Ottawa is the capital City

Jacques Cartier clamed Canada for France in 1534.

The national Anthem is "O Canada".

Canada is the only country not to win a gold medal in the summer Olympic games while hosting the event.

There are 22 nuclear reactors in Canada called CANDU reactors, they supply 16% of the total power supply for Canada.

Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".

The first McDonalds restaurant in Canada was in Richmond B.C

26% of Canadians rely on groundwater for domestic use

measuring 9,970,610 km sq, Canada is the worlds second largest country.

The royal Canada air force won Olympic Gold in 1948 (for hockey).

In 1984 a Canadian farmer began renting advertising space on his cows.

Canada is a constitutional monarchy and a fedral state with a democratic parliament. The Parliament of Canada, Ottawa, consists of the house of Commons, whose members are elected, and a senate, whose members are appointed.

The total number of cyclists is nearly 18 million, out of these nearly 13.5 million of these are adults.

Ninety per cent of the Canadian population lives in a narrow southern band.

Canada has one fifth of the worlds fresh water supply.

There are more donut shops in Canada per capita than any other country

0.3% of all road accidents in Canada involve a Moose.

In Quebec, there is an old law that states margarine must be a different colour than butter.