Canada

Canada officially became its own completely independent country in 1982 with the Canada Act

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The name “Canada” comes from the word “Kanata” used by the Iroquois, a native American tribe who lived in Quebec in the 16th century

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU O Canada was first performed on July 24, 1880 in Quebec City

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Canada’s first railway line opened in July 1836

The Mounted Police were formed in 1873, with nine officers

Remembrance Day poem “In Flanders Fields” was composed by Lt. -Col Remembrance Day poem “In Flanders Fields” was composed by Lt.-Col. John McCrae in 1915 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKoJvHcMLfc

BlackBerry Limited was founded by Mike Lazaridis and Doug Fregin in Waterloo, Ont., in 1984

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh18iCjnj60 Cirque du Soleil was founded in Quebec in 1984

The regent of England, currently Queen Elizabeth II, is the Canadian head of state

The popular children’s book Anne of Green Gables was written by Lucy Maud Montgomery

The term “trick or treat” was first used in Alberta

The Halifax Explosion in 1917 was the world’s largest man-made explosion prior to Hiroshima

Manitoba was the first province to grant women the right to vote

Newfoundland was the first part of Canada to be explored by Europeans

Quebec City’s 400th anniversary was celebrated in 2008

In 1883, the baseball glove was invented in Canada Basketball was invented by a Canadian living in the United States

The beaver is the official symbol of Canada

Churchill is known as the “Polar Bear Capital of the World”

Canada has more lakes than all other countries combined

The Great Lakes are the largest fresh water system in the world

Ontario has over 250,000 lakes

Across how many time zones does Canada stretch across?

Manitou Lake on Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron is the world’s largest lake within a lake

Canada has the longest coastline of any country in the world at 151,600 miles

Canada’s longest place name is Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik Lake

Montreal What is the world’s second-largest French speaking city, after Paris?

Canada is the second-largest country in the world What place is Canada concerning the size?

What is the Canadian term for the country's indigenous populations? The First Nations

What do most historians consider the main narrative of the War of 1812? The failed American invasion of what's now Canada.

Canada’s population density is 8 Canada’s population density is 8.6 people per square mile, making it the ninth-most sparsely populated nation in the world

Canada’s two official languages are English and French

42 per cent of the Canadian population have a higher education qualification

The American Society of Civil Engineers have considered the CN Tower one of the Seven Modern Wonders of the World