- 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 nucular reactors in Canada called CANDU reators, they supply 16% of the total power supply for Canada.
- Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".
- The first McDonalds resturant 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.
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