Canada
10 Amazing Facts About Canada
- Canada is the world’s most educated country with a literacy rate of 99%, virtually everyone can read and write, and over half of its residents have college degrees.
- Canada is the second largest country in the world and its capital, Ottawa, is the second coldest capital in the world.
- The inventors of the telephone (Alexander Graham)and basketball (James Naismeth) are Canadians
- Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. There are over 3 million lakes and 20% of the world’s fresh water in Canada.
- Montreal, a city in Canada is the second most populated French-speaking city in the world after Paris.
- Canada is the world’s leader in uranium mining. Uranium is used in nuclear power plants to produce electricity. It is the second biggest producer of hydroelectricity after China.
- 60% of the world’s wild bears live in Canada. About 15,000 polar bears out of the world’s 25,000 live in Canada. It is also home to a large population of black and grizzly bears.
- Canada has the third largest oil reserve in the world after Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.
- Canada has the longest coastline in the world. If you walk around the Canadian coastline non-stop, it will take you at least 5 years to cover it.
- 10% of the world’s forest is in Canada, 396.5 million hectares of forest can be found in Canada.