I am going to tell you some amazing facts about Canada that you may not have heard before Canada is situated in the Nothern part of North America Canada consists of 10 provinces and 3 territories, which are Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon Canada is a huge country, which spreads across Atlantic to Pacific and the Arctic Ocean. The total area of Canada is around 10 million square kilometers, which makes it the second-largest country in the world English and French are the two official languages of Canada.
The current population of Canada is approximately 37 million and in terms of population density, Canada is one of the least populated countries in the world. If we compare Canada to India, India’s total area is around 3.3 million square kilometers and its population is around 1.35 billion Ottawa is the capital of Canada Some of the major cities in Canada are Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary Around 10 percent of the world’s total forest area is in Canada.
We can also say that half of Canada is covered with forests It is believed that Canada has around 2 million lakes and around 32000 lakes are bigger than 3 square kilometers. You would be surprised to know that there are more lakes in Canada than the rest of the world’s lakes combined! Canadians are the world’s largest consumers of macaroni and cheese Following Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor during the Second World War, Canada declared war on Japan much before the U.S. did so Some parts of Canada are known to have less gravitational force than the rest of the world. This phenomenon was discovered first by scientists during the 1960s Some Police departments in Canada are known to give “positive tickets” to people who do good work Canada is one of the largest oil-producing countries in the world and is third on the list of biggest oil reserves, after Venezuela and Saudi Arabia Canada is the world’s third country to reach space, after USA and USSR.
During the 1960s Canada’s space program was considered to be amongst the most advanced space programs in the world If we compare Canada and India with respect to their population, you would be surprised to know that Canada’s total population is only as large as the number of children aged 6 or below living in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Canadians are the world’s largest consumers of doughnuts, and Canada has the highest number of doughnut shops per capita in the world Canada’s national animal is the North American Beaver Canada’s Ontario province has more than 50 thousand lakes, which contain around 20 percent of the world’s freshwater
In Canada, there is a service called "Cleaning for a Reason", which provides free home cleaning services to ladies suffering from cancer so that they can focus on their health After the September 11 attacks on World Trade Centre in the US, many flights were diverted to Canada and arrangements were made for around 33,000 passengers to stay in Canada for some time Alberta Province in Canada boasts of having completely eradicated rats for nearly 50 years now Do you know that the Hawaiian Pizza, which is extremely popular in Australia, was made for the first time in Canada?
Canada’s current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, worked as a night club bouncer and snowboarding instructor before he became Prime Minister Canada’s national parks offer free entry for kids Canada has around 200 species of mammals, some of which are the Caribou, Moose, Wolverine, Musk Ox and North American Beaver There are approximately 2.5 million Caribou in Canada Canada has around 630 bird species Nunavut in Canada has around 50 percent of the world’s total Polar Bears Canada has the world’s longest coastline, which is around two hundred thousand kilometers long.
The border between the U.S. and Canada is the world’s longest international border. We all know that Canada is one of the world’s coldest countries. In 1947, Canada recorded the lowest ever temperature in its history, which was a record-shattering minus 63 degrees C Located in the Ontario Province of Canada, Wasaga Beach is the world’s longest freshwater beach The car number plates in the Northwest Territories of Canada are shaped like Polar Bears Canada is the world’s most educated country and more than half of the people living here have a college degree In Newfoundland Canada, Atlantic Ocean freezes at times and people can be seen playing ice hockey on it!
Do you know that Canada has the world’s first and only UFO or Unidentified Flying Object landing pad? This UFO landing pad is situated in Canada’s Alberta Province Every year during Christmas, around 1 million children from around the world write letters to Santa Claus. If you too want to write to Santa, then here is the address Do you know that Kesur Singh was the first Sikh immigrant to settle in Canada. He came to Vancouver in 1897. Today, Canada has a Sikh population of around five hundred thousand and Punjabi is the third language of the Canadian Parliament after English and French.
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