Where Ontario gets its name from and more interesting Canada facts
Elizabeth Chorney-Booth
01 July 2024
Curious Canada
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Canada has the longest coastline in the world
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Canada has record-setting lakes
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Old Quebec City is the only fortified city in Canada and the USA
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The Northwest Territories have 11 official languages
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Lacrosse is Canada’s national summer sport
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Canadians call their coins loonies and toonies
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Canada has a lot (a LOT) of trees
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Over 1.6 million people in Canada identify as Indigenous
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Canada is a leading supplier of uranium
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Canada shares the world's longest border
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How Ontario got its name
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Licence plates in the Northwest Territories are shaped like polar bears
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Canada has one of the highest immigration rates in the world
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Some of Canada’s parks are bigger than entire countries
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There’s an underground shopping complex hidden beneath Toronto
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The Vikings are believed to be the first Europeans to visit Canada
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Winnie the Pooh was based on a real Canadian bear
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Alert, Nunavut is the world’s most northern permanent settlement
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Canada is home to a desert
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The coldest temperatures in Canada rival those on Mars
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Hawaiian pizza is a Canadian invention
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Alberta has no rats, but Manitoba has a lot of snakes
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The Rideau Canal is the world’s largest skating rink
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Canadians eat more doughnuts than anyone else
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Canadian Thanksgiving is much earlier than American Thanksgiving
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The Bay of Fundy has the highest tides in the world
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Superman is part Canadian and so (arguably) is Santa Claus
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Canada produces 75% of the world’s maple syrup
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Canada has slightly less gravity
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You can call the government whenever you want
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