Despite being such a huge country, Canada has one of the lowest population density in the world, coming in at fourth, which means there are only three people occupying each square kilometer!
To add to that interesting fact, almost half of the population in Canada were born in other countries.
Blame Canada
Many people may not know about this, but the defection of a Soviet clerk to Canadian officials is sometimes cited as the triggering event that led to the Cold War. Three short days after the end of World War II in September of 1945, Joseph Gouzenko deserted his position as a Soviet cipher clerk, taking along with him a briefcase of 109 documents regarding Soviet espionage activities in the West!
These events instigated an extensive investigation into Soviet spying by the Canadian government, which arrested over 30 suspects.
A Button for Effort
Back in World War II, the Canadian military decided to give out buttons to those who had enlisted to join the war effort but who were refused due to various medical reasons.
The purpose of these buttons was to show that these individuals were willing to fight as part of Canada's war effort.
The World's Longest Coastline
While Canada might not bring to mind pictures of white sandy beaches and blue waters, Canada has the world's longest coastline, which borders three different oceans: the Atlantic, Arctic, and Pacific.
To put that interesting fact in perspective, that constitutes for 202,080 of the world's total 356,000 kilometers of oceanfront property.
Canada's National Parks
One of the fascinating facts about Canada is that the country is so big, even its parks dwarf other countries. Just look at Nahanni National Park Reserve; it's an incredible 30,050 square kilometers—bigger than countries like Israel and Albania.
Wood Buffalo National Park is even bigger at 44,807 square kilometers, which makes it bigger than the Netherlands, Denmark, and Switzerland.