Canadian Facts
Name comes from “kanata” which is Iroquois for “village”
Basketball was invented by a Canadian-James Naismith, from Almonte, Ontario. While working as an instructor at a YMCA in Massachusetts, he came up with the game of basketball.
Canada has more automobiles per person than any other country.
Is the second largest country in the world
Largets source of fresh water in the world, with more lakes than the rest of the world combined!
The one dollar coin is called a “loonie” (nicknamed for the picture of a loon on it). The two-dollar coin is subsequently called the “toonie”.
Canada has more doughnut shops than the United States (probably more than any courntry).
Name comes from “kanata” which is Iroquois for “village”
Basketball was invented by a Canadian-James Naismith, from Almonte, Ontario. While working as an instructor at a YMCA in Massachusetts, he came up with the game of basketball.
Canada has more automobiles per person than any other country.
Is the second largest country in the world
Largets source of fresh water in the world, with more lakes than the rest of the world combined!
The one dollar coin is called a “loonie” (nicknamed for the picture of a loon on it). The two-dollar coin is subsequently called the “toonie”.
Canada has more doughnut shops than the United States (probably more than any courntry).
Our national animal is the beaver.
Our two official sports are lacrosse and hockey
Canadians consume more Kraft Dinner per capita than any other country in the world.
77% of Canadians live in urban areas
Canada has more lakes and inland waters than any other country.
Our national anthem, O’ Canada, was written in 1880, but wasn’t adopted as the official anthem until 1980.
Hudson Bay is the largest bay in the world, at 12 268 kilometers.
Canada is the second largest country in the world, but we have the same population as the state of California, which is 1/25th our size.
Canada has the world’s largest coastline at 243, 792 kilometers
Toronto’s CN Tower is the world’s tallest self-supporting structure. It is ranked as one of the Man Made Wonders of the Modern World.
At 5.3 million square feet, West Edmonton Mall is the world’s Largest Shopping Mall.
The world’s oldest rocks have been found near Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, and are about 4 billion years old.
The TransCanada Highway, at 7 604 km, is the longest national highway in the world.
Famous Canadians:
Mike Myers
Rich Little
Pamela Anderson
Paul Shaffer (Late Night with Letterman)
Christopher Plummer
Eugene Levy
Dan Aykroyd
John Candy
Nathan Fillion (Firefly)
Jim Carrey
Donald & Keifer Sutherland
Michael J. Fox
Leslie Neilsen
Lorne Michaels (SNL)
William Shatner
Alex Trebek
Martin Short
Rich Little
Pamela Anderson
Paul Shaffer (Late Night with Letterman)
Christopher Plummer
Eugene Levy
Dan Aykroyd
John Candy
Nathan Fillion (Firefly)
Jim Carrey
Donald & Keifer Sutherland
Michael J. Fox
Leslie Neilsen
Lorne Michaels (SNL)
William Shatner
Alex Trebek
Martin Short
Hayden Christiansen
David James Elliott (JAG)
Eric McCormack (Will and Grace)
Howie Mandel
James Doohan (Scotty on Star Trek)
Joshua Jackson (Dawson's Creek)
Kim Catrall
Matthew Perry
Neve Campbell
Phil Hartman
Rachel McAdams
Ryan Gosling
Rick Moranis
Tommy Chong
Bryan Adams
Celine Dion
Barenaked Ladies
Gordon Lightfoot
Anne Murray
Rush
Tragically Hip
Paul Anka
The Guess Who
Diana Krall
Alanis Morissette
Joni Mitchell
Neil Young
Shania Twain
Nelly Furtado
Bryan Adams
Celine Dion
Barenaked Ladies
Gordon Lightfoot
Anne Murray
Rush
Tragically Hip
Paul Anka
The Guess Who
Diana Krall
Alanis Morissette
Joni Mitchell
Neil Young
Shania Twain
Nelly Furtado
Sum 41
Avril Lavigne
Our Lady Peace
Chantal Kreviazuk
Mike Reno (group Loverboy)
David Wilcox
Corey Hart
Blue Rodeo
4 comments:
I love Nelly Furtado, Alanis and Avril! Woo-hoo! Jim Carrey is on my top five fav. comedians list. Phil Hartman's death was a huge loss, he was hilarious. Who can resist Matthew Perry or Tommy Chong, either? Geez!
I love Leslie Neilsen and his Airplane movies! (Quit calling me Shirley!) ;) There are so many talented individuals there! Wow!
Great info. about Canada- much of which I didn't know! Thank you for this post!
P.S. Pamela Anderson... Not so wild about. ;)
That was really intersting. I can't believe your population is the size of \calif. That's wild! So since the pop. is small is most of Canada mostly dense forest or is there mountains?
I'm just curious as to why the population is small.
how fun!! i've been learning so much about canada, so i knew some of this...but i didn't know the population thing either...how cool!
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