Capital: Brussels
Population (million): 11.095
Total Area: 30,528km²
Currency: 1 CAN$ = 0.78 EURO (EUR)(2012)
National Holiday: July 21, Accession of King Leopold I (1831)
Language(s): Dutch, French, German

Type of State:
Constitutional monarchy

Type of Government:
Parliamentary democracy. Federal bicameral Parliament with 71-seat Senate & 150-seat Chamber of Deputies. Prime Minister (leader of the majority party or of the majority coalition) & Council of Ministers appointed by the monarch, approved by Parliament. Administrative divisions: 3 regions (Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels-Capital), 3 linguistic communities (Dutch-, French-, & German-speaking), 10 provinces & 589 communes (municipalities). Governing coalition: PS, CD&V, MR, SP.a, Open VLD, CDh

Head of State:
H.M. King Albert II (Accession 1993)

Head of Government:
Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo (PS)

Ministers:
Foreign Affairs, Deputy PM: Didier Reynders (MR)
Finance, Deputy PM: Steven Vanackere (CD&V)

Main Political Parties:
Flemish: New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams (CD&V - Christian democrat), Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten (Open VLD - liberal democrat), Sociaal Progressief Anders (SP.A - socialist), Vlaams Belang (VB - Flemish nationalist), Groen! (Green), Lijst Dedecker (Lijst Dedecker). Francophone: Parti Socialiste (PS - socialist), Mouvement Réformateur (reformist movement), Centre Démocrate Humaniste (CDH - centre-left), ECOLO (Green).

Elections:
Monarchy is hereditary. Members of the Senate and of the Chamber of Deputies: 4 year terms. Next parliamentary: June 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: $2,309,483,963
Canadian imports from country: $1,724,616,655
FDI in Canada: (2011) $4683 million
CDI in Belgium: (2011) $1250 million

Foreign Representation in Canada:
Ambassador Bruno van der Pluijm

Canadian Representation Abroad:
Ambassador Denis Robert