Capital: Kyiv
Population (million): 45.453
Total Area: 603,700km2
Currency: 1 CAN$ = 7.82 Hryvnia (UAH)(2013)
National Holiday: August 24, Independence Day (1991)
Language(s): Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian

 

 

 

Type of Government:
Parliamentary democracy. Unicameral with a 450-seat Supreme Council (Verkhovna Rada). Prime Minister and Cabinet of Ministers appointed by the President subject to approval by the Supreme Council. The judicial branch has two apex courts, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, and the Supreme Court of Ukraine, which handles civil and criminal cases.
Administrative divisions: 24 regions (oblasts), 1 autonomous republic (Crimea), and 2 municipalities with special status (Kyiv and Sevastopol).

Head of State:
Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov

Head of Government:
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk

Ministers:
Foreign Affairs (acting): Andriy Deschytsya
Finance: Oleksandr Shlapak
Economy: Pavlo Sheremet

Main Political Parties:
The present Ukrainian parliament is composed of five groups: Batkivshchyna (88 seats); UDAR (42 seats); Svoboda (36 seats); Economic Development (33 seats); Non-affiliated (51 seats). The opposition consists of the Party of Regions (127 seats) and the Communist Party (32 seats); Non-affiliated (40 seats).

Elections:
Presidential (5 year term): Feb. 2010; next on 25 May, 2014. Supreme Council members (4 year terms): 30 September, 2007. Parliamentary: 28 October, 2013; next TBC in 2014.

Economic Information (2012)

Comparative figures
Type	Ukraine	Canada
GDP: ($ billion)	176.16	1820.68
GDP per capita: ($)	3875.65	52277.8
GDP growth rate: (%)	0.15	1.71
Inflation: (%)	0.56	1.52
Unemployment: (%)	7.53	7.29

Representation

Foreign Representation in Canada:
Ambassador Vadym Prystaiko

Canadian Representation in Ukraine:
Ambassador Troy Lulashnyk

Source:

http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/ukraine/bilateral_relations_bilaterales/fs-ukraine-fd.aspx?lang=eng

http://canada.mfa.gov.ua/en