CANADIAN FACTS

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Canada covers 9,984,670 square kilometres, or 7 percent, of the earth's surface.

The lowest temperature ever recorded in Canada was -63 degrees Celsius

The governor general is paid $97,375 per year, tax free, plus an annual budget of $10 million.

People working to separate Quebec from Canada can not be charged with treason unless they use force or violence.

6,502,865 Canadians speak French as their first language.

Canadian groundhogs are right 30% of the time.

It is illegal to practice voodoo in Canada.

The warmest temperature ever recorded in Canada was 45 degrees Celsius.

Yonge Street in Toronto is the longest street in the World.

The geographic centre of Canada is 60 degrees 6 minutes 30 seconds latitude North and 94 degrees 3 minutes 30 seconds longitude West.

The letter "Z" comes from the Greek letter zeta and should be pronounced "zed" not "zee" (Americans pronounce it "zee" to make the alphabet song rhyme).

Almost 400,000 Canadians have dual citizenship.

More than 6.2 million Canadians go to church or other places of worship weekly.
Canada has six time zones.
Ottawa is the second coldest capital in the world (the first is Ulaanbatar, Mongolia).

Lake Ontario is the size of Switzerland.

Newfoundland is the only province that does not have an Indian reserve.

The Canadian coastline, 243,792 km, is the longest in the world.

90% of Canadians live within 160km of the United States border.

The word Canuck originated in about 1850 as a term for French Canadians.

During the Great War it was applied to all Canadians.

The Confederation Bridge between Prince Edward Island and the mainland is the longest in the world.

40% of the world's newspapers are printed on Canadian paper.

Canada is the 2nd largest exporter of potatoes in the world.

The name "Canada" is derived from the Huron-Iroquois language and means settlement or village.

With 2 Million lakes, Canada has the largest amount of freshwater in the world. (466,697 sq km)

Approx. 25% of Canada's land consists of forest.

Approx. 89% of Canada is not habitable, because the climate is too extreme.

Canada leads the world as the largest grain producer.

The Trans-Canada Highway is the longest national highway in the world (7,841 km)