Cool Facts About Canada

There are so many incredible facts about Canada. Here are just a few really cool things you likely didn’t know about the Great White North.

Canada has the world’s longest coastline

Did you know it would take you four-and-a-half years to walk the length of Canada’s coastline? And, it is bordered on three sides by three different oceans: the Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific. This alone accounts for 202,080 of the world’s total 356,000 kilometres of oceanfront property.

Canada has 10 per cent of the world’s forests

Yes we have plenty of trees, but we also boast 30 per cent of the world’s boreal forest and 10 per cent of the world’s total forest cover. An incredible 396.9-million hectares of forest and other wooded land can be found across the country, and 68 per cent of that is coniferous.

Canada has the only walled city in North America

Quebec City is the only city north of Mexico that still has fortified walls, first built by the French and later the English between the 17th and the 19th centuries. Quebec’s entire historic district, including the ramparts, has since been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Canada has more oil than you think

Canada has an estimated 176.8 billion recoverable barrels of oil in Canada’s oil sands. Canada has about 70.8 per cent of the world’s oil, which is six times more than Russia.

Canada’s national parks are bigger than most countries

Nahanni National Park Reserve in the Northwest Territories not only has massive waterfalls, but it’s also an incredible 30,050 square kilometres—bigger than Albania and Israel. Wood Buffalo National Park in Alberta and the Northwest Territories is even bigger at 44,807 square kilometres, which makes it bigger than Denmark and Switzerland.

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