Happy Canada Day! As you enjoy the time off and celebrate this long weekend be grateful we are able to live; work and retire in one of the greatest countries in the world. Here are some interesting facts I thought you might find interesting about this country we live in:
Size of Canada – Canada is the world’s second largest country (behind Russia) covering 9,984,670 km.
We the People – There are 40 million people in Canada, this makes up approximately 0.5% of the world’s population. There are 100 men for every 102 women. In 2022 there were 264,000 births. Someone born in Canada this year (2023) has a life expectancy of 82.96 (an increase of 0.18% from last year).
Record Temperatures – Canada’s highest recorded temperature was in Yellow Grass and Midales Saskatchewan on July 5, 1937; recorded as 45 C or 113 F. Canada’s lowest temperature was in Snag, Yukon Territory on February 3, 1947, recorded as -63 C or -81 F.
Uranium Producer – Canada is the world’s second largest natural uranium producer, supplying approximately 20 to 30% of the world’s annual uranium output. Saskatchewan is the home of the world’s richest uranium deposits. Over 80% of Canada’s uranium is exported for electricity generation.
Canadian Lakes – We have more lake area than any other country in the world. There are an estimated 2 million lakes in Canada covering approximately 891,163km. Canada’s largest lake is Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, covering over 31,328 square kilometers. The deepest lake is also in Northwest Territories; Great Slave Lake which is 614 meters deep. Canada’s lakes make up roughly 20% of the world’s freshwater supply.
Star Trek Connection– Two of the stars from the original series were Canadian; William Shatner (Captain Kirk) and James Doohan (Scotty). William Shatner was born March 22, 1931 in Montreal, Quebec. James Doohan was born March 3, 1920 in Vancouver, BC. Besides his accent, Doohan (Scotty) was most famous for his missing finger. Doohan was wounded in the leg and hand leading his men into battle on D-Day, eventually he lost his finger.
World’s largest source of Cesium – Cesium is a rare chemical element found in the earth’s crust. Cesium is used in highly precise atomic clocks. NIST-F1 America’s primary time and frequency standard is a cesium fountain atomic clock developed in Boulder, Colorado. NIST-F1 contributes to the international group of atomic clocks that define Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the official world time. Currently this measure of time neither gains nor loses as much as a second in more than 60 million years. More than two-thirds of the world’s Cesium reserves are found in Bernic Lake, Manitoba, Canada.
Canadians spend One-quarter of their life online – The average Canadian will spend an average of 49 hours per week online. Roughly 11 hours are spent on work, and the remaining time is spent on various other activities. This works out to be 22 years, 2 months, and 12 days of a person’s lifetime.
If the last one surprises you, then turn off your electronics this Canada Day weekend and go out and celebrate with family, friends, and neighbors!
Have an amazing weekend,
Happy Canada Day!
Tracey and Paige
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Sources:
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11-402-x/2011000/chap/geo/geo-eng.htm
https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/subjects-start/population_and_demography/40-million
https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/CAN/canada/life-expectancy
https://canadaopen.org/en/why-canada/provinczii-kanadyi-i-territorii.html
https://www.natureconservancy.ca/en/blog/10-facts-about-fresh-water-in.htmlb
https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Shatner
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001150/
https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/average-canadian-spends-quarter-of-their-life-online-study
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