Interesting Facts About Canada:

• O Canada, the Canadian chant, was written by Adolph Basile Routhier.
• The Canadian song was first performed in Quebec in 1880. The music was composed by Calixa Lavallee. It was then coined as the official anthem of Canada.
• The border that is shared with United States and Canada is called the International Border.
• Canadian motto is ‘A mari usque’, which means from sea to sea.
• Until Canada got its own flag with a maple leaf, it used the British maritime flag.
• Canada is the second largest country in the world after Russia. At the same time, Canada is an extremely sparsely populated.
• The first part of Canada to be explored was the Newfoundland by the Vikings. Evidence of this was found at Lanse Aux meadows.
• Canada gained its independence as a country on July 1, 1867.
• The person who invented basketball was a Canadian named James Naismith.
• Canada has the largest coastline in the world.
• The earliest evidence of mankind was found here, and 20 thousand year old stone tools and bones have been found in Yukon.
• Canada is home to some large animals like the moose and the grizzly bear.
• Canada has two official languages, English and French. However, there has always been a lot of tension between the French and English Canadians.
• Some of the important Canadian inventions are kerosene, Imax, electron microscope, insulin and snow mobiles.

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