Capital: Santo Domingo
Population (million): 10.237
Total Area: 48,730km²
Currency: 1 CAN$ = 38.67 Dominican Peso (DOP)(2012)
National Holiday: February 27 (Independence Day)
Language(s): Spanish

Type of State:
Representative democracy

Type of Government:
Representative democracy; bicameral Congress with a 32 member Senate and 150-member Chamber of Deputies; both houses are directly elected; elections are held every 4 years; 32 provinces and 1 national district.

Head of State:
President Danilo Medina Sanchez

Head of Government:
President Danilo Medina Sanchez

Ministers:
Vice President: Margarita Cedeño de Fernández
Foreign Relations: Carlos Morales Troncoso
Industry & Commerce: José del Castillo Saviñon

Main Political Parties:
( seats in Chamber/Senate) PLD (Dominican Liberation Party) 105/31 PRD (Dominican Revolutionary Party) 75/0 PRSC (Reformist Social Christian Party) 3/1

Elections:
Next Presidential: 2016

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: $127,403,062
Canadian imports from country: $283,533,668
FDI in Canada: $ million
CDI in Dominican Republic: $349 million

Foreign Representation in Canada:
Ambassador José del Carmen Ureña Almonte

Canadian Representation Abroad:
Ambassador Georges Boissé