"We are proud to bring Amazon Prime to Canada, " said Steve Oliver, country manager for Amazon.ca.

ENGADGET: Amazon Prime arrives in Canada: Free two-day shipping, no Instant Video

The Kindle family is available at Amazon.ca and at over 1, 000 retail locations across Canada.

ENGADGET: Amazon's new Kindles now available in Canada, Paperwhite starting at CAD $139

For example, in Canada a former director of a national political party recently sued OpenPolitics.ca, a British Columbia-based political chat site, after he objected to several comments posted on the site.

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SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 23, 2013-- (NASDAQ:AMZN)-Amazon.ca today announced that the new family of Kindle e-readers is now available to customers in Canada.

ENGADGET: Amazon's new Kindles now available in Canada, Paperwhite starting at CAD $139