- An unusual fact about Canada is its name origin, it comes from a St. Lawrence Iroquoian word, kanata, which means village or settlement.
- An interesting fact about Canada is that it's the world's second largest country areawise (including its waters), and fourth largest in land area.
- It also has the longest coastline in the world, about 243,000 kms in length.
- Canada is widely believed to be the home of Santa Claus.
- It features in the list of top five world's producers of gold, copper, zinc, nickel, aluminum, and natural gas.
- A funny fact about Canada's city of Montreal, sometimes called The City of Churches, is that it has more churches than houses!
- Toronto dwellers hold more university degrees than any other big city in the world.
- Despite being a really big country, it has the fourth lowest population density in the world, with only three people living per square kilometer!
- Almost half of the population in Canada were born in other countries.
- It produces so much energy, that it provides it to the US too!
- Canada has just one desert in British Columbia, towards the southernmost corner of the Okanagan Valley in Osoyoos.The desert is only 15 miles long, with over 100 rare plants, and over 300 rare animals. It is also the only desert in the world that has a long boardwalk, for people to walk on!
- In 1883, the baseball glove was invented in Canada.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Some Fun Facts About Canada
Known as the USA's quite upstairs neighbour, Canada perhaps is the only country in the world that is rarely in the news for any controversial issues. It is known to be a peace loving and hockey loving place.
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Fun Facts About Australia
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•Australia has the world's largest cattle station (ranch). At 30,028 km2 it is almost the same size as Belgium.
•Population density in Australia is usually calculated in km2 per person, not people per km2.
•Australians have 380,000 m2 per person available. Yet well over 90% are cramming into our coastal cities. (Don't ask me why, I sure prefer it here in the Outback.)
•We call Australian's from Queensland "banana benders", and people from Western Australia "sandgropers".
•Tasmania has the cleanest air in the world.
•The Great Barrier Reef has a mailbox. You can ferry out there and send a postcard, stamped with the only Great Barrier Reef stamp.
•The Australian Alps, or Snowy Mountains as they are also known, receive more snow than Switzerland.
•Melbourne has the second largest Greek population in the world, after Athens.