Canada, Eh? Everything You Didn't Need to Know

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Oh Canada, our home and native land!

The Great White North - Land of hockey, flannel, maple syrup and polar bears

Canada, Eh? Everything You Didn't Need to Know

Well, sort of. I've never seen a polar bear outside of a zoo, I don't own a flannel shirt and I don't play hockey.

But anyway, I figured I throw together some random, useless info that may or may not be 100% accurate. Enjoy

We really do say Eh a lot

The slang varies a bit by region, but in general, that stereotype is true. The accents are mostly indistinguishable, other than Quebec (mostly French) and Newfoundland (I can't explain it, it's just hilarious). I work with a couple of Newfies, and it took me a long time to be able to (usually) understand what they were saying.

This video isn't bullshit, they really talk like this -


Canada is HUGE!

Canada is 9.98 million sq km, or 3.86 million sq miles.

The continent of Europe is 10.1 million sq km.

The province I live in is ranked 8th (of 13) and is still bigger than France.

Nunavut is the biggest, roughly the size of Norway, Sweden, Finland, France and Spain combined - with a population of 35,000 people.

St. John's, Newfoundland is closer to London, England than it is to Vancouver, British Columbia.

No, it is not all barren wasteland

But most of it is.

Canada's population is about 35 million, much of that concentrated in major cities. Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal make up one third of the countrie's population. Toronto alone is 6 million.

Canada is mostly big cities and nothing. I can't remember the exact figures, but roughly 90% of the population lives within 100 miles of the US border.

Toronto -

Canada, Eh? Everything You Didn't Need to Know

Vancouver -

Canada, Eh? Everything You Didn't Need to Know

We have the longest coastline of any country

Just over 240,000 km (150,000 mi) of coastline

The Canada/US border is the longest land border

Almost 9,000km (5,500mi)

No, it isn't winter all year

Canada has wildly varying weather. The west coast is pretty mild, rarely going more than a couple degrees below freezing. The east coast is slightly colder, but not much.

The prairie provinces - central Canada are more varied, my area sees an average of 12-15 days per year over 30 C (85 F) and the same below -30 (-22 F)

No, we aren't a British colony anymore.

Canada has been a separate country for 150 years. Our ties to British royalty are more symbolic than anything.

We've got some pretty sweet scenery

From the temperate rainforests of Vancouver Island -

Canada, Eh? Everything You Didn't Need to Know

And the Rocky Mountians of the west -

Canada, Eh? Everything You Didn't Need to Know

To the seasonal forests of the east -

Canada, Eh? Everything You Didn't Need to Know

And the Great Plains and Shield regions in between -

Canada, Eh? Everything You Didn't Need to Know
Canada, Eh? Everything You Didn't Need to Know

And the vast expanse of the Arctic in the north -

Canada, Eh? Everything You Didn't Need to Know

I'm proud to call this place home, and wouldn't have it any other way.

Canada, Eh? Everything You Didn't Need to Know
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