1. Canada is an Indian word meaning ‘Big
Village’.
2. Canadians
consume more macaroni and cheese
per capita than any other country.
3. 70% of the world’s maple syrup is produced in Quebec, Canada.
4. Canada is the home of many
significant inventions,
including the sport of basketball,
the electric light bulb, the electron microscope, and the zipper.
5. The Canadian dollar coin is called a loonie, and the two dollar coin is called a twoonie.
6. Drumheller (in Alberta, Canada) has the most dinosaur bones of any city in the world.
7. Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John Alexander
Macdonald, was an
alcoholic.
8. The Canadian territory of Nunavut is home to half of the world’s polar bears.
9. The Canadian flag was
established less than fifty years ago.
10. Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world
combined.