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Canada is the world's second-largest country after Russia. The country stretches across 3.8 million square miles (9.9 million square kilometres). Canada is almost equal in size to China (9,596,961 sq km), but its proximity to the North Pole makes it look much larger than China.

The area north of the treeline: 2,728,800 km2, over 27% of Canada's total area.
Canada's land border: 8,890-km border with the United States, is the longest international border in the world.

#Canada is divided into numerous geographical zones. Average elevation is 487 m above sea level. The highest mountain peak (Mount Logan) is at 5,959 meters. The country has 52,455 mostly uninhabited islands in the open sea. #geography

#Canada #climate
Average daytime and nighttime temperatures worlddata.info/america/canada…

#Canada has 7% of the world's renewable fresh water. Possessing one of the largest renewable supplies of #freshwater in the world, it has access to upwards of 20% of the world's surface freshwater and 7% of the world's renewable water flow. canada.ca/en/environment…

From coast to coast to coast, covering some 3% of the country #Canada's #NationalParks encompass marine and coastal reserves, sites of historic significance, and unique geographical areas. Canada has parks and natural habitats in EVERY province and territory.

In Canada, there are 37 #nationalparks and 10 #nationalparkreserves that represent 31 of Canada's 39 terrestrial natural regions and protect approximately 336,343 square kilometers of Canada's lands.

in Canada, there are 1004 #nationalhistoricsites located in every Canadian province and territory. 171 of these are administered by Parks Canada. parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/plan

There are currently 5 #nationalmarineconservationareas (NMCAs) in Canada. In 2021 Parks Canada committed to establishing 4 new marine and 4 new freshwater NMCAs in the next five years, working with Indigenous communities on co-management agreements for these NMCAs.

parks.canada.ca

Nearly all of Canada's largest national parks are located in the north, and five of them in Nunavut.
Wood Buffalo National Park
Quttinirpaaq National Park
Sirmilik National Park
Ukkusiksalik National Park
Auyuittuq National Park
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/lar…

The most visited national park in Canada in 2021 was #Banff National Park in Alberta, welcoming roughly 3.64 million visitors. That year, the #Jasper National Park, also in Alberta, ranked second on the list, recording around 2.1 million visitors. statista.com/statistics/133…

#Outdoorrecreation in #Canada - statistics & facts
statista.com/topics/10059/o…

#NiagaraFalls is #Canada's most famous #naturalattraction. Located just over an hour's drive from Toronto, along the American border, these massive falls drop approximately 57 meters.
20 best natural wonders to see in Canada. escape.com.au/destinations/n…

10 Places to Relive Canadian History
travel.destinationcanada.com/things-to-do/1…

The word Canada is derived from an indigenous word. that word is kanata, which means “settlement” or “village” in the language of the St. Lawrence Iroquoians.

#Vikings were the first Europeans to make the long journey to the Americas. The only confirmed Norse archeological site in the Americas outside of Greenland, a settlement on the northernmost tip of Newfoundland called L'Anse aux Meadows. npr.org/2021/10/21/104…

First Nations people have lived in Canada for thousands of years, and Europeans made contact with them around 1000 A.D., when Norse settlers arrived in what is now Newfoundland. But Canadian colonization didn't start until 1497, when John Cabot landed somewhere in Newfoundland.

When European settlers began arriving in the 16th century Indigenous peoples were systematically uprooted from their traditional homes and villages and pushed into remote areas where they wouldn’t get in the way of European colonization. thecanadaguide.com/history/early-…

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Although it is unknown who coined the term #GreatWhiteNorth in reference to Canada, the nickname has been in use for many decades. The general breakdown is that Canada is “Great” because it's the second-largest country in the world.