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Haiti

Official Title:
Republic of Haiti

General Information

Capital: Port-au-Prince
Population (million): 8.944
Total Area: 27,750 km²
Currency: 1 CAN$ = 34.36 Gourdes (HTG)(2009)
National Holiday: January 1
Language(s): French and Creole

Political Information

Type of State:
Republic

Type of Government:
Presidential republic; bicameral National Assembly, 30-member Senate and 99-member Chamber of Deputies.

Head of State:
President René Garcia Préval

Head of Government:
Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive

Ministers:
Foreign Affairs: Marie-Michèle Rey
Commerce, Industrie: Josseline Colimon-Féthière

Main Political Parties:
LESPWA, Fusion, Alliance, OPL et Fanmi Lavalas, INITE

Elections:
Presidential: next in November 2010

Economic Information (2009)

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.

	Haiti	Canada
GDP: ($ billion)	7.49	1527.67
GDP per capita: ($)	837.28	45278
GDP growth rate: (%)	2.9	-2.64
Inflation: (%)	3.4	0.3
Unemployment: (%)	0	8.3

Trade and Investment (2009)

Canadian exports to country: $41,235,008
Canadian imports from country: $21,766,541
FDI in Canada: $ million
CDI in Haiti: $ million

Representation

Foreign Representation in Canada:
Chargé d'affaires a. i. Nathalie Gissel-Menos

Canadian Representation Abroad:
Ambassador Gilles Rivard

June 2010
Sources include: Statistics Canada, IMF