2. Canada is a country in North America.
Canada is the second largest country in the world (after
Russia)
Population (in 2021): 38.148.000
3. Borders
• North border: Arctic Ocean.
• West border: Pacific Ocean.
• East border: Atlantic Ocean.
• South border: USA (world's largest land
border- 8.891 km).
4. It has 10 provinces and 3
territories. Quebec is the country’s
largest province with a
total land area of 1.5
million sq. km.
Meanwhile, Prince
Edward Island is the
smallest at 5,660 sq. km.
5. Nunavut territory in Northern Canada was
only created in 1999 and is home to the Inuit
population.
6. Polar-bear shaped plates
The number
plate for cars,
motorbikes and
snowmobiles in
the Northern
State of
Nunavut is the
shape of a polar
bear
12. Mount Logan in Yukon is Canada’s tallest mountain.
It is 5,995 metres high and can be found in Kluane
National Park and Reserve. The mountain is named after
Canadian geologist William Edmond Logan.
Mount Logan above clouds:
14. Toronto is Canada's largest metropole
with over 6 million people.
Montreal, Canada's
second largest city
with over 4 million
inhabitants, is also
the second largest
city in the world that
has a French-
speaking population -
after Paris in France.
15. Many languages
• There are two official languages in
Canada: English and French. But the
Northwest Territories recognizes 11 official
languages (Gwich’in, Chipewyan/Dené,
Inuinnaqtun, Tłįchǫ Inuktitut, Cree, North
Slavey, South Slavey, Inuvialuktun,
English, and French.)
17. 1. Canada has the longest coastline in
the world.
It is estimated that at a pace of about 20 km a day, it
would take a person 33 years to finish strolling
Canada’s shorelines.
18. 2. There are over 2 millions of lakes in
Canada
Canada has more lakes than the rest of the
world combined.
19. 3. Canada has the 20% of the world's
surface freshwater
With its millions of
lakes and rivers,
Canada has the
Largest source of
freshwater in the
world.
20. 4. Canada is the second-largest country in the
world with forest
40% of Canada’s land is covered with trees.
Canada has 10% of the world’s forests
21. 5. The word Canada is
derived from an old
Indian word kanata,
which means
“settlement” or
“village” in the
language of the
Iroquoians.Sadly,
these indigenous
(domorodí) people
disappeared in the
16th century, during
wars with the Mohawk
Indians.
22. 6. Regina, the capital of the prairie
province of Saskatchewan, is the
geographical centre of North America.
23. 7. Mars-like temperature
In 1947, Snag in the Yukon set the record for the
lowest temperature at -62.8°C [degree
Celsius]. Frosty air from Siberia created
nearly the same temperature in northern
Canada as you’d find on the surface of Mars!
24. 8. The first Europeans in Canada
were the Vikings.
26. 10. Winnie-the-Pooh was named
after a bear from Canada.
Winnie-the-Pooh was named after a
living black bear from Canada.
And it wasn’t Pooh creator Alan
Alexander Milne who came up
with the name, either – it was his
son, Christopher (who Christopher
Robin is based on).
Christopher had seen a black bear
called Winnie, after Winnipeg in
Ontario, at London ZOO and
named his own bear after it.
The actual, living black bear was
purchased (as a cub) for $20 in
Canada by a soldier returning to
England after World War I.
27. Santa is Canadian
Every year millions of children send letters
to Santa Claus. Have you ever
wondered where they go?
They are all sent to a Canadian
address: The North Pole’s postal
address, H0H 0H0.
In 2008, Santa also received Canadian
citizenship issued by the Immigration
Minister.
