Capital: Roseau
Population (million): 0.071
Total Area: 750km²
Currency: 1 CAN$ = 2.69 East Car. $ (XCD) (2012)
National Holiday: 3 November (1978, Independence Day)
Language(s): English

Type of State:
Parliamentary democracy

Type of Government:
Unicameral parliament: A 30 members House of Assembly, comprising 21 elected members and 9 appointed Senators. 5 year term. The President is jointly nominated by the Prime Minister and the leader of the Opposition and then elected for a 5 year term by the legislature.

Head of State:
President Eliud Thaddeus Williams

Head of Government:
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit

Ministers:
Finance, Foreign Affairs and Information Technology: Roosevelt Skerrit
Employment, Trade, Industry and Diaspora Affairs Dr. John Collin McIntyre

Main Political Parties:
Government: Coalition of the Dominica Labour Party (DLP): 11, and of the Dominica Freedom Party (DFP): 1 Opposition: United Worker’s Party (UWP): 9

Elections:
Last Dec 2009. Next 2014

Please note that the economic statistics reflect Canadian dollars and the yearly averages for the year. If listed as ’0’ or absent, the statistic is currently unavailable.

Canadian exports to country: $5,394,863
Canadian imports from country: $221,642
FDI in Canada: (2011) $ million
CDI in Dominica: (2011) $ million

Foreign Representation in Canada:
High Commissioner vacant

Canadian Representation Abroad:
High Commissioner Ruth Archibald