Canada is a huge northern country, popular with tourists and immigrants. And no wonder – the Canadian government has issued many laws designed to attract qualified specialists to the country, which has a beneficial effect on the local economy. However, the residents of the neighboring country – the United States – still mostly refer to Canada patronizingly, considering the Canadians straggly for a couple of decades provincials.
Canada is the second largest country in the world after Russia.
The border between the United States and Canada is the longest existing on the planet.
Formally, Canada is ruled by the British Queen Elizabeth II. As, by the way, and Australia.
The name “Canada” in the translation from the adverb of the Iroquois Indians means “land”, “edge” or “village”.
In Canada, the most northern settlement on Earth is located – this is the military base off the northern coast of Ellesmere Island.
The density of the Canadian population is one of the lowest on the planet. On one square kilometer there are only 3.5 people.
Canada has more lakes than any other state.
One of the Canadian mountains was named in honor of the Serbian commander of the times of the first of the world wars.
Canada – one of the recognized world leaders in the supply of agricultural products (especially cereals), as well as the largest producer of uranium and zinc ore.
The most popular sport among Canadians is ice hockey.
State symbols of Canada are beaver, local breed of horses and maple.
The most eastern point of Canada, Cape Spyr, is located one thousand kilometers closer to Paris than to Vancouver.
Hudson Bay is considered to be the largest inland water area on Earth.
The Great Lakes in Canada is the largest source of fresh water on the planet in terms of occupied area, which does not freeze.
Canadian Montreal is the second largest French-speaking city in the world after Paris.
The CNN tower in Toronto, which rises 555 meters, has long been the tallest building in the world. From the pedestal she was displaced by the tower “Burj Khalifa” in Dubai.
The largest uninhabited island of the planet is Devon, located in the Canadian province of Nanavut. Because of the similarity of the landscape of the island to the surface of Mars, the Space Agency of Canada uses this territory for various tests.
Canadian Vancouver was awarded three times the title of “Best City of the Earth” according to The Economist.
In the middle of the last century in the Canadian province of Alberta was built a landing site for alien ships.
On the roads of Canada there are about 250 accidents annually due to the fault of moose.
In Canada, a record was recorded for the length of the dam built by the beaver – the length of the structure was 850 meters.
Near the city of Winnipeg, tens of thousands of snakes annually mate.
In Canada, a special permit is required for the transportation of alcoholic beverages between different provinces of the country.
Scientists from Montreal intended to conduct a large-scale study of the impact of pornography on the sexual life of young men under the age of 30 years. The task, however, proved impossible: the researchers could not find a single mature Canadian, who never in his life looked at porn and could play the role of a “control sample.”
The Canadian flag depicts a maple leaf with 11 peaks, since a sheet of this shape is least distorted in the wind – the state authorities conducted special tests in the wind tunnel to establish this fact.
After the Second World War, many thousands of children protested in Canada, dissatisfied with the sharp rise in prices for sweets.
Once, several Moldovan women were able to emigrate illegally to Canada, calling themselves the underwater hockey team.
In Montreal, for almost 40 years, there is the Church of St. Priap, whose followers worship the phallus.
The role of the first paper money in Canada was played on pieces of playing cards.
In Canada, the only settlement on the planet that contains in its name a double exclamation – Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! (Ha! Ha! In the old version of the French language meant “end of the road” or “sudden obstacle”).
