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The second-largest country, with the longest coastline

The coast of St. Margarets Bay at Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia, in 2024; one stretch of Atlantic shoreline, not the whole coastline.
The coast of St. Margarets Bay at Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia, in 2024; one stretch of Atlantic shoreline, not the whole coastline. Peggy's Cove 3778 · Dionysos1970 · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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Canada is the world’s second-largest country by total area, at 9,984,670 km². Statistics Canada reports that its coastline, including offshore islands, is the world’s longest at 243,042 km.

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Figures from Statistics Canada’s archived 2012 Canada Year Book; total area includes fresh water, and other publications may give different coastline lengths depending on measurement method.

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