Mr Ps Top Ten Canadian Tips

Bitumen

Canada has an estimated 176.8 billion recoverable barrels of the semi-solid source of petroleum—is available in abundance in Canada's oil sands. There's an estimated 249.67 billion accessible barrels in the world and Canada has about 70.8 per cent of it—four times more than Kazakhstan and six times more than Russia.

Baffin Island

Canadian island which is among the top ten biggest islands in the world, more than double the size of Great Britain. Separately, Victoria Island and Ellesmere Island are both are roughly the size of England.

Maple Leaf

The Canadian symbol since the early 18th century. The maple leaf is on Canada's current and previous flags, and on the Arms of Canada, which are closely modelled after the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom with French and distinctive Canadian elements. Other prominent symbols include the national motto "A Mari Usque Ad Mare" ("From Sea to Sea")

Ottawa

The capital of the country whose ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres (3.85 million square miles), making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching 8,891 kilometres (5,525 mi), is the world's longest bi-national land border.

Leif Erikson

The first European to explore the east coast of Canada was Norse explorer Leif. The earliest European mention of Canada occurs in Norse sagas, which refer to new lands west of Greenland as Vinland. In about 1000 AD, the Norse built a small encampment that only lasted a few years at L'Anse aux Meadows on the northern tip of Newfoundland. No further European exploration occurred until 1497, when Italian seafarer John Cabot explored and claimed Canada's Atlantic coast for Henry VII.

Toronto

The largest city in Canada housing about 6.2 million people, though Canada is among the ten most sparsely populated countries in the world. More than half of the population live in Ontario and Quebec an about 90% o live within 160 km/ 100 miles of the US-Canada border. Close to the border there are other main urban areas such as Vancouver, Ottawa, Montreal.

Nunavut

The most northerly populated territory in the world. At the northern tip of Ellesmere Island, just 817 kilometres from the North Pole, the town of Alert is the temporary home to military and scientific personnel working in the area.

Quebec

The only fortified walled city in North America. The French, and later the English, built Quebec City's fortifications between the 17th and the 19th centuries and its entire historic district, including the ramparts, has since been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Wood Buffalo National Park

Located in both northeastern Alberta and southern Northwest Territories, it is the country's largest national park at 44,807 square kilometers (17,300 square miles), and the world's second-largest national park. It was created to be a home for bison, and it's bigger than countries such as Denmark, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.

Samuel de Champlain

French explorer who arrived in 1603 and established the first permanent European settlements at Port Royal in 1605 and Quebec City in 1608. Among the colonists of New France, Canadiens extensively settled the Saint Lawrence River valley and Acadians settled the present-day Maritimes, while fur traders and Catholic missionaries explored the Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, and the Mississippi watershed to Louisiana.