12 random facts about Canada
12 Random Facts about Canada 🍁
Canada is a country full of surprises. While some of these facts below will sound familiar, others might have you going “Huh, I didn’t know that.” There are links to each item if you want to learn more.
🍁Canadians invented the egg carton and the fibreglass goalie mask
🍁Churchill, Manitoba has its own polar bear jail where problem bears are locked up until they can be safely released back onto the ice.
🍁The Rideau Canal Skateway in Ottawa is recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s largest naturally frozen skating rink, stretching 7.8 km through the heart of the city.
🍁Helmcken Falls in Wells Gray Provincial Park is Canada’s fourth-highest waterfall at
141 m, almost three times the height of Niagara Falls at approximately 53 m.
🍁The Maple Leaf Tartan was designed by David Weiser in 1964 and became an official symbol of Canada in 2011.
🍁At just 1 square mile, the Carcross Desert in the Yukon is considered the world’s smallest desert
🍁The world’s first UFO landing pad was built in St. Paul, Alberta as part of Canada’s 1967 Centennial celebrations.
🍁Magnetic Hill, Moncton NB is an optical illusion that makes cars placed in neutral appear to roll uphill
🍁According to the RCMP Heritage Centre, the last dog sled patrol was made by RCMP Constable Warren Townsend from Old Crow, Yukon to Fort MacPherson, NWT in March 1969.
🍁Regina was originally named oskana kâ-asastêki (Cree for “where the bones are piled”)
🍁Winnipeg has been crowned the Slurpee Capital of the World for over twenty consecutive years, with its 7-Eleven stores selling an average of 188,833 drinks per month, more than the rest of Canada combined.
🍁Every spring, a stretch of Manitoba prairie north of Winnipeg becomes ground zero for one of the coolest spectacles on earth, as tens of thousands of red-sided garter snakes emerge at once from limestone dens near the tiny town of Narcisse. The Narcisse Snake Dens is officially the largest concentration of this species anywhere in the world.
