Fun facts from canada

FUN FACTS FROM CANADA

Alba Pérez García

Canada’s name comes from a misunderstanding between Jacques Cartier and some Iroquois youth who were pointing out a village (for which they used the word “Kanata”). They were actually trying to identify the small area which is present day Quebec City.

Canada officially got its own national flag on February 15, 1965 — almost 100 years after it became a country (in 1867).

The first airport for UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) was built in 1967 in San Paul, Alberta.

Blue Nose: It is the term that is used to denominate the people who come from Nova Scotia.

San Luis de Ha! He has! It is the only town in the world that has two exclamation marks in its name and is in Canada.

You can send letters to the government free.

In Nanaimo a bathing race is made per year

The baseball glove was invented in Canada in 1883.

The east coast of Canada was inhabited by the Vikings around the year 1000.

Canada has a smaller population than the state of California.

It is the second country with the purest air of the world

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