Thoughts and Notions

Happy Canada Day to all those fellow Canadians out there!!

Here are a few interesting facts about Canada…

• Canada is the second largest country in the world.
• With only three people per square kilometer, Canada has the fourth lowest population density in the world.
• The life expectancy in Canada according to recent studies show men live to be to the average of 77 years where as the women have a longer life expectancy and live to be around 84 years.
• The US buys more oil from Canada than from Saudi Arabia.
• Winnie the Pooh was inspired by an orphaned bear cub, which was purchased from a trapper at White River by Captain Harry Colebourn, during WW I.

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