Canadian Life Styles

Monday, September 26, 2011, 7:06
Study Abroad, Study in Canada
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The country Canada is very large country which has land area of round about 9,994,660 Squares Kilometers which makes Canada the second biggest country of the world. For different types of controversial issues, Canada is supposed to be the only country in the world. There are many types of fun facts about Canada that make this country different from others, some of the few facts about Canada are:-
• The most important fact about the Canada is because of its name of origin that came from the word St. Lawrence Iroquoian which has a meaning of village or settlement.
• According to area Canada is the world’s largest country including Canadian waters.
• The country of Canada is also the longest coastline in the world and in length which is about 244,000 Kilometers.
• Canada shares its common border with its neighboring country US, which is also considered as the world’s longest border.
• Canada is also believed as the country of Santa Claus home which is an interesting fact for the kids.
• There is another belief that Canada has owned the North Pole which is false because there is no country in the world who owns North Pole.
• In the world, Canada is also the largest producer of dessert wine sweets which are also known as Ice-wine.
• Canada is also listed in the list of those countries that produces copper, aluminum, gold, nickel, natural gas and zinc and is at top 5th producer.
• The funniest fact about Canada is that in a city named Montreal, there more churches than their city houses.
• Canada is also well known because of world’s smallest jail which is located in Ontario and had only 270 square feet area.
• This is a country which is having the highest tertiary education in the world that includes international students’ as well local students of Canada.
• From all cities of Canada, Toronto is supposed to be the largest country which has more than 5 million populations in it. Actually Toronto is a city that holds more university degrees which are the most degree from any other city of the world.
• Canada is the world’s second biggest country but in the world it has the forth lowest population density. The peoples of Canada live as three people per square kilometer and the half population of Canada was actually born in other countries.
• The most important thing about Canada is that it is the biggest producer of energy that is the reason it provides it to United States too.
• Actually Canada is also known in the world because of its Ice Hotel which is located in Quebec and is also known as Hotel de Glace. Every year this hotel is created by using 400 tons of ice and also with 12,000 tons of snow. The ice of this hotel melts in every summer season and is recreated in every winter season.
• In British Columbia, Canada is the country which has only one desert which is towards the southernmost corner of the Okanagan village which is in Osoyoos.
• The desert of Canada is only 15 miles long with having more than 100 rare plants and also with having more than 300 rare animals. Canada has only desert which has very long boardwalk in the world.
• The temperature of Canada in winter always falls below the freezing point that is the reason some of the parts of Canada is mostly covered with snow for six months.
• The world’s first baseball glove was also invented in Canada in the year 1883.
• There are also many other inventions that are also invented in Canada which includes electric light bulb, telephone, basketball, electron microscope, television, electric ranges and the zipper and also the world’s snow mobile.
• In Ontario, there is world most famous, popular and the world’s largest water falls.
• Half of the country of Canada is covered with forests which is not surprising because Canada is considered as the country which has world’s one-tenth forest in it.
• Actually the country of Canada has two types of national sports that are Lacrosse and Ice Hockey. The Lacrosse is the country’s summer sport national game and Ice Hockey is the country’s winter sport national game. The game of Lacrosse was invented by its peoples this is the reason why it is more popular then Ice Hockey.
• Canada is considered as the most well known country because of its highest quality of life in the world which is according to the Human Development Index of United States.