Canada is the world’s second-largest country by land area and has the world’s longest coastline. It is home to around 41 million people, most of whom live close to the 49th parallel, the US border. The country is vast, with a total land area of almost ten million square kilometers, and four key airlines keep people connected from coast to coast. One of the country’s most easterly cities, St. Johns, Newfoundland, is closer to the European continent than Vancouver, British Columbia (St. Johns to Paris is 2,481 miles as the crow flies, versus Vancouver at 3,121 miles.