Today is Canada Day. Legend has it that Canada was named through a misunderstanding. When Jaques Cartier, a French explorer, came to the new world, he met with local Natives who invited them to their ‘kanata’ (the word for ‘village’). The party mistakenly thought the name of the country was “Kanata” or Canada.
1) The population of Canada is a third of the population of the U.S.?
2) The tallest mountain in North America is in Canada?
3) The national animal of Canada is the beaver?
4) The official phone number of Canada is 1-800-U-BETCHA?
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1) Fake…about 1/8th. Roughly 90% of the population is located within 100 miles of the U.S./Canadian border.
2) Fake…Mount Logan is the 2nd tallest at 19,551 feet. Mt. Mckinley is the tallest in Alaska at 20, 310.
3) Fact…trade in beaver pelts was the center of the Canadian economy from the 17th century to the 19th century.
4) Fake…1-800-O-CANADA.
