Land area in Canada

The land area of Canada was 8,788,700 km² in 2024.

Measure: Land area Unit: Square kilometres Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Canada, 2024 8,788,700 Square kilometres
Change from 2023 0% 2023: 8,788,700 km²
World, 2023 129,763,686 km² Official aggregate Not the same period as Canada (2024).
Position in 2024 4th of 214 See the full ranking

Land area in Canada over time

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Square kilometres. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Land area (square kilometres), 2000 to 2024
Period CanadaWorld
2024 8,788,700 km² –
2023 8,788,700 km² 129,763,686 km²
2022 8,788,700 km² 129,762,631 km²
2021 8,788,700 km² 129,799,508 km²
2020 8,965,590 km² 129,961,173 km²
2019 8,965,590 km² 129,949,120 km²
2018 8,965,590 km² 129,946,802 km²
2017 8,965,590 km² 129,943,980 km²
2016 8,965,590 km² 129,949,309 km²
2015 8,965,590 km² 129,936,952 km²
2014 8,965,590 km² 129,931,363 km²
2013 8,965,590 km² 129,933,831 km²
2012 8,965,590 km² 129,935,604 km²
2011 8,965,590 km² 127,435,590 km²
2010 8,965,590 km² 127,434,580 km²
2009 8,965,590 km² 127,432,203 km²
2008 8,965,590 km² 127,433,762 km²
2007 8,965,590 km² 127,449,643 km²
2006 8,965,590 km² 127,449,870 km²
2005 8,965,590 km² 127,350,082 km²
2004 8,965,590 km² 127,347,330 km²
2003 8,965,590 km² 127,200,488 km²
2002 8,965,590 km² 127,193,662 km²
2001 8,965,590 km² 127,195,859 km²
2000 8,965,590 km² 127,197,039 km²

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 8,965,590 km², the figure has changed by −2.0%.
  • Among the 214 countries with data for 2024, Canada has the 4th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.TOTL.K2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Canada
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT)