1. The word Canada comes from the Huron-Iroquois word “kanata”.
2. Canada Day was first celebrated on July 1, 1867 but it was called Dominion Day as we were still under British rule.
3. Canada Day celebrates the day Nova Scotia & New Brunswick, Ontario (then Upper Canada) & Quebec (then lower Canada) came together on July 1, 1867 to form our Constitution Act.
4. Canada Day officially became a statutory holiday in 1897.
5. In 1982, or more than 100 years later after the holiday’s first celebration, Dominion Day became known as Canada Day.

1. Nunavut only joined Canada in 1999 after it split from NWT.
2. Canada and the US have the longest undefended border in the world.
3. Canada’s National Symbol is the mighty Beaver.
4. All letters to Santa come to Canada. What is the official address of Santa Clause? It’s the North Pole of course and it is located in Canada.
5. Canada has more freshwater lakes than any other country in the world.
6. Most people think that hockey is Canada’s national sport, but it is not. Lacrosse is.

Canada has different chocolate bars from the United States. Wait, you might know them as Candy Bars. Popular chocolate bars here are:

1. Caramilk
2. Coffee Crisp
3. Smarties
4. Big Turk
5. Crunchie
6. Skor
7. Dairy Milk

1. Famous Canadians born on Canada Day
   1. Pamela Anderson – Playboy Playmate, star of Baywatch
   2. Dan Ackroyd – Famous Canadian Comedian
   3. Jared Keeso – Canadian Actor and creator of Canadian TV Show Letter Kenny
2. Famous non-Canadians born on Canada Day
   1. Princess Diana
   2. Missy Elliott
   3. Estee Lauder
   4. Carl Lewis

Here are some great inventions by Canadians:

1. Java Programming Language – James Gosling, is actually from Calgary, in 1994
2. Instant replay – George Retzlaff first invented the instant (or, as some might point out, near-instant replay) in 1955 during, of course, Hockey Night in Canada.
3. Wonder bra – Moe Nadler in Montreal in 1939, replacing the corset
4. Walkie talkie – Alfred J Gross, a Toronto born inventor in 1937 and became military staple in 1938
5. Standard time – Sir Sandford Fleming a preeminent railway surveyor and engineer, on Nov 18, 1883
6. Telephone – Alexander Graham Bell, originally from Scotland, moved to Brantford, Ontario
7. AM Radio – Reginald Aubrey Fessenden of East-Bolton, Quebec invented AM radio in 1906
8. Insulin – In 1922 scientists Frederick Banting, James Collip and Charles Best
9. Pacemaker – Dr. William Bigelow, Dr. John Callaghan and John Hopps produced the first Pacemaker in 1950.

• The zamboni
• The goalie mask
• The steam powered fog-horn
• Superman – yes the man of steel is of Canadian descent
• The Ski-doo
• The paint-roller
• The IMAX
• Canola,
• Instant mashed potatoes
• Butter tarts
• The pager
• Radio telephony
• The electric wheelchair
• The wheelchair accessible bus
• Separate baggage check

• The hydrofoil
• Jetliners
• Canadarm
• Prosthetic hand
• Snow blower,
• Rotary snowplow
• Gas mask
• The jockstrap
• Table hockey
• Electron microscope
• Plexiglass
• Garbage bags
• Caulking gun
• Egg carton
• Robertson screw