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Canadian Facts

-Canada covers 9,984,670 square kilometres, or 7 percent, of the earth's surface.
-The lowest temperature ever recorded in Canada was -63 degrees Celsius
-The governor general is paid $97,375 per year, tax free, plus an annual budget of $10 million.
-People working to separate Quebec from Canada can not be charged with treason unless they use force or violence.
-6,502,865 Canadians speak French as their first language.
-Canadian groundhogs are right 30% of the time.
-It is illegal to practice voodoo in Canada.
-The warmest temperature ever recorded in Canada was 45 degrees Celsius.
-Yonge Street in Toronto is the longest street in the World.
-The geographic centre of Canada is 60 degrees 6 minutes 30 seconds latitude North and 94 degrees 3 minutes 30 seconds longitude West.
-The letter "Z" comes from the Greek letter zeta and should be pronounced "zed" not "zee" (Americans pronounce it "zee" to make the alphabet song rhyme).
-Almost 400,000 Canadians have dual citizenship.
-More than 6.2 million Canadians go to church or other places of worship weekly.
-Canada has six time zones.
-Ottawa is the second coldest capital in the world (the first is Ulaanbatar, Mongolia).
-Lake Ontario is the size of Switzerland.
-Newfoundland is the only province that does not have an Indian reserve.
-The Canadian coastline, 243,792 km, is the longest in the world.
-90% of Canadians live within 160km of the United States border.
-The word Canuck originated in about 1850 as a term for French Canadians. During the Great War it was applied to all Canadians.
-The Confederation Bridge between Prince Edward Island and the mainland is the longest in the world.
-40% of the world's newspapers are printed on Canadian paper.
-Canada is the 2nd largest exporter of potatoes in the world.
-The name "Canada" is derived from the Huron-Iroquois language and means settlement or village.
-With 2 Million lakes, Canada has the largest amount of freshwater in the world. (466,697 sq km)
-Approx. 25% of Canada's land consists of forest.
-Approx. 89% of Canada is not habitable, because the climate is too extreme.
-Canada leads the world as the largest grain producer.
-The Trans-Canada Highway is the longest national highway in the world (7,841 km)