

Calcrete

Carbonatite

'Carbonite'

Cataclasite

'Charnockitic granite'

'Charnockitic monzonite'

Chert

'Chlorite schist'

Chromitite

Clastic-sediment

Clay

Clinopyroxenite

Coal

Cobbles

Conglomerate

'Crystal tuff'

'Cumulate'

Dacite

Diamictite

Diamicton

Diatexite

Diorite

'Dolerite'

Dolomite-carbonatite

Dolomite-mudstone

Dolostone

Dunite

EH4 chondrite meteorite

EL6 chondrite meteorite

Eclogite

'Endoskarn'

Evaporite

'Feldspar porphyry'

'Feldspathic Gneiss'

'Felsic tuff'

'Felsite'

Fenite

Ferrocarbonatite

'Ferrodiorite'

'Ferrogabbro'

'Flood basalt'

Gabbro

Gabbronorite

'Garnet peridotite'

'Garnet-biotite gneiss'

'Garnet-mica schist'

Garnetite

Gneiss

Gossan

Granite

'Granitic gneiss'

Granitoid

Granodiorite

'Granodiorite gneiss'

'Granophyric granite'

Granules

Granulite

'Graphic granite'

'Graphite schist'

'Greenschist'

Greenstone

Greisen

'Greywacke'

'Gritstone'

H4 chondrite meteorite

H5 chondrite meteorite

H6 chondrite meteorite

Harzburgite

'Hornblende andesite'

'Hornblende diorite'

'Hornblende gneiss'

Hornblende pyroxenite

'Hornblende schist'

'Hornblende-biotite granite'

Hornblende-gabbro

Hornblende-peridotite

Hornblendite

Hornfels

Hyaloclastite

'Hydrothermal breccia'

IAB complex iron meteorite

IIIAB iron meteorite

'Icelandite'

Igneous rock

'Ignimbritic tuff'

Ijolite

Impure marble

'Intrusive breccia'

'Iron ore'

Ironstone

'Jade'

'Jaspillite'

'Kaolin'

Kersantite

Kimberlite

Komatiite

L5 chondrite meteorite

L6 chondrite meteorite

LL chondrite meteorite

LL6 chondrite meteorite

Lamprophyre

Lapilli-tuff

Lapillistone

'Lapis lazuli'

Latite

'Leucocratic nephelinolite'

'Leucodiorite'

'Leucogabbro'

'Leucogranite'

'Leucogranodiorite'

'Leucomonzogranite'

'Leucomonzonite'

'Leucosyenite'

Lherzolite

Limestone

'Limestone breccia'

Listvenite

Lithic breccia

'Lithic tuff'

Lithic-wacke

'Mafic rocks'

'Mafic volcanic rock'

'Magnesian Limestone'

Magnesiocarbonatite

'Magnetite skarn'

Magnetitite

'Malignite'

Marble

'Marl'

'Melagabbro'

'Melanocratic nephelinolite'

'Melasyenite'

Meta-andesite

'Meta-argillite'

Meta-arkose

Metabasalt

Metachert

Metaconglomerate

Metadiorite

Metagabbro

Metagranite

Metagreywacke

Metamorphic rock

Metamudstone

Metapyroxenite

Metarhyolite

Metasedimentary rock

Metasiltstone

Metavolcanic rock

Meteorite

'Mica schist'

'Microdiorite'

'Microgranite'

Migmatite

Minette

Monzodiorite

Monzogabbro

Monzogranite

Monzonite

Mud

'Mud-grade limestone'

Mudstone

'Muscovite schist'

'Muscovite-biotite granite'

Mylonite

Nepheline-syenite

Nephrite

Norite

Obsidian

Okaite

'Olivine basalt'

Olivine-gabbro

Ooid-limestone

'Ophiolite'

'Orbiculite'

Orthogneiss

Orthoquartzite

PMG pallasite meteorite

Paragneiss

Pebbles

'Pegmatite'

'Pegmatitic gabbro'

'Pegmatitic granite'

'Pegmatoid'

'Peralkaline quartz-syenite'

'Peralkaline syenite'

Peridotite

'Petrified Wood'

Phonolite

'Phoscorite'

Phyllite

Phyllonite

Picrite

'Pillow lava'

'Polymictic conglomerate'

'Porphyrite'

'Porphyritic granite'

'Porphyritic quartz-syenite'

'Porphyritic rhyolite'

'Porphyry'

Pseudotachylyte

'Pulaskite'

Pumice

Pyroclastic-rock

'Pyroxene amphibolite'

Pyroxene-peridotite

Pyroxenite

'Quartz porphyry'

'Quartz schist'

Quartz-arenite

Quartz-diorite

'Quartz-feldspar porphyry'

Quartz-latite

'Quartz-mica schist'

Quartz-monzonite

Quartz-syenite

Quartzite

'Rapakivi granite'

'Red bed'

Regolith

'Restite'

Rhyodacite

Rhyolite

Rodingite

Sand

'Sand-grade limestone'

Sandstone

Sapropelite

'Schalenblende'

Schist

Sediment

Sedimentary rock

'Sericite schist'

Serpentinite

Shale

Shell-limestone

Siderite-stone

Silicocarbonatite

Siltstone

Sinter

Skarn

Slag

Slate

'Spinel lherzolite'

'Stromatolite'

Suevite

Syenite

'Syenite gneiss'

Syenogranite

'Sylvinite'

Søvite

'Tactite'

'Tectonite'

'Tholeiitic basalt'

'Thunder Egg'

'Till'

Tonalite

'Tourmalinite'

Trachyandesite

Trachyte

'Trachytic tuff'

Trachytoid

Travertine

Troctolite

'Trondhjemite'

Tufa

Tuff

Tuff-breccia

Tuffaceous-sediment

Tuffite

'Ultramafic-rock'

'Ungrouped C2 chondrite meteorite'

'Urbainite'

'Vitric tuff'

Volcanic breccia

'Volcanic rock'

Volcaniclastic rock

Wacke

Websterite

Wehrlite

'eutaxite'

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada
Wikidata ID:Q16
GeoNames ID:6251999

Localities in this Region

Localities for Transported Material

The following localities have been recorded where minerals that have been transported from this locality/region have been found. This may include meteorite finds and glacial erratics, amongst others.

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