1. Government Ottawa is the capital of Canada Nuuk is the capital of Greenland

2. Both countries have constitutional monarchies with democratic parliaments – “ruled” by a queen but also have a type of congress

3. There is universal suffrage at age 18

4. Only 1% of the Canadian federal budget is spent on the military and Greenland has no regular military forces

5. Canada works with the U.S. in the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) in regards to air and missile defense