it is very multicultural outside its French and British influence. In fact, Canada is one of the most multicultural countries in the world and Toronto is often considered the most multicultural city on earth!ĭescendants of British and French immigrants make up about half the population of Canada, but. (for reference the United States has approximately 35 people per square km.)Ĭanada is a very multicultural country. But much of the land is uninhabited and Canada has the fourth lowest population density on earth with 3.7 people per square km. Canada is the second-largest country in the world with a total land area of 2 million square km. The population of Canada is 37.06 Million people. Canada produces 80% of the world’s maple syrup. It sounds funny, but Maple Syrup is big business. In 2012 the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist was national news when someone stole 3000 tons of maple syrup in Quebec valued at $18 million dollars. Prostitution is legal in Canada – This is a weird Canadian fact because while prostitution is legal in Canada, buying a prostitute’s services is illegal. Wolverine is Canadian and Superman was invented by a Canuck. This is one of those Canada facts that I can totally get on board with.Ĭomic books depicting a crime are illegal -This is a funny fact since we have a few ties with very popular comic books that fight crime. Smelling bad is illegal in Canada – Anyone offending a public place with an offending smell could face 2 years in jail. But it doesn’t mean an expression of sympathy or regret. It does not, in law, constitute an express or implied admission of fault or liability by the person in connection with that matter. The Apology Act it’s the Law – This fun fact about Canada made me laugh because it is so fitting! In fact, Canadians apologize so much, that Canada passed the apology act meaning, you express sympathy or regret. In the 1800s a man asked for permission to kill “the Wild Man of Home Lake.” The response was a firm no as it is illegal to shoot Mowglis (another name for Sasquatch) I love that someone went to the trouble of making a law not to kill Bigfoot. This is one of the more fun facts about Canada that we dug up in our research. It is illegal to kill a Sasquatch in British Columbia Yes, Bigfoot is legally protected in Canada. But we have also adopted American spelling as well. Canada spells like the English, meaning we spell things like Color with a “u” Colour, and our “theaters and meters” are spelled “re” – theatre, metre. Canada uses the British English systemĪnother one of our confused Canadian facts is that we can’t make up our minds when it comes to spelling.

We weigh and buy our food by the kilogram but we weigh ourselves in pounds.Ĩ.We check the temperature outside in Celcius, but we cook in Fahrenheit.Canadians follow speed limits and measure length in metres, but we measure our height in feet.Most people understand a lot of the imperial system and we tend to mix both systems up a lot between measurement and weight. (okay, maybe not, but it is definitely interesting) Canada uses the metric system and the imperial system of weight and measurement. So here is a fact about Canada that will blow your mind. Read more: Canada Day Facts – Interesting Things I Bet You Didn’t Know!īeing part of the British Commonwealth – The British Monarch is the head of state of Canada, Canada is heavily influenced by Britain, but with the United States as our neighbor we are a bit confused. That is why we celebrate Canada Day on July 1st.

This act united the colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Province of Canada (which was divided into Quebec and Ontario) into a single country known as the Dominion of Canada. It became a self-governing dominion of the British Empire on July 1, 1867, with the passage of the British North America Act (now called the Constitution Act, 1867). Canada's National Parks Are Awesomeīefore we begin with all our crazy and fun facts about Canada, let’s talk about Canada, the country. Canada is the Most Educated Country in the World Canada's Money is Vision-Impaired Friendly Canada has the only walled city north of Mexico Canadian Population Facts and Demographics The national animal of Canada is the Beaver In Churchill Manitoba Nobody Locks Their Doors In Dawson City Yukon you can drink a human toe Canada is the number 1 doughnut consumer in the world.

Strange Facts About Canada That Will Blow Your Mind.

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