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Strange Facts About Canada
Canada is the largest country in the Western Hemisphere and is the second largest country in the world behind Russia. The area size of Canada is a whopping 9,984,670 square kilometers.
Canada has the longest border with one other country (with the United States).
Canada is an Indian word meaning “Big Village”.
Basketball was invented by a Canadian named Dr. James Naismith.
Canada has the ninth biggest economy of the world.
Canada has two official languages: French and English.
A little over 16% of Canada’s population are immigrants which equals to roughly 5.5 million people. The other non-official languages spoken in Canada are German, Italian, Punjabi and Chinese.
There are 292 species of butterflies in Canada. Most of which are found in British Columbia (176) and the fewest on Prince Edward Island (42). In Ontario we have 142 species.
The national sport in Canada is hockey.
The deepest lake n Canada is Great Slave Lake. This lake is located in the Northwest Territories and is a little over 614 metres deep.
Canada’s wind power production capacity is almost nineteen-hundred megawatts.
There are more donut shops per capita in Canada than in any other country.
Canada has more inland waters and lakes than any other country in the world.
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