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We present the results of a wide-field survey designed to measure the size,inclination, and radial distributions of Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs). The surveyfound 86 KBOs in 73 square degrees observed to limiting red magnitude 23.7using the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope and the 12k x 8k CCD Mosaic camera.For the first time, both ecliptic and off-ecliptic fields were examined to moreaccurately constrain the inclination distribution of the KBOs. The survey datawere processed using an automatic moving object detection algorithm, allowing acareful characterization of the biases involved. In this work, we quantifyfundamental parameters of the Classical KBOs (CKBOs), the most numerous objectsfound in our sample, using the new data and a maximum likelihood simulation.Deriving results from our best-fit model, we find that the size distributionfollows a differential power law with exponent q = 4.0 (+0.6)(-0.5) (1 sigma,or 68.27% confidence). In addition, the CKBOs inhabit a very thick diskconsistent with a Gaussian distribution of inclinations with a Half-Width ofi(1/2) = 20 (+6)(-4) deg (1 sigma). We estimate that there are N = 3.8(+2.0)(-1.5) x 10^4 (1 sigma) CKBOs larger than 100 km in diameter. We alsofind compelling evidence for an outer edge to the CKBOs at heliocentricdistance R = 50 AU.Comment: To be published in the Astronomical Journal, July 200

Properties of the Trans-Neptunian Belt: Statistics from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Survey