What a planet! ~200 countries, ~200 written & ~5,000 spoken languages!
There's a lot to learn about where we live.

Our planet is 4.6 billion years old.

8% of Canada is covered by lakes (around 2 million lakes!). (That's equal to 1/2 the province of Quebec!)

45% of Canada is covered by forests

Canada's Longest River: Mackenzie River 4241 km long.

Canada's Most Important River: St. Lawrence River 3058 km long

Canada's Highest Mountain: Mount Logan 5959 m

Canada's Largest Island: Baffin Island

Canada's Largest Lake: Lake Superior (We share it with the U.S.A. though)

Canada's Deepest Lake: Great Slave Lake (Yukon) - 614m

Canada's Largest Province: Quebec

Canada's Most Populated Province: Ontario

The total length of the Canada-United States boundary is 8, 890 kilometres.

The highest waterfall in Canada is Della Falls, B.C., 440 metres.

~80% of Canadian live in urban centres (cities)

~85% of the population lives within 300 km of our southern border with the U.S.

~25% of Canadians were born outside of Canada

~25% of working Canadians have a university education

Canadians have an average life span of ~79 years. (1 of the top 10 life expectancies in the world)

5% of Canada is farmed

~60% of Canadian electric power is hydro-electricity