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67 unusual facts about Canada


ANCEP

The institution has schools in the following locations: Bali, Mexico, Canada, London, New York, San Francisco, Cape Town.

Association of Legal Writing Directors

The Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD), formed in 1996, is a non-profit professional association of directors and former directors of legal research, writing, analysis, and advocacy programs from law schools in the United States, Canada and Australia.

Avon Lodge railway station

Avon Castle became the seat of the Earl of Egmont from 1912 to 1938, although after 1932 the family saw little use for their private halt as the 11th Earl preferred to spend his time in Canada.

Baron Revelstoke

The City of Revelstoke in British Columbia, Canada was renamed in honour of Edward Charles Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke, commemorating his role in securing the financing necessary for completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Bearing Straight

Bearing Straight is the title of the debut album of Canadian guitarist Don Ross, released in 1989.

Boutique law firm

Looking beyond U.S. borders, litigation law firms based in Europe include Tiberghien, Oppenhoff & Partner and Tedioli, and based in Canada, Adler Bytensky Prutschi Shikhman specializes in criminal law.

Canada Clause

A clause in the Charlottetown Accord that would have recognized the province of Quebec as a distinct society within Canada, aboriginal rights, sex equality and other principles; or

Canada's Golgotha

In 2002 British documentary maker Iain Overton alleged that the crucified soldier did exist, and named him as Sergeant Harry Band (not "Brant").

Canada's Got Talent

On October 17, opera singer Measha Brueggergosman and musician Stephan Moccio were announced as the two judges who will be joining Short at the table.

Canada's Hundred Days

There they were stationed in the villages of Fouquescourt, Maucourt, Chilly and Hallu from which they would attack eastward toward the Hindenburg Line.

Canada's Next Great Prime Minister

Canadian college and university students were asked to submit a 2,500-word essay on what they would do as Prime Minister of Canada.

The 2005 winner, and the recipient of a $50,000 first-place cash prize, was determined by four former Canadian Prime Ministers: Brian Mulroney, Kim Campbell, Joe Clark, and John Turner.

Canada's Next Top Model

The judging panel consisted of fashion journalist Jeanne Beker, supermodel Yasmin Warsame and new judge fashion photographer Mike Ruiz.

Canada's Top 20 Countdown

Canada's Top 20 Countdown is a Canadian weekly syndicated radio chart program based out of Montreal, Quebec.

Canada's Worst Driver 5

The Gimbal – The season's featured challenge (shown on Daily Planet after the first episode aired, with Daily Planet host Ziya Tong attempting the challenge) is one where the contestant must balance a stick-shift truck atop the gimbal, a swiveling platform with a hemispherical base.

Canada's Worst Driver 6

Currently a traffic specialist for CablePulse 24 in Toronto, in the past, he was one of Ontario's most famous traffic cops.

Canada's Worst Driver Ever

Shirley Sampson, 62, from Donkin, Nova Scotia, performed well for most of Canada's Worst Driver 7, only to find herself being named the worst after a terrible road test performance.

Canada's Worst Handyman 6

As with its sister season Canada's Worst Driver 6, a new series logo has been commissioned for this season.

Charlene Hunt, from Pickering, Ontario, is an "idea gal", but when it comes to actual work, her husband is usually the one to step in and fix her errors.

Canadian Government Ship Stanley

The Canadian Government Ship Stanley has been described as Canada's first truly effective icebreaker.

Cedarvale Park

Scott McLaughlin, a native of Scotland, emigrated to Canada and settled in Glen Williams.

Chalmers Award

a Canadian series of arts awards funded by the Chalmers family of arts patrons, including the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Awards, the Jean A. Chalmers National Dance Award and the M. Joan Chalmers Awards for Arts Administration, Artistic Direction and Documentary Film and Video.

Chapel Island Formation

The Chapel Island Formation is a sedimentary formation from the Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada.

Crazy Canucks

In 2006, it was announced that the four original Crazy Canucks would be receiving stars on Canada's Walk of Fame.

Dalsa

In 2007, Teledyne DALSA was named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, as published in Maclean's magazine, one of a handful of manufacturing companies to receive this honour.

David Moorcroft

During the 2012 London Olympics he again served as a track and field analyst for Canadian television, this time for the CTV-led Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium.

Engineering Week

Engineering Week (Canada), an annual event held by engineering schools throughout Canada.

General Service Area

General Service Area is a term used by the Canadian province of Nova Scotia to describe the boundaries of areas that are communities or place names in Nova Scotia.

Global Anglican Future Conference

The conference participants also called for the creation of the Anglican Church in North America as an alternative to the Episcopal Church in the United States and the Anglican Church of Canada and declared that recognition by the Archbishop of Canterbury is not necessary to Anglican identity.

Gordon Jennings Laing

Gordon Jennings Laing (October 16, 1869 – September 1, 1945) was an American classical scholar, born in London, Ontario, Canada.

Hudson Complex

The Hudson Complex is a marine ecoregion in Canada, part of the Arctic marine realm.

Ice hockey in Sweden

Often referred to by the nickname "Tre Kronor" (or three crowns), the Swedish men's national ice hockey team is amongst the most successful in the world, being considered part of the Big Six (or Seven, along with Canada, the United States, Finland, Russia, the Czech Republic, and possibly Slovakia).

Identification of trees of the United States

The following guide applies to the trees which are indigenous to the region extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to the northern boundaries of the southern states, together with a few well-known and naturalized foreign trees.

International Mid-Continent Trade Corridor

The International Mid-Continent Trade Corridor is a supercorridor linking highways in Mexico, the United States, and Canada.

ITASE

As a result, nineteen nations worldwide, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K. and the United States, teamed up to study the surface and subsurface record of Antarctica’s ice cores.

Jonathan Wexler

Jonathan Wexler (born February 7, 1985) is a Canadian actor from London, Ontario, who was a member of the Original Kids Theater Company and the Amabile Boys Choir.

Keltic Lodge

Keltic Lodge is a resort hotel located in the village of Ingonish, Nova Scotia in Canada, on the northeastern coast of Cape Breton Island.

Laxer

Robert Laxer, a Canadian psychologist, professor, author, and political activist

Loaded, Leather, Moonroof

Loaded, Leather, Moonroof is the title of a recording by Canadian guitarist Don Ross, released in 1997.

Machinery of government

A number of national governments including those of Australia, Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom have adopted the term in official usage.

Maison Radio-Canada

It is also the main studio for television stations CBMT-DT and CBFT-DT and radio stations CBME-FM, CBM-FM, CBF-FM and CBFX-FM.

Manifesto for an Independent Socialist Canada

The Liberal government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau instituted attempts to assert domestic economic control such as the creation of Petro-Canada, meant to assert Canadian control of the energy sector, and the Foreign Investment Review Agency, intended to review and limit foreign ownership and particularly American takeovers of Canadian companies.

Microsoft Office 2000

All retail editions of Office 2000 sold in Australia, Brazil, China, France, and New Zealand and academic copies sold in Canada and the United States required the user to activate the product via the Internet.

Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation

In 1983, the federal government introduced the Northern Native Broadcast Access Program (NNBAP), funded and supported by the Department of Canadian Heritage.

Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation, or MBC Radio, is a radio network in Canada, serving First Nations and Métis communities in the province of Saskatchewan.

A strong focus was placed on expanding the use of aboriginal languages and the technical skills of its broadcast staff.

MiWay

Canada's Wonderland
seasonal only

MuchVibe

MuchVibe refers to either a MuchMusic TV series or a channel based in Canada.

Myra Falls

Myra Falls, Canada, a waterfall at Buttle Lake, Vancouver Island, Canada

One Lonely Path

One Lonely Path is the debut album by the Canadian funeral doom band Longing for Dawn.

Paramedic Association of Canada

The PAC has a voluntary membership of over 14,000 paramedicine practitioners across Canada.

Philippe Létourneau

Létourneau served as an expert in the Discovery Channel Canada television series Canada's Worst Driver for seasons Canada's Worst Driver from season 3 to the latest season 8, as well as the Discovery Channel program Star Racer.

Pipestone River

Pipestone River is the name of several rivers in Canada.

Quadripartite Agreement

Quadripartite Agreement (1947) was a secret pact signed by Britain, the United States, Canada, and Australia as a follow on from World War II cooperation on intelligence matters.

Race to Mars

The first part aired on Discovery Channel Canada and its High Definition channel on September 23, 2007 and the second part on September 30.

Real-time gross settlement

Canada - LVTS (Large Value Transfer System) (This is actually an RTGS Equivalent system. Final settlement happens in the evening.)

Ronald John Baker

Ronald John Baker (March 28, 1912 – March 24, 1990) was a pioneering Canadian engineer.

Rosa 'Chrysler Imperial'

This variety was bred and publicly debuted by Dr. Walter E. Lammerts of Descanso Gardens, La Cañada, California, USA in 1952.

Salendine Nook

John Morton and Samuel Brighouse were two of The Three Greenhorns who emigrated to Canada in 1862 and bought land in the area that today is known as the West End, Vancouver.

Sid Boyling

Sid Boyling (May 9, 1914 – November 5, 2006) was a Canadian broadcaster.

Single-issue politics

Some examples of single-issue parties are the party formed to protest against the increase in politician wages, the Bloc Québécois party in Canada, formed to call for the separation of Quebec, and the Party for the Animals, which gained two seats in the Dutch parliament in 2006.

Smart Border Declaration

The Smart Border Declaration was a binational deal signed on December 12, 2001 between the United States and Canada.

Spectacle Island Game Sanctuary

The Spectacle Island Game Sanctuary is a protected area in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Steam dummy

A steam dummy or dummy engine, in the United States of America and Canada, was a steam engine enclosed in a wooden box structure made to resemble a railroad passenger coach.

World Confederation for Physical Therapy

In 1951 the World Confederation for Physical Therapy had 11 founding member organisations from Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, West Germany, Sweden and the United States of America.

Worst Driver television franchise

Canada's Worst Handyman, is Canada's Worst Driver's sister show, both hosted by Andrew Younghusband.

You Bet Your Ass

Colin Sheppard, who was expelled from Canada's Worst Driver 2, was a contestant in the second season of You Bet Your Ass.


Aerodrome

The Canadian Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM) says "...for the most part, all of Canada can be an aerodrome", however there are also "registered aerodromes" and "certified airports".

Andre Champagne

Andre Joseph Orius Champagne (born September 19, 1943 in Eastview, Ontario) is a retired Canadian ice hockey left winger.

Antoine Juchereau Duchesnay

Antoine-Louis Juchereau Duchesnay (1767–1825), his son, seigneur and Lower Canada political figure

Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper earlier expressed his intention to join the Partnership in August 2007, despite some domestic opposition.

Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada

The Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada is a professional award winning touring ballet company based in Moncton, New Brunswick.

Barbara Schlick

She has since appeared at major concert halls, performance venues, and music festivals throughout Europe, Israel, Japan, Canada, the United States and Russia, singing under the batons of people like Frans Brüggen, William Christie, Michel Corboz, Reinhard Goebel, Philippe Herreweghe, René Jacobs, Sigiswald Kuijken, and Karl-Friedrich Beringer.

Bloy

Harry Bloy (born 1946), BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly in the province of British Columbia, Canada

Bob McFarlane

For those achievements, he was voted the Lou Marsh Trophy winner as Canada's top athlete of 1950 and the winner of the Norton Crowe Memorial Medal as Canada's top amateur athlete.

Brett Gallant

At the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships, Gallant represented team Canada, and after placing first after the round robin, lost in the final to Denmark's Rasmus Stjerne rink.

Centreport

CentrePort Canada, an inland port in Winnipeg and Rosser, Manitoba, Canada.

CHOV

CHRO-TV, a television station (channel 5) licensed to Pembroke, Ontario, Canada, which held the call sign CHOV-TV from 1961 to 1977

CKPG

CKDV-FM, a radio station (99.3 FM) licensed to Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, which held the call sign CKPG from February 1946 to May 2003

Cocacolonization

Canada also resorts to cultural protectionism, requiring a minimum share of Canadian content in domestic media.

Corner kick

Megan Rapinoe of the United States Women's National Soccer Team scored an Olympic goal direct from a corner kick in the semifinal match between the United States and Canada in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood

The series is co-produced by The Fred Rogers Company (formerly Family Communications) and Out of the Blue Enterprises, with animation produced in Canada by 9 Story Entertainment and music created at Voodoo Highway Music & Post.

Dave Gunning

The track "A Game Goin' On" from Gunning's album No More Pennies was submitted to the Great Canadian Song Quest (2013 edition: Hockey Night In Canada Song Quest).

Democratic Coalition

British Columbia Democratic Coalition, a coalition of parties in British, Columbia, Canada (2004–2005)

Easington, East Riding of Yorkshire

It is also famous for being the birthplace of the Anglo-Canadian poet and literary scholar, Robin Skelton (1925–97).

First Nations Bank of Canada

First Nations Bank of Canada plans to expand its Community Banking Centres to Baker Lake, Kugluktuk, and Pond Inlet in 2014.

Frédéric Dorion

In 1949, Dorion spoke out against the extradition from Canada of Count Jacques Charles Noel Duge de Bernonville, a Vichy France police official who had been an aide to Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie and was wanted in France for having collaborated with the Nazis.

George Leith

George Gordon Leith (1923–1996), a politician in Saskatchewan, Canada

Greville Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone

Educated at St Paul’s School, London, Janner was evacuated to Canada during the war and attended Bishop's College School, Lennoxville, Quebec.

Gyro tower

Spirale,La Ronde,Montreal,Quebec,Canada (Opened in 1967 double cabin)

Hayden Lake, Idaho

The Purcell Lobe of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet flowed south from Canada, carving the basin of present-day Lake Pend Oreille and damming the Clark Fork river.

Henry Frederick Stephenson

On 30 March 1866 Stephenson was the lieutenant-in-command of HMS Heron, serving in North America and the West Indies, and becoming the commanding officer of a gun-boat on the Canadian lakes during the Fenian raids of 1866.

Hillside Beach, Manitoba

During the fur trading expeditions of the Voyageurs and Coureur des bois the lagoon was part of a portage for traveling between the Winnipeg River and Lake Winnipeg en route from French eastern Canada to the Red River Valley, avoiding the long often choppy route around Elk Island.

Inverse Symbolic Calculator

The Inverse Symbolic Calculator is an online number checker established July 18, 1995 by Peter Benjamin Borwein, Jonathan Michael Borwein and Simon Plouffe of the Canadian Centre for Experimental and Constructive Mathematics (Burnaby, Canada).

Juana Muñoz-Liceras

Juana Muñoz-Liceras is Professor of Hispanic and General Linguistics in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.

Kanatak

Kanatak Lake (or Kanata Lakes), a neighbourhood officially referred to as Marchwood-Lakeside within the northern section of Kanata, Ontario, Canada.

L'Église réformée du Québec

L'Église Réformée du Québec, or "Reformed Church of Quebec", is a small conservative French-speaking Reformed Christian denomination located primarily within the Canadian province of Quebec.

Lew Kowarski

He supervised the construction of Canada's first nuclear reactor (ZEEP) at the Chalk River Laboratories in 1945.

Lifetime Real Women

Lifetime Real Women has never featured any original programming, relying on imported series (such as Gizzi Erskine's Cook Yourself Thin series from the UK or Style By Jury from Canada) or reruns of previous or current Lifetime series.

Maelstrom

Skookumchuck Narrows is a tidal rapids that develops whirlpools, on the Sunshine Coast (British Columbia), Canada.

Marisa Lang

Lang was born in Trieste, Italy and lived there for brief periods during her youth but spent the majority of her life in Toronto, Canada.

Masajiro Miyazaki

Miyazaki was born in the vicinity of Hikone City in Japan and moved to Canada in 1913 with his father.

Michael Henry Herbert

He created with the U.S. Secretary of State John Hay a joint commission to establish the border between the U.S. district of Alaska and British interests in the Dominion of Canada, where gold had been found in the 1890s, which resulted in the definitive Alaskan boundary treaty of 1903.

Number nine

Number 9 Audio Group, a recording studio located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Percy Douglas, 10th Marquess of Queensberry

He went as a gold prospector to Kalgoorlie, Australia, during the gold rush beginning in 1893, and later managed a road house in Canada.

Port-Daniel railway station

The Port-Daniel railway station is a staffed Via Rail station on Route 132 in Port-Daniel–Gascons, Quebec, Canada.

Promens

During 1999-2000 Sæplast acquired three companies abroad; in 1999 the Dyno AS factories in Ålesund, Norway and St. John, Canada, and in 2000, Nordic Supplies Container AS of Norway.

Richard Monette

Upon his return to Canada in 1974, he took on the title role in the premiere of the English translation of Michel Tremblay's Hosanna at the Tarragon Theatre.

Ritch Workman

Workman was born in Belleville, Ontario, in 1973, and in 1980, his family moved from Canada to the state of Florida, despite never having been there before, due to the fact that Pierre Trudeau and the Liberal Party of Canada were successful in the 1980 federal election, and his father did not want to live in a socialist country.

Rogers Communications

While Ted Rogers was an articling student with Tory, Tory, DesLauriers & Binnington, he started Rogers Radio Broadcasting Limited, which acquired Canada's pioneer FM station, CHFI-FM.

Rogers Telecom

Sprint Canada launched in the early 1990s with Candice Bergen as its spokesperson.

Vincent Smith

Vincent Reynolds Smith (1890–1960), a judge and politician in Saskatchewan, Canada

Vlastimil Bubník

He was tied with Canada's Harry Watson and Russia's Valeri Kharlamov for the all-time Olympic scoring lead, until he was surpassed by Finland's Teemu Selänne in the 2010 Winter Olympics

William McKay

The news of the declaration of war he carried, along with orders from Major General Isaac Brock, the Commander in Upper Canada, allowed the British detachment to take the American detachment at Fort Mackinac by surprise.

YLC

The Young Liberals of Canada, the national youth wing of the Liberal Party of Canada

Youth ministry

There are organizations within the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (the primary organization of Unitarian Universalist congregations in the United States), as well as within the Canadian Unitarian Council (the national body for Unitarian Universalists in Canada), which minister to and with youth, of which Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (YRUU) is the largest and most apparent.