Since it's Canada Day here are a few facts about our country for your upification:
* Canada is the second largest country in the world. (Russia is the largest.)
Dont tell Texas.
* population over 32 million people.
Not very many considering our size.
* there are six time zones in our country.
I can get confused in all of them.
* Canada is the home of over a million Native people.
Native people are renewing their interest in their own heritage.
* Nearly one-forth of all the fresh water in the world is in Canada.
Come enjoy our fresh mountain streams.
* Canada has the world's longest coastline.
Everything from sandy beaches to massive cliffs.
* The name "Canada" comes from the Huron and Iroquois ward "Kanata" meaning "village".
We have a tendency to use many Native words in naming our places.
* Forests, plants, animals and fish are some of Canada's renewable resources.
We like to boast about them too.
* There are 42 beautiful National parks in Canada.
I havent been to all of them but those I have seen are exceptional.
* The 3 larges cities in Canada are Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
Calgary is in the top six.
* The main highway system (completed in 1962) is called the Trans-Canada Highway. It is the longest nationa highway in the world!
I actually helped build it.
* Minerals, metal, natural gas, and oil are some of Canada's non-renewable resources.
We're using them up far to fast for my liking.
* Canada exports many items like: motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery, aircraft, telecommunications equipment, chemicals, plastics, fertilizers, wood pulp, timber crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity, and aluminum all over the world.
Timber and crude seem to be the ones most recognized as Canadian.
* Canada has one-tenth of the world's forests.
This is a difficult fact to absorb for a guy raised in the prairies.
* Hockey is the national sport of Canada and we love it.
Technically our national sport is Lacrosse but hardly anyone knows that or plays it.
