Fun Facts about Canada

Crann na Beatha

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Crann na Beatha

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allanb49

Canada is the only country to invade the US - They did so and burnt down the then Presidential house which was replaced with the current white house

The Canadian Civil War was a bar fight

againstthetide

Saskatchewan is seven times the size of Ireland and has one fifth of the population

EI-DOR

Astronaut Chris Hadfield was the first Canadian to walk in Space. He has flown two Space Shuttle missions and was Commander on the ISS for 6 months before retirement!

kitchenchair

Canada is the 2nd largest country in the world (after Russia). You may not find that as surprising as i did when I heard it.

Tzardine

Fact : I have not yet met a Canadian customs or border control official who was not bleedin gorgeous.

vicquebec

Canada has the most lakes and rivers in the world, nearly 5million! Quebec alone has over 2million! Thats a lot of fishing folks!

NewsMeQuick

Tzardine wrote: »

Fact : I have not yet met a Canadian customs or border control official who was not bleedin gorgeous.

:pac::D:pac: Oh great!

Em I'm not sure if I've fun facts to mind but I do have funny videos that I seen:

Out for a Rip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-glHAzXi_M

**** Canadians say eh?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0EsYiNA76Q

How to be a hockey player:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KoaMBvw9q8

How to be a Vancouverite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc-tVZq9a4Y

Top 15 Canadian stereotypes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv1-ARkXfE8

allanb49

According to the Internet, Canada's national religion is ice hockey

Ardillaun

allanb49 wrote: »

According to the Internet, Canada's national religion is ice hockey

Lacrosse was the official national game from 1859 until 1994 when it became the national summer sport and ice hockey the national winter sport.

retalivity

Carling, that quintessential English lager, is actually from Canada and was first brewed in London, Ontario. I used to live in the neighbourhood named after it.

The 401 from Windsor to Montreal is the busiest non-tolled highway in the world

The only gaeltacht in the world outside Ireland is halfway between Toronto and Ottawa in the middle of nowhere

Newfoundland is the only place in the world outside Ireland with a distinct Irish name not derived from another language - Talamh an eisc

Was driving north one day and wanted to stop in Donegal, Ontario for a few pictures. I headed south from Listowel as far as Newry, and turned left to Donegal rather than right to Brussels. Canadians weren't that inventive with placenames...

deccdn

I must say, as a Canadian, I really enjoyed reading these

Hope you don't mind me posting in here.

Here's my fun (but kinda sad) fact...
On popular event days during the Olympics (ie, hockey) more Canadians watched the Olympics than the number who voted in the last election... From Peter Mansbridge, CBC's The National

Achtung! Bono

Despite, as stated above, Canada being the second largest country in the world...90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border.

montreal2011

Halifax in Nova Scotia is closer to Dublin, 2596 miles, than it is to Vancouver, 2754 miles.

Canada has 10 percent of the world’s forests.

Canada has 7% of the world's renewable fresh water, and 20% of the world's total freshwater resources.

Alberta has 11% of the worlds proven oil reserves at 170 billion barrels, ranking it third in the world behind Saudi Arabia with 265 billion barrels and Venezuela with 210 billion barrels.

Québec produces over 85 percent of the world’s maple syrup.

con___manx1

deccdn wrote: »

I must say, as a Canadian, I really enjoyed reading these

Hope you don't mind me posting in here.

Here's my fun (but kinda sad) fact...
On popular event days during the Olympics (ie, hockey) more Canadians watched the Olympics than the number who voted in the last election... From Peter Mansbridge, CBC's The National

I worked at the winter Olympics in Vancouver at the hockey in 2010.it was an amazing experience and the probably the most fun job i ever had. I was a bar tender. I was delighted when canada won the gold in russia again ; )

Long Gone

I'll tell you one thing about Canada that isn't fun - The winter in Alberta !

theKillerBite

The Fenians invaded Canada in 1870.

Long Gone

theKillerBite wrote: »

The Fenians invaded Canada in 1870.

The second wave seems to be attacking now.....

Long Gone

The tragedy of Canada

They could have had British culture, French cuisine and American technology.

Instead they have American culture, British cuisine and French technology ! .:D

el diablo

Long Gone wrote: »

The tragedy of Canada

They could have had British culture, French cuisine and American technology.

Instead they have American culture, British cuisine and French technology ! .:D

Why would they want British culture or American technology?

Long Gone

el diablo wrote: »

Why would they want British culture or American technology?

D'oh ! - There's always one..... :rolleyes:

Possibly because British culture is better than American culture and American technology is better than French technology ? ? ! I think that might possibly be the reason.....:rolleyes:

el diablo

Long Gone wrote: »

D'oh ! - There's always one..... :rolleyes:

Possibly because British culture is better than American culture and American technology is better than French technology ? ? ! I think that might possibly be the reason.....:rolleyes:

I'm sure most people would agree that your posts are absolute nonsense. Anyway, don't bother responding as it won't be read.

Long Gone

el diablo wrote: »

I'm sure most people would agree that your posts are absolute nonsense. Anyway, don't bother responding as it won't be read.

You are just one person - You only speak for yourself.

Your post says so much more about you than it does about me...... ! .:)

Long Gone

Anyways, back on topic with fun facts about Canada :

What not to say if you don't want to upset Canadians :

1) Did you vote for Obama or Romney ?

2) Anything derogatory about Ice Hockey.....

3) Your beer SUCKS !

james182

Dont say that Canada is the 51st state of the US...

Sponge25

Fenian troops invaded Canada from America and beat a Canadian army in a full-fledged battle.

Edit: Crap didn't realise someone already said this. :?

Sponge25

againstthetide wrote: »

Saskatchewan is seven times the size of Ireland and has one fifth of the population

Any Sasquatches in Saskatchewan?

Long Gone

An American author once described man as a species whose primary objective seemed to be the obliteration of all other species, and his own, but who had nonetheless multiplied at such an excessive rate as to have populated most of the habitable world, and Canada !

el diablo

Long Gone wrote: »

An American author once described man as a species whose primary objective seemed to be the obliteration of all other species, and his own, but who had nonetheless multiplied at such an excessive rate as to have populated most of the habitable world, and Canada !

Are you drunk again?

Long Gone

el diablo wrote: »

Are you drunk again?

As you have no basis whatsoever for making such a scurrilous (not to mention libellous....) statement, you obviously have other issues - You should get out more.

As I've already said, your posts say so much more about you than they do about anyone else.....

Long Gone

To elaborate on the post that I made before this thread was so rudely and ignorantly taken off topic :

Ambrose Bierce in his American classic book "The Devil's dictionary" defined man as follows:

Man: An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be. His chief occupation is destruction of his own species, which, however, multiplies with such insistent rapidity as to infest the whole habitable earth and Canada. .

RichFTW

Long Gone wrote: »

To elaborate on the post that I made before this thread was so rudely and ignorantly taken off topic :

Ambrose Bierce in his American classic book "The Devil's dictionary" defined man as follows:

Man: An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be. His chief occupation is destruction of his own species, which, however, multiplies with such insistent rapidity as to infest the whole habitable earth and Canada. .

You're the one who took the thread off topic.

The title is "fun facts about Canada" not "pretentious ramblings vaguely related to Canada".

Celly Smunt

There are more Tim Hortons than people in Canada.

Long Gone

RichFTW wrote: »

You're the one who took the thread off topic.

The title is "fun facts about Canada" not "pretentious ramblings vaguely related to Canada".

No. I did not take the thread off topic - What I posted is actually a very funny reference to Canada.

It is obviously a bit too high brow for you to appreciate, but that is your problem.

Long Gone

Canada has more doughnut shops per capita than anywhere else in the world !

RichFTW

Long Gone wrote: »

An American author once described man as a species whose primary objective seemed to be the obliteration of all other species, and his own, but who had nonetheless multiplied at such an excessive rate as to have populated most of the habitable world, and Canada !

Not funny, not even remotely funny. Although the fact that you think it is very funny does in fact make it funny. So well done.

Long Gone wrote: »

No. I did not take the thread off topic - What I posted is actually a very funny reference to Canada.

It is obviously a bit too high brow for you to appreciate, but that is your problem.

Indeed. I shall retire to my chambers post-haste in shame. Good day Sir.

Long Gone wrote: »

Canada has more doughnut shops per capita than anywhere else in the world !

Why couldn't you just post this in the first place! I love doughnuts.

Crann na Beatha

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Long Gone

RichFTW wrote: »

Not funny, not even remotely funny.

As already stated, the post was obviously far too high brow for you to find it amusing. You are one individual. What part of that do you not understand ?
The fact that YOU do not find a post funny is completely understandable and entirely irrelevant.

Ardillaun

More info on our most famous astronaut:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hadfield

Here he is singing, very well:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_RB1ENTayU

And showing Leo how to use a hurley:

http://www.independent.ie/videos/irish-news/singing-astronaut-chris-hadfield-shows-his-skills-on-the-hurling-pitch-29905414.html

Ardillaun

An island in a lake on an island in a lake:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Manitou


And if that's not enough for ye:


An island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glover_Island

greenteaicedtea

Yonge Street is the longest street in the world.

Really it turns into Highway 11 outside of Toronto but it's the same road.

Ardillaun

Canada has approximately three million lakes:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Canada

In Newfoundland, anything Windermere-sized or smaller is called a pond.

Gman0174

Future wars will be over the great lakes.... It is also impossible to buy one item in Costco.

Gman0174

enuff said.

Ardillaun

Not sure if this is a fun fact exactly but...we are facing a federal election in 13 weeks time, the longest campaign in recent history and likely to be the most expensive ever.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poll-tracker-harper-mulcair-in-close-race-as-campaign-begins-1.3176101

4068ac1elhodqr

The Newfies also like to fly their tricolour out in the front garden.

Canada's capital city, Ottawa, is also it's most adulterous

Ardillaun

Iris Nutty Storybook wrote: »

The Newfies also like to fly their tricolour out in the front garden.

Canada's capital city, Ottawa, is also it's most adulterous

Our official provincial flag is ghastly. The tricolour is flown by those who advocate separation from Canada, sometimes in the incongruous company of the Union Jack.

Crann na Beatha

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el diablo

JT26 wrote: »

Wonder how the tories will do in the national elections,having seen what happened here in Alberta doesnt bode well for them I think.

Let's hope the NDP don't get in. :rolleyes:

Ardillaun

el diablo wrote: »

Let's hope the NDP don't get in. :rolleyes:

As long as I don't have to say PM Harper again in my life, I'll be happy. The guy is too dictatorial for my taste.