Canada

"I'd love to leave my door unlocked at night, but this ain't Canada."

- Justin Hammer

Canada is a country located in North America and consisting in 10 provinces and 3 territories.

History
Canada was the birthplace of Franklin Hall a scientist, professor and one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s assets.

U.S. Senate Armed Forces Committee
When Tony Stark was summoned to attend a Senate Armed Forces Committee with the intention of obtaining the Iron Man armor for military application, using the developing of similar suits over the world in retaliation as an excuse.

Justin Hammer, one of Tony's bussiness rivals and the current Department of Defense Weapons contractor, tried to expose that although Iron Man had done played an important role in diminishing global security threats, he is not enough to give people an adequate feeling of safety, citing that people cannot leave their doors unlocked, as the United States "ain't Canada".

Search for the Berserker Staff
After consulting Elliot Randolph, one of the world's leading experts on Norse mythology, Phil Coulson learned that the Asgardian artifact that was found in Norway was in fact the Berserker Staff, as Randolph recounted the story of the Berserker Army and the warrior who stayed on Earth, and also informed them about the properties of the weapon.

Randolph, who unknown to Coulson was the Asgardian warrior, misleaded S.H.I.E.L.D. to make him search a piece of the staff in Canada, argumenting that there were recent discoveries of interesting artifacts in Baffin Island.

When another team found no Asgardian artifact, the team followed Randolph's advice to search in places related to viking raid routes, discovering that Seville, Randolph's current location, was raided twice and the ruins of a church were an interesting place to be investigated.

Trivia

 * Canada is the second largest country on Earth.