Interesting Canadian Facts - Eh !

Here are some interesting and fun Canadian Facts:

July 1, 1867 -Confederation of Canada

$1 574 000 000 000 Gross domestic product

34 502 000 population

12 400 000 houses

9 984 670 square kilometers in area

3 854 085 square miles in area

891 163 square kilometers of fresh water

559 105 Immigrant arrivals

381 382 births last year (2010) 

244 000 kms - length of Canada's coastline

7 604 kms - length of the Trans-Canada highway

5 959 meters - height of Mount Logan

614 meters deep - depth of Great Slave Lake

181 stories - height of CN tower

80.7 years is the life expectancy

48 feet - difference between high and low tide, Bay of Fundy

46 year old - age of the Canadian flag

40 C to -40C...Edmonton temperature range

24 Stanley Cups - Montreal Canadians

18 years in a row the Bluenose won the Fishermans Trophy

13 Stanley Cups - Toronto Maple Leafs

10 Provinces 

7 NHL teams

6 time zones

5 recognized parties in the House of Commons

4 Great Lakes

3 Territories

3 Oceans

2 official languages

#1 country in the World !

Happy Birthday Canada !!! The Best Country in the World !!!

The flag of my country

144 years ago, on July 1, 1867, 3 British North American colonies (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and the Province of Canada (Ontario & Quebec) became the 4 provinces of Canada. Today is a time to celebrate the birth of our great nation. It's not a time to protest, criticize, or complain - of course you are free to choose to do so, but there are 364 other days to do this.

I love my country. I believe that Canada is by far the best country in the world. 10 provinces and 3 territories make up the federation. We are a small country by population with 34.5 million people, but we are the second largest country by area in the world (almost 10 million square km's). That gives us one of the lowest population densities in the world. We also have the longest coastline in the world - 202,080 km's.

We enjoy four beautiful seasons - each one is uniquely different. 

In the winter, we get lots of snow and can get to -40 C.  

In the spring flowers bloom and the grass gets green.  

In the summer, it is hot and can get to 40C (104F). We have thousands of fresh water lakes to cool down in - not to mention the three oceans that surround us. 

 In the fall (Autumn) the leaves turn brilliant reds, orange and yellow. 

Yes, Canada is a kaleidoscope of colours:)

We have the Rocky Mountains in the West, and the cliffs of Newfoundland in the East. We have the Arctic in the North and the Great lakes in the South. We have fresh water, clean air, blue skies and green forests all through the Dominion.(Canada Day use to be called Dominion Day).

We have the right to vote. The freedom to practice personal religion. The freedom not to practice religion. We have Universal health care for all Canadians. We are free to go from British Columbia to Newfoundland anytime we want. And the nice thing about our free country, if you don't like it - you are free to leave. No one forces a person to remain here. I am not being sarcastic or trying to be funny. For many people in this world - the country that you are born in, is the country you will die in - you are not allowed the freedom to leave.

Our culture is unique and complicated. We have two official languages - French and English. Different regions of our country are diverse, yet we all try get along. We'd rather sit down and talk an issue over than fight...unless we're playing hockey.

Canada has two official sports - Hockey in the winter, Lacrosse in the summer. 
Yes, Canada is by far the most diverse country in the world...but it is my country :) and I am blessed to live in such beautiful country. 

Happy birthday Canada !

Blue, Green, Orange & Red

I am sitting here, in my recliner, drinking an orange crush. All the while I am thinking about putting on some red running shoes, and going outside to take a walk on the green grass. But with the clouds in the sky, I find myself a little blue.

Did you pick up on it? The four colours mentioned above. These colours are very important right now. The Federal election is only days away, and the way the polls are looking, Monday, May 2^nd will be a very interesting day in Canadian politics. Here is what the seat predictions look like as of April 28 using the regional breakdowns of national polls.

The Bloc – a separatist party that has sat in the House of Commons for the last 20 years appears like it will be decimated (6 – 15 seats).

The Liberals look like they may have there worst showing in the history of their party (44 – 61 seats). The Conservatives will win the most seats (133 – 145 seats) – there is even a chance they may get a majority (over 155 seats) if the Ontario vote is split between the Liberals and NDP – the conservatives will walk up the middle.

The NDP, by all appearances will be the official opposition. (104 – 108 seats)

If advance polls are any indication of voter turn out – it will be a very busy day. Maybe as many as 70% of Canadian will vote. (last election was 58%). A higher turn out usually means people are not happy with the current government.

What ever happens – We Canadians will get who we deserve. “We may throw the dice, but the LORD determines how they fall.” Proverbs 16:13

If you haven't voted yet – May 2 is election day !

Canada - My country, my home & I love it !

I love my country. I believe that Canada is by far the best country in the world. For those of you from across the world that are reading this, I don't mean to sound conceited, so if it sounds like that, forgive me.

We enjoy four beautiful seasons - each one is uniquely different. In the winter, we get snow - and lots of it.

In the spring flowers bloom and the grass gets green.

In the summer, it is hot and we have thousands of fresh water lakes to cool down in - not to mention the three oceans that surround us.

In the fall (Autumn) the leaves turn brilliant reds, orange and yellow.

Yes, Canada is a kaleidoscope of colours:)

We have the Rocky Mountains in the West, and the cliffs of Newfoundland in the East. We have the Arctic in the North and the Great lakes in the South. We have fresh water, clean air, blue skies and green forests all through the Dominion.

We have the right to vote. The freedom to practice personal religion. The freedom not to practice religion. We have Universal health care for all Canadians. We are free to go from British Columbia to Newfoundland anytime we want.

Our culture is unique and complicated. We have two official languages - French and English. Different regions of our country are diverse, yet we all try get along. We'd rather sit down and talk an issue over than fight...unless we're playing hockey.

Canada has two official sports - Hockey in the winter, Lacrosse in the summer.

Yes, I'm glad I live in Canada !