4 Interesting Facts And Stories About Canada
Whether you're carrying out Canada immigration or you just love the country
, check out these 4 facts and stories about Canada to find out some interesting information you aren't likely to know.
1. Mount Logan, Canada's tallest peak is located within the Kluane National Park and Reserve in the Yukon Territory in the north west part of the country.
What makes Mount Logan interesting is not so much the fact it's the tallest mountain in Canada (and second only in the whole of the North America area to Mount McKinley in Alaska), but the fact that it is constantly growing.
Due to its geological position, it increases in size on an annual basis - not by any noticeable difference, but it's estimated by several professionals it will be a few millimetres each year.
It's also worth noting about Mount Logan that it is one of the coldest places in the northern hemisphere, with the temperature once recorded - in 1991 - as being minus 77.5 degrees centigrade.
2. The country actively promotes Canada immigration to such an extent that unlike some countries that are trying to limit immigration (the UK being a prime example), Canada are in fact setting immigration targets.
Generally around the 250,000 mark, since 2005, statistics from Citizenship and Immigration Canada show that the lowest number of immigrants was 236,754 in 2007 and the most was 262,241 in 2005.
3. The very first game of basketball, although taking place in Springfield, Massachusetts, was devised by a Canadian and played by mostly Canadians.
Working for Springfield YMCA, James Naismith was given the task of creating a game that could be played inside during the winter months but which would be particularly athletic, so to encourage year round fitness.
Naismith sat down and put together his results after looking at 3 separate points - which games were most popular at the time, how he could minimise physical contact and if required, which would be the better option, a small or large ball.
Realising that games where the ball had to be passed from player to player were the most popular (at the time, these games were lacrosse, soccer, American football and hockey), he came to the conclusion that contact generally only happened when one player was running with the ball and the other tackled them. In addition, he came to the decision that the use of a larger ball would be the safer option.
As a result of this, the first game of basketball was played in December 1981 and two teams of 9 people tried to throw a football into a peach basket.
4. Canada is known for its areas of natural beauty, but it's often surprising just how many and how large the country's National Parks and Reserves are.
In the country, there are a total of 42 National Parks and Reserves, some of which are as large as 17,300 square miles (Wood Buffalo) whilst others are as small as 3 square miles (Georgian Bay). To show the sheer size of these National Parks and Reserves, the whole of England, from Alnwick right down to Lands End, covers the same amount of area as the 5 largest National Parks and Reserves in Canada.
by: Scott King
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