Interesting Facts About Canada

Canada is a country in North America with 3 territories and 10 provinces. With 9.98 million square kilometers, Canada is the second-largest country in the world. It is highly developed one is one of the richest countries in the world. It ranks among he highest in government transparency, international measurements of education, quality of life, civil liberties and economic freedom. Even though, Canada is not top tourist destination, it is a fascinating country to visit. Why not book your Canada holidays package and spend your vacation exploring this beautiful country? But before you contact your travel agent regarding available Canada holidays packages, read the interesting facts about Canada you probably do not know.

• Did you know that it takes 24 hours to travel from Australia to Toronto, Canada.

• In 1915, a black bear named Winnipeg or “Winnie” was donated to Canadian zoo, the inspiration of well-known stories Winnie the Pooh.

• In Edmonton, Alberta, is located The West Edmonton Mall, once the largest mall in the world. It has over 800 stores and 23,000 employees. Each day 60,000 to 150,000 people visit this shopping mall. Today, The West Edmonton Mall comes in tenth place on the ‘biggest malls’ list.

• Over 45% of all Canada holidays travel trips from Australia are combined with trips to the US.

• The lowest recorded temperature in North America, 63°C below zero, was measured in Snag, Yukon Territory, Canada.

• The name Canada occurred as an linguistic error. French explorer, Jacques Cartier, misunderstood the indigenous people when they invite him to their village or “kanata”. Cartier believed they were inviting him to the entire country named “Kanata”.

• Basketball was invented by a Canadian man, who invented the game so his students would have some occupation during the winter days.

• In February 1965, Canada’s National Flag was created. Until then, the country used British Maritime Flag.

• 10% of the world’s forests is located in Canada. Almost half of the country is covered with trees.

• Charles Fenerty, a poet from Halifax, was first to produce paper in 1841.

• Canada was the host of Olympic games 3 times. Twice for the winter games, in Vancouver and Calgary and once in 1976 for the summer games in Montreal.

• In 2012, many Australians went on Canada holidays and spent $393million, boosting Canadian economy.

• Celebration of Light in Vancouver and Winterlude in Ottawa are the most popular festivals in Canada. They receive an average of 1.6 million people a year.

• Over 200,000 Canada holidays trips were booked by Australians in 2012.

• Canadians are people who love to eat cheese. The most popular cheese is cheddar and one Canadian eats over 10 kg of cheese a year.

• In winter time, when the Rideau Canal freezes, it becomes the longest ice rink in the world.

• The first Thanksgiving, one of the Canada holidays, is thought to have occurred in 1578. Martin Frobisher, an explorer, held a celebration for surviving his journey from England.

• There are 2,461 farms that grow Christmas trees in Canada. 725 of them are found in Ontario.