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Canada

General information

• Surface : 9 970 610 square kilometers (source: United Nations - 2002)
• Total population : 31 957 880 (source: United Nations - 2004)
• Gross domestic product (source: World Bank - 2004):
  • GDP (purchasing power parity): USD 993.079 million
  • GDP (per capita): USD 30,660
• Membership :
  • FATF since 1990
  • APG, CFATF (Co-operating and Supporting Nations), MONEYVAL (Observer)
  • Observer organisations (to FATF): member of AfDB, AsDB, Egmont Group, Commonwealth Secretariat, IADB, IAIS, IMF, Interpol, OAS, UN, World Bank, WCO

Useful links

• Lead Ministry/Authority in FATF Delegation
  • Department of Finance (en-fr)

• Others Ministries/Authorities
  • Canada Customs & Revenue Agency (en-fr)
  • Correctional Service of Canada (en-fr)
  • Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade (en-fr)
  • Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (en-fr)
  • Department of Justice (en-fr)
  • Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre (FINTRAC) [Financial Intelligence Unit] (en-fr)
  • Government of Canada (en-fr)
  • Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (en-fr)
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police (en-fr)

• Other useful links
  • Canadian Statistics (en-fr)