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Discussion of Canada's official name

Canada's name
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Demographics list removed

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Hi. I noticed that the demographics list of the Canadian population is missing (or was removed) from the top of the main page on Canada. Is there a reason for this? I remember it listed there not too long and is shown when you click on the "Canadian" link under Demonym. I think this is a good way to instantly understand who the Canadian people are so I think it should be included back in. 47.23.177.234 (talk) 15:51, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Both Religion and Demographics have been deleted. I think it's a useful information, but regardless of what I prefer, not having them will make the article inconsistent with the rest of country articles. LibIchtnatz (talk) 14:32, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 16 May 2024

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Under the "Government and Politics" section, change "centre-left leaning Liberal Party of Canada" to "centre to centre-left leaning Liberal Party of Canada". This reflects the consensus in other articles that the Liberal Party of Canada is as much (if not more so) centrist as it is centre-left. Thecolonpagesaretoocomplicated (talk) 16:12, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No need...... explain in the following sentence. Moxy🍁 22:55, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Error in table of "Largest metropolitan areas in Canada"

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In the table titled "Largest metropolitan areas in Canada" there is an error: the column titled "Municipal pop." should say "Metropolitan pop.", as these are all populations of metropolitan areas.

For example, Montreal's 4.3 million is its metropolitan population as per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_census_metropolitan_areas_and_agglomerations_in_Canada, compared to its municipal population of 1.8 million as per List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population. As the side is extended-protected I couldn't quickly figure out how to do it myself or make an edit request. Thanks! 142.126.42.190 (talk) 22:48, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Urgh... unfortunately that is generated by {{Template:Largest metropolitan areas of Canada}} which uses what I would definitely call a shitty template, {{Template:Largest cities}} (which has been put up multiple times for deletion and I can very much understand why), which says it has options to switch to refer to metropolitan areas but which I, at least, definitely cannot get it to do so. I don't have template editor rights so I can't see if there's an actual error in "Largest cities" but its documentation is... uhm... limited. It might be that making List of cities in Canada by metropolitan population redirect to List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada could make it work.
I have, at least, made "Municipal pop." link to List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada instead of to a list of lists (🙄) page because you're correct: we are listing the cities by the metro populations and not their municipal ones, otherwise Vancouver would not be number 3.
Happy if anyone who knows more template wizardry can jump in and improve the situation... am thinking we should maybe just change {{Template:Largest metropolitan areas of Canada}} to not rely on the "Largest cities" template. —Joeyconnick (talk) 17:12, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Update Canadian population

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Update Canadian population from 40,769,890 (2024 Q1) to 41,012,563 (2024 Q2). It's from the same source updated (Population estimates, quarterly). ZeusMinerva25 (talk) 12:54, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done as seen here..... Drop archive link as this has been a live web page for 10 years and an archive page will not verify the updated information.Moxy🍁 19:43, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I reverted because, as happened last time, the archive in the citation was not updated. Last time I fixed it myself—this time, please update the archive attached to the citation when updating the population. —Joeyconnick (talk) 21:39, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds good we'll see who will get to it. Moxy🍁 21:44, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Tollens (talk) 06:03, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Perfect thank you..... I take it there's some sort of tool for archive websites? Moxy🍁 20:47, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes there definitely is. It's all over Wikipedia. (There are others but that is the main one.) —Joeyconnick (talk) 18:58, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GDP per capita is smaller due to current population

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Current government estimate puts Canada's population at 41.4 million, likely to cross 42 million by January 2025 with current growth rates. But due to the large amount of immigration being ethnic Jatt Sikhs, the GDP per capita has gone down due to dead-end job salaries in most positions and more people. 2605:8D80:405:84B1:7424:BB2:558B:4A6A (talk) 17:28, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

some basic data for you Moxy🍁 17:47, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Introduction Edit request

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Canada now has an official border with Denmark on Hans island, I think this should be included here (see: https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/hans-island-border/) Cjohnson70 (talk) 03:18, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Already included in the Geography section of the article. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 03:24, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Change needed in the sub-section on Religion

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In the sub-section on Religion (Section: Demographics) there's the indication that the monarch holds the title of Defender of the Faith. This is no longer the case since the proclamation issued on 8 January 2024. ZeusMinerva25 (talk) 17:31, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Removed https://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2024/2024-01-31/html/si-tr4-eng.html
Moxy🍁 17:38, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

is the Flag correct?

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The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.


the maple leaf is not a legal symbol of canada ,so is there any official evidence that the maple leaf is actually legally on the flag? UnsungHistory (talk) 15:32, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

pls see National symbols of Canada or this source. Moxy🍁 15:43, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's not an official symbol of Canada on its own, but it's legally and officially adopted as part of the flag as your source clearly states. It's just not a legal symbol if it's just a maple leaf. Canterbury Tail talk 20:08, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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