Capital: Santiago
Population (million): 17.403
Total Area: 756,950km²
Currency: 1 CAN$ = 486.33 Chilean peso (CLP)(2012)
National Holiday: September 18
Language(s): Spanish

Type of State:
Republic

Type of Government:
Presidential. Bicameral congress consisting of a Senate of 38 members elected to serve 8-year terms and a 120-member Chamber of Deputies serving 4-year terms.

Head of State:
President Sebastián Piñera Echenique

Head of Government:
President Sebastián Piñera Echenique

Ministers:
Foreign Affairs: Alfredo Moreno Charme
Finance: Felipe Larraín Bascuñán
Economy, Development and Tourism: Felix de Vicente

Main Political Parties:
Figures represent the number of members in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, respectively: CPD-Coalition of Parties for Democracy (Concertación de Partidos Por la Democracia) - Comprised of 4 principal parties: 53/19; Alliance for Chile (Alianza por Chile) - Comprised of 2 parties: 56 /16; Together we can do more (Juntos Podemos Más): 4/1; Regional Independent Party (Partido Regionalista Independiente ): 2/0; Independent: 5/2

Elections:
2013 (Legislative and Presidential)

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: $788,997,266
Canadian imports from country: $1,677,100,997
FDI in Canada: (2011) $7 million
CDI in Chile: (2011) $13726 million

Foreign Representation in Canada:
Ambassador Roberto Ibarra

Canadian Representation Abroad:
Ambassador Patricia Fuller