Fun Facts About Canada by Vivian Vallarsa
Canada is the second largest country in the world by land mass, spanning 9.98 million square miles. Despite this, its population is merely 38 million. To put this into perspective, California alone has a higher population than the entirety of Canada.
Canada is divided into ten provinces and three territories. Its provinces include, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. Its territories include, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon. A unique aspect about Canada is that driving age varies by province. In most provinces driving age is 17, but some are 16, 16 and three months, or 16 and nine months.
Canada is known to be very cold, and have harsh winters. This is true, especially in the northern provinces and territories. In 1947, a temperature of -63 degrees celsius, or -81.4 degrees fahrenheit was recorded in the town of Snag, Yukon. This temperature is as cold as Mars!
When thinking of coastlines, Canada is not typically the country to pop into people’s heads, yet Canada actually has the longest coastline in the world. Canada is home to 243,042 kilometers, or 151,019 miles of coastline. Indonesia comes in second place with a mere 99,083 kilometers, or 61,567 miles of coastline. On the topic of water, Canada is also home to over half of the world’s lakes. The country is made up of 879,800 lakes, which is 62% of the world’s 1.42 million lakes. Within these many lakes lies 19 saltwater lakes located along Canada’s southern border.
Hockey is a very popular sport in Canada as it is one of their national sports. A fact that few people outside of Canada know is that they actually have a summer national sport too, this sport being lacrosse. In May of 1994, the National Sports of Canada Act recognized ice hockey as Canada’s winter national sport, and Lacrosse as Canada’s summer national sport.
Canada is divided into ten provinces and three territories. Its provinces include, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. Its territories include, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon. A unique aspect about Canada is that driving age varies by province. In most provinces driving age is 17, but some are 16, 16 and three months, or 16 and nine months.
Canada is known to be very cold, and have harsh winters. This is true, especially in the northern provinces and territories. In 1947, a temperature of -63 degrees celsius, or -81.4 degrees fahrenheit was recorded in the town of Snag, Yukon. This temperature is as cold as Mars!
When thinking of coastlines, Canada is not typically the country to pop into people’s heads, yet Canada actually has the longest coastline in the world. Canada is home to 243,042 kilometers, or 151,019 miles of coastline. Indonesia comes in second place with a mere 99,083 kilometers, or 61,567 miles of coastline. On the topic of water, Canada is also home to over half of the world’s lakes. The country is made up of 879,800 lakes, which is 62% of the world’s 1.42 million lakes. Within these many lakes lies 19 saltwater lakes located along Canada’s southern border.
Hockey is a very popular sport in Canada as it is one of their national sports. A fact that few people outside of Canada know is that they actually have a summer national sport too, this sport being lacrosse. In May of 1994, the National Sports of Canada Act recognized ice hockey as Canada’s winter national sport, and Lacrosse as Canada’s summer national sport.