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I am not qualified to comment on the economic viability after such an attack, however the landmass would still be there and usable.

60% of Canada's population lives in the corridor between Quebec City and Windsor. 80% of the population lives within 2 hours drive of the US border. And 90% of the GDP gets produced in that strip along the border.

The NRDC report named Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver as the target cities, and with good reason.

Halifax has the world's second-largest natural harbour and is the country's principal Atlantic port. Montreal is the economic heart of Quebec, and biggest port on the St. Lawrence Seaway. Ottawa--the capital and high-tech. Toronto--the HQ of almost everything in Canada. Calgary--oil city. Vancouver--gateway to the Pacific.

Throw in some important secondary targets like Moncton, Quebec City, Hamilton, London, Windsor, Thunder Bay, Winnipeg, Regina, and Edmonton, plus a few more cities that don't immediately spring to mind, and Canada is toast.

Most countries as a viable economic and stable government would be toast after a nuclear strike of that magnitude. I was commenting on the viability of the landmass to harbor life in the aftermath. 11 nukes would not have a huge effect on Canada in that regard.

Montreal is the economic heart of Quebec, and biggest port on the St. Lawrence Seaway. Ottawa--the capital and high-tech. Toronto--the HQ of almost everything in Canada. A two week bombing campaign with just conventional weapons by the USAF would turn Canada into "Canadistan". The four largest cities contain one-third of the population. A few would be killed and the rest would be displaced. Toronto 4 million Montreal 3 million Vancouver 2 million Ottawa 1 million

Time for Canada to start building nukes. We do have the technology and the materials to do so. Delivery systems are a little more difficult, but given the permeability of the US border, I'm sure we could just drive across with them. Anyway, that might get us some respect in the world, like Pakistan or India or N. Korea.

Just kidding (sort of). Yes, just like the UK or France, Canada could have had an arsenal of nukes, but we didn't think it was necessary.