Forums
Incoherent Babbling

About Canada

William · 2015-05-27T02:23:08+00:00

I was bored, so here are random facts from the internet about Canada. 1. We average about 250 automotive accidents involving moose each year. 2. We are the most educated country in the world, over 50% of our citizens have at least a college degree and our literacy rate is over 99%. 3. The first Canadian casualties recorded in the Afghanistan war were caused by an American pilot bombing a training exercise. 4. The Mall of America is owned by Canadians. 5. After the attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941, Canada declared war on Japan before the U.S. did. 6. Canada is a word in the Iroquoian language meaning village. 7. Our official phone number is 1-800-0-CANADA 8. We were invaded by America twice, and they lost both times. 9. Our motto is A Mari Usque ad Mare, From Sea to Sea. 10. The Vikings were actually the first to colonize Canada, settling the east coast circa 1000 CE 11. Founded in Montreal 1786, Molson Coors Canada is the oldest brewer in North America 12. The Northwest Territories are called The Land of the Midnight Sun because the sun doesn't set in the sky around the summer solstice. 13. A bear cub named Winnipeg exported to the London zoo from Canada inspired a young boy, and in turn his father A.A. Milne, to write his famed stories about Whinnie-the-Pooh. 14. We have national parks that outsize Denmark or Switzerland. 15. In 1642, a group of religious mystics from France were inspired by a vision to build a missionary city in the Canadian wilderness. Led by Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve and an Ursuline nun name Jeanne Mance, they founded Montreal. 16. The modern game of ice hockey was developed in Canada, based on games that have been played since the tenth century. 17. Lacrosse is our official sport. 18. Cryptozoologists claim that Canada is the home of several cryptids, including Sasquatch, a giant sloth-like creature known as the beaver-eater, a cannibalistic wildman named Windigo, and a number of lake monsters, such as Ogopogo in Lake Okanagan, British Columbia. >Beaver-eater 19. There is an annual bath tub race in Nanaimo, B.C. 20. We use superior British spelling in our writing unlike Americans.

Pages 1 23

Longevity

9 years ago

NEXUS wrote...

Longevity wrote...

NEXUS wrote...

PumpJack McGee wrote...

Waar wrote...

PumpJack McGee wrote...

New Brunswick and Nova Scotia would be liveable, too. They have significant French communities, and are largely bilingual.

Good number of Quebecers in Edmonton too, to my surprise.

To be able to live in those places without knowing a bit of English? I severely doubt it.

I think one could handle NB.

British Columbia all the way!

British Columbia aka Northern Washington lol especially Vancouver.

The funny thing is, Washington state also has a Vancouver.

Yeah I know, just north of Portland, I remember accidentally going over the bridge and being like "this isn't Portland what am I doing?"

Forums
Incoherent Babbling

Post Reply

Pages 1 23