(Yet Even More) Fun Facts About Canada

(assuming “fact” to be somewhat loosey-goosey in the accuracy department)

Welcome to yet another instalment of my outreach program to the rest of the world, offering insights and observations of “The Great White North” – Canada…

* The national symbol of Canada is the beaver. That’s right, a hairy, buck-toothed rodent tree-eater was the best symbol we could come up with. Hardly the majestic eagle that symbolizes the United States, but probably way better than our second choice, the mosquito…

* Canada is home to the world-famous Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Which I believe I’ve already mentioned in a past Fun Facts episode, but we’re awfully proud of them, so live with it…

* Canada shares the rugged Rocky Mountain range with the United States. We are in talks to move them a bit more to the middle of Canada, as Alberta and British Columbia have enjoyed them far too long already.

* Canada ran out of good names for cities much sooner than the United States did, which is why you’ll find places like Moose Jaw, Red Deer (???), and Kumquat on a Canadian map…

* Canada has a wide range of directions, such as North, South, East and West. Not to mention the exotic ones, like Northwest. We named a mounted police force after that one! (Not all of our police forces are mounted, despite those two examples…)

* We’ve personally seen a live beaver here in Calgary, igniting a spontaneous moment of pride in our national symbol. Until he passed gas, and we had to move along. Beaver toots are brutal, dude…

* Canada is home of some of the Great Lakes. And many Not-So-Great Lakes…

* Canada’s national anthem is “O Canada”, which is just before “P Diddy” in the dictionary…

* Canada needs a haircut.

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That’s all for today, kiddies! Hope you learned something new, in today’s instalment…

Chow for now!!