Place Facts About Canada

Women wishing to enter Canada to work as strippers must provide naked photos of themselves to qualify for a visa!

Canada contains approximately 60% of the world's lakes, with an estimated 2 million lakes scattered across its landscape. It also holds the largest area of intact forest remaining on Earth.

In 1984, a Canadian farmer named Murray Chicken began renting ad space on his cows, pioneering a bizarre form of outdoor advertising.

Canada comes from the Iroquoian word 'kanata,' meaning 'village' or 'settlement.'

The province of Alberta, Canada is free of the common rat.

A former Canadian Defense Minister believes that there are at least 4 species of aliens that have been visiting earth for thousands of years - and they are concerned about our use of atomic weapons.

Each year, Canada Post receives a million letters addressed to "Santa Claus, The North Pole, H0H 0H0". They reply to every one.

License plates in the Canadian Northwest Territories are shaped like polar bears.

There's a man-shaped health center in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada, that from above looks like a spread-eagled naked man—complete with detailed arms, legs with kneecaps, and unmistakable male anatomy between the legs.

Tap water in Canada is held to a higher health standard than bottled water.

In Churchill, Manitoba—the 'Polar Bear Capital of the World'—residents are encouraged to leave their car doors unlocked so people can escape if they encounter a polar bear on the street.

Canada has "Apology Acts" in most provinces that prevent an apology from being used as evidence of fault in civil court proceedings, reflecting the cultural importance of saying sorry.

As part of an advertising campaign, Molson, a Canadian beer company, strategically placed 'beer fridges' around Europe that only Canadian passports could unlock.

A man from Dildo, Newfoundland flew his drone and found this iceberg floating into the nearby Conception Bay.

A worker at Alitalia forgot two digits when updating fares, listing Toronto-to-Cyprus business-class round trips at $39 instead of $2,258. Thousands booked before the error was caught. Alitalia honored the tickets - passengers flew business class for less than a pizza delivery. Two missing digits filled every premium seat.