{"id":878,"date":"2025-05-25T11:50:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T11:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/natgeokids.com?p=878"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:35:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T16:35:18","slug":"facts-about-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/au\/discover\/geography\/countries\/facts-about-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Majestic mountains, frozen glaciers, beautiful cities and incredible wildlife &#8211; discover our fantastic <strong>facts about Canada<\/strong>!<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-facts-telus-world-of-science.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5219 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-facts-telus-world-of-science.jpg\" alt=\"canada facts\" width=\"635\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-facts-telus-world-of-science.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-facts-telus-world-of-science-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Facts about Canada<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Official Name<\/strong>: Canada<br \/>\n<strong>Form of Government<\/strong>: Federal parliamentary state<br \/>\n<strong>Capital<\/strong>: Ottawa<br \/>\n<strong>Population<\/strong>: 36,307,820<br \/>\n<strong>Official Language<\/strong>: English, French<br \/>\n<strong>Money<\/strong>: Canadian dollar<br \/>\n<strong>Area<\/strong>: 9,970,610 square kilometres<br \/>\n<strong>Major Mountain Ranges<\/strong>: Rockies, Coast, Laurentian<br \/>\n<strong>Major Rivers<\/strong>: St. Lawrence, Mackenzie<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Canadian flag<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-flag-.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5221 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-flag-.jpg\" alt=\"canada facts\" width=\"471\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-flag-.jpg 471w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-flag--300x154.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Map of Canada<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-map.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5222 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-map.jpg\" alt=\"canada facts\" width=\"470\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-map.jpg 470w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-map-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Canada: geography and landscape<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Canada is one seriously huge place! Measuring <strong>4,600km from north to south<\/strong>, the country spans more than half the Northern Hemisphere. And at a whopping <strong>5,500km from east to west<\/strong>, it stretches across six time zones! A vast, rugged land, Canada is the second largest country in the world (<strong><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/places\/russia-facts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Russia<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>being the largest)\u00a0but only 0.5% of the world&#8217;s population live there.<\/p>\n<p>Canada has a varied landscape, with majestic mountains, rolling plains, forested valleys, and beautiful blue rivers and lakes. <strong>The Canadian Shield<\/strong>, a hilly region of lakes and swamps, stretches across northern Canada and has some of the oldest rocks on Earth.<\/p>\n<p>In Canada&#8217;s far north lies the frozen <strong><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/places\/ten-facts-about-the-arctic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arctic<\/a><\/strong>. Here, ice, snow and <strong><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/science-and-nature\/Glaciers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">glaciers<\/a><\/strong> dominate the landscape. <em>Brrrrrr!<\/em> Despite the cold, harsh climate, <strong>Native Canadians<\/strong>, called <strong>First Nations people<\/strong>, live in this region, where they hunt and fish for food.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-facts-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5216 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-facts-4.jpg\" alt=\"canada facts\" width=\"635\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-facts-4.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-facts-4-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Canada\u2019s wildlife and nature<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Canada&#8217;s remote north and extensive forests are home to lots of wonderful wildlife, from bears, wolves, deer, mountain lions, beavers and bighorn sheep, to smaller animals such as raccoons, otters and rabbits. The country&#8217;s lakes and rivers &#8211; which contain about 20 percent of all fresh water on Earth &#8211; are full of fish such as trout and salmon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-facts-beavers.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5217 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-facts-beavers.jpg\" alt=\"canada facts\" width=\"635\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-facts-beavers.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-facts-beavers-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Canada&#8217;s prairies (open grasslands) in the south are home to American buffalo and pronghorn antelope. And in the sprawling evergreen forests of northern Canada, moose and <strong><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/animals\/Black-bear-facts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">black bears<\/a><\/strong> are amongst the amazing animals that can be found. Even farther north, herds of reindeer and musk ox roam the cold, bare tundra.<\/p>\n<p>Canadians work hard to protect their native wildlife, and the country has 41 national parks and three marine conservation areas. Nevertheless, species like wolves, <strong><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/animals\/Eurasian-Lynx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lynx<\/a><\/strong> and Atlantic fish have faced threats from overhunting and overfishing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-facts.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5215 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-facts.jpg\" alt=\"canada facts\" width=\"635\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-facts.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-facts-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">History of Canada<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first people to come to Canada arrived between 15,000 and 30,000 years ago across a land bridge that joined <strong>Asia<\/strong> and <strong>North America<\/strong>. Around A.D. 1000, the <strong><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/history\/10-facts-about-the-vikings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Viking<\/a><\/strong> explorer <strong>Leif Eriksson<\/strong> reached Newfoundland, Canada. He tried to establish a settlement, but it didn&#8217;t last long.<\/p>\n<p>In the 16th century, French and British settlers arrived. Land disputes between farmers and fur traders led to four wars between 1689 and 1763. The final war, called the <strong>French and Indian War<\/strong>, left the British in control of Canada, but French influence continued and remains strong even today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-facts-victoria-capital-city-of-british-canada.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5220 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-facts-victoria-capital-city-of-british-canada.jpg\" alt=\"canada facts\" width=\"635\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-facts-victoria-capital-city-of-british-canada.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-facts-victoria-capital-city-of-british-canada-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1867, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick combined to form a dominion with its own government, parliament and prime minister &#8211; and Manitoba joined soon after. In 1931, Canada became an independent nation.<\/p>\n<p>Following numerous territorial changes over the years, today Canada is made up of ten provinces and three territories.<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Canadian people and culture<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>In some ways Canada is many nations in one. Descendants of British and French immigrants make up about half the population. They were followed by other European and Asian immigrants. First Nations peoples make up about four percent of the population.<\/p>\n<p>Inuit people live mostly in the Northwest Territories and <strong>Nunavut<\/strong>. Many Native Canadians live on their traditional lands, but many others have moved to cities across Canada. First Nations artwork is widely recognised and is seen as a symbol of Canadian culture.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-facts-inuit-people.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5218 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-facts-inuit-people.jpg\" alt=\"canada facts\" width=\"635\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-facts-inuit-people.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/canada-facts-inuit-people-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Canada&#8217;s government and economy<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The British monarch is the head of state of Canada. The monarch is represented by a governor-general, who has very limited powers. Laws are made by Canada&#8217;s elected federal government, which includes a parliament and a prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>Britain&#8217;s <strong>Quebec Act of 1774<\/strong> granted Quebec its own legal and religious rights. Despite this concession, many Quebec citizens have long sought independence. In votes held in 1980 and 1995, Quebec decided to stay in Canada. But the second vote was very close, and the debate is still alive.<\/p>\n<p>Canada has provided fish, furs and other natural resources to the world since the 1500s. Today, it is a world leader in agricultural production, telecommunications and energy technologies. The vast majority of Canada&#8217;s exports go to the United States.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">Image credits: Map of Canada: National Geographic Maps. Picture of Telus World of Science in Vancouver, Canada: Dan Breckwoldt, Dreamstime. Picture of building in Victoria, British Columbia: Chrishowey, Dreamstime. All other pictures: Getty Images UK.<\/h6>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What did you make of our facts about Canada? Let us know by leaving a comment, below!<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Majestic mountains, frozen glaciers, beautiful cities and incredible wildlife &#8211; discover our fantastic facts about Canada! 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