Canada is interesting. I’ve said that many times. Some have asked me “in what way?” So here are a few ways:

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1. 10% of the world’s forest is in Canada
2. 15.9% of the population is 65 or older. 68.5% are between the ages of 15 and 64.
3. 17% of Canadians are daily smokers.
4. 280,681 new permanent residents were welcomed to Canada in 2010. That number does not include temporary workers or foreign students.
5. A 9.3 kg lobster is the largest documented lobster caught. It was caught in Nova Scotia in 1977
6. About 90% of Canada’s population is concentrated within 160 kilometers (100 miles) of the Canada/U.S. border.
7. Canada became a country on July 1, 1867
8. Canada birth rate is 10 births/1,000 population
9. Canada features the longest coastline in the world, stretching 202,080 kilometers (125,570 miles).
10. Canada fertility rate is 1.59 children born/woman
11. Canada has 198 jails.
12. Canada…