Results: Little known Facts About Canada
This survey is just a little mix of this and that about Canada. Have fun and test your knowledge.
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Some little known facts about Canadian Geography. Which ones did you know? The world's first UFO landing was built in St. Paul, Alberta in 1967
6%
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103 votes
31% of Canada is covered by forests
17%
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313 votes
20% of the world's fresh water is in Canada
21%
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381 votes
Canada has more lakes than all other countries combined
21%
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379 votes
Canada has the longest coastline of any country in the world
19%
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345 votes
Canada has the only town in the world with two exclamation marks, Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!
5%
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96 votes
Canada spans 9 984 670 sq km and comprises 6 time zones.
12%
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220 votes
Canada is home to the longest street in the world. Yonge Street in Ontario starts at Lake Ontario, and runs north through Ontario to the Minnesota border, a distance of almost 2,000 km.
15%
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269 votes
Didn't know any of these
57%
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1043 votes
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Did you know any of these facts about Canadian Wildlife? The world's longest beaver dam is 850 m and found in Northern Alberta.
6%
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113 votes
Canada is home to 2.4 Million Caribou (reindeer).
13%
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240 votes
Narcisse Snake Dens is 130 km north of Winnipeg. Mid-April to early May you can see tens of thousands of garter snakes slithering from their dens. Viewing platforms are available for people to watch them from a distance.
9%
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164 votes
The world has an estimated 25,000 polar bears and 15,500 live in Canada.
12%
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223 votes
Annually, there are 247 accidents involving moose.
10%
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176 votes
A bear cub named Winnipeg was exported from Canada to the London Zoo in 1915. A little boy named Christopher Robin Milne loved to visit Winnipeg, or Winnie for short. His love for the bear cub inspired the stories written by his father, A.A. Milne, about
17%
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302 votes
Knew none of these.
65%
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1180 votes
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Here's some little known facts about Canadian Foods and Drink, which ones did you know? Canada produces 1.5% of the world's food but only consumes 0.6%.
6%
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101 votes
77% of the world's maple syrup is produced in Quebec.
21%
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389 votes
It is illegal to move alcohol between provinces without permission.
14%
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260 votes
Canada has more doughnut shops per capita than anywhere else.
11%
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195 votes
Macaroni and Cheese is the most purchased packaged grocery item in Canada.
11%
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193 votes
A BeaverTail is a sweet treat frequently spotted at fairgrounds, theme parks, ski hills and tourist hot spots. It was created by Ottawa's Pam and Grant Hooker in 1978. The deep fried whole-wheat pastry resembles the shape of a beaver's tail (hence the odd
16%
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290 votes
Knew none of these.
62%
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1127 votes
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Restrictions and freebies, you may or may not know. Check off the ones you do. It is illegal to have comic books depicting criminal acts in Canada.
3%
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62 votes
You can write in any language to the North Pole, HOH OHO and receive a letter back from Santa
17%
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310 votes
35-50% of all music broadcast on Canadian radio must be Canadian
14%
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264 votes
You can send mail to the Federal Government for free
12%
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215 votes
The Canada/U.S. border is the longest in the world. It lacks military defense.
23%
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419 votes
It is illegal to swear in a public park in Ontario.
3%
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57 votes
Nation-wide it is illegal to scare the Queen.
6%
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101 votes
Didn't know any of these
59%
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1074 votes
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