1952: Canada

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Canada is an independent nation lying to the north of the United States and to the east of Alaska and including the islands of the Arctic Ocean between Greenland and 141° W. long. With a total land area of 3,845,144 sq. mi., it had a population according to the 1951 census of 14,009,429. Canada is... ...