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.
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.
Huge Country, Small Population
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.
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.
Santa Claus is Canadian
Canada's Minister of Immigration declared that Santa Claus was a Canadian citizen. He also argued that this is why his signature look is a red and white suit – the colors of Canada.
For those who want to, they can send letters to Santa, using this address: Santa Claus, North Pole, H0H 0H0, Canada.