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ІСТОРІЯ КАНАДИ: ЛЮДИ ТА ДОЛІ / HISTORY OF CANADA: PEOPLE AND DESTINIES

Interesting Facts About . . .
Canada

1. Kanata is the St. Lawrence-Iroquoian word for "village" or 8. Charles Fenerty, a poet from Halifax, Nova Scotia, was
"settlement. the first person to use wood fibers to make paper. He started
experimenting in 1839 and produced paper from wood pulp in
1841.
2. North America’s lowest recorded temperature was -81.4
degrees Fahrenheit (-63 C) at Snag, Yukon Territory, on
February 3, 1947. 9. Canadians have made many important inventions,
including Kerosene, the electron microscope, the electronic
organ, insulin, the IMAX film system, the snowmobile, and the
3. Canada is known as the home of large animals like the electric cooking range.
moose and grizzly bear, but it is also home to about 55,000
species of insects and about 11,000 species of mites and spiders.
10. Canada is a major producer and consumer of cheese. In
1997, Canadians produced 350,000 tons of at least 32 varieties
4. Canada contains 9% of the world’s renewable water supply. of cheese and ate an average of 23.4 pounds per person, with
cheddar being the most popular.

5. The official languages of Canada are English and French.
Throughout Canada’s history up to the current time, there 11. Many famous authors have come from Canada,
have been conflicts between English and French-speaking including Lucy Maud Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables),
Canadians. Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid’s Tale), and Alice Munro
(Lives of Girls and Women).
6. Tensions between French Canada and English Canada
reached a head in October 1970, when the Front de Liberation 12. A black bear cub from Canada named Winnipeg (or
du Quebec (FLQ)—a terrorist organization that had bombed “Winnie,” for short) was one of the most popular attractions at
cities, robbed banks, and committed a number of other the London Zoo after it was donated to the zoo in 1915. Winnie
crimes—kidnapped the U.K. Trade Commissioner, Richard became a favorite of Christopher Robin Milne and inspired the
Cross. The army put an end to the revolt and arrested several stories written by his father, A.A. Milne, about Winnie-the-
hundred suspects. Pooh.

7. In 1527, John Rut of St. John’s, Newfoundland, sent a letter 13. The Moosehead Brewery in Saint John, New Brunswick,
to King Henry VIII—the first letter sent from North America. turns out 1,642 bottles of beer per minute.

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