06/27/2022
With Canada Day approaching, here are a few interesting, fun, and funny facts about Canada š
⢠Canada has the longest coastline in the world 202,080 km (125567 miles)
⢠Canada did not get a flag until 100 years after we became a country. In 1965 the maple leaf flag was born, replacing the Union Jack
⢠Canada has the largest source of fresh water in the world!
⢠With a total area of 9.985 million km (6.204 million miles), Canada is larger than the entire European Union combined.
⢠It is illegal to kill a Sasquatch in British Columbia
⢠The Canadian average life expectancy is 81! This is the 6th highest in the world.
⢠The Trans-Canada Highway #1 is the longest highway in the world at 7821 km or 4860 miles.
⢠Canada gets 19% of its energy from renewable sources and 60% of its electricity from water power.
⢠Things invented by Canadians include garbage bags, pagers, pacemakers, insulin, wireless radio transmissions, walkie-talkies, paint rollers, odometers, IMAX films, snowmobiles, snow blowers, anti-gravity suites for astronauts, the Wonderbra, the board game Trivial Pursuit, egg cartons, Robertson screwdrivers and electric wheelchairs.