Canada Facts

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.

The average American drinks approximately 50 gallons of soda annually, equating to over 500 twelve-ounce cans, while the average Canadian consumes around 43 gallons of sugary beverages each year.

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

In the 1970s, the Canadian town of Dauphin, Manitoba ran a 'Mincome' experiment that guaranteed every resident a minimum income, eliminating poverty for four years.

The first postage stamp to commemorate Christmas was issued in Austria in 1937.

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.

Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!

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.

In Montreal, there's a seasonal art installation called '21 Balançoires' featuring swings that play musical notes when you swing on them—and the music only harmonizes when strangers swing together.

Hockey player Jarome Iginla donates $2,000 to the children’s charity Kidsport for every goal he scores. Since 2000 it has added up to more than $700,000.

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.

UBC student Tim Chen realises it is cheaper to fly to class than pay rent. So he lives with his parents in Calgary and flies to Vancouver for class. Flights: $1,200 CAD/month. Vancouver one-bed: $2,700 CAD. He pockets the $1,500 difference. "It's a one-hour flight - same as taking a bus."

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.

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

A 20-year-old lottery winner was offered $1,000,000 in cash or $1,000 a week for life - and turned down the million. Did she make the right call?

Winnipeg was about to disappear under floodwater in the spring of 1997. Tens of thousands of volunteers, including students bused from their classrooms, filled more than 8 million sandbags by hand. Crews then raced to build a 26-mile wall of earth and sandbags across open farmland in just four days. The wall held, and the city stayed dry.