Some fun and interesting facts about Canada!

A total of 30,000 Germans fought in North America between 1776 and 1783; among them, 10,000 men served in Canada and almost 2,400 settled here after the war, mainly in Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

Canada is the second largest country in the world.

Canada has the longest coastline of any country in the world at 243,977 kilometres

Canada is lucky to have 9% of the world’s renewable water supply.

Canada has six time zones.

The longest highway in the world is the Trans-Canada Highway which is over 7,604 kilometres (4,725 miles) in length

Half of the country is covered with forests, which should come as no surprise considering one-tenth of the world’s forests are here.

Despite being a huge country, Canada has the fourth lowest population density in the world, with only three people living per square kilometre!

Almost half of the population in Canada were born in other countries.

The border between Canada and the United States is officially known as the International Boundary. It is 5,525 miles long, including the 1,538 miles between Canada and Alaska.

Two of the largest lakes in the world are found in the Northwest Territories – Great Bear Lake and Great Slave Lake.