Oh Canada!

[resodko]

a thread for canadian (and canadian-related) facts and factoids that don't really belong anywhere else

 

[resodko]

Saint Pierre and Miquelon (French: Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃.pjɛʁ.e.mi.klɔ̃]) is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France, situated in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean near Canada.[3] It is the only remnant of the former colonial empire of New France that remains under French control,[3] with a population of 6,080 at the January 2011 census.[1]

The islands are situated at the entrance of Fortune Bay, which extends into the southern coast of Newfoundland, near the Grand Banks.[4] They are 3,819 kilometres (2,373 mi) from Brest, the nearest point in Metropolitan France,[5] but 25 kilometres (16 mi) from the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland, Canada.[6]

within spitting distance of avalon, but more french than quebec

 

[resodko]

as if learning french isn't hard enough :doh:

...

 

[Spitfire]

You've already lost the one you had just a few weeks ago?

 

[resodko]

:doh: i forgot about it


besides, that one's for current events


this is more miscellaneous

 

[oatmeal]

a thread for canadian (and canadian-related) facts and factoids that don't really belong anywhere else

How did Canada get its name?

After years of controversy and debate and discussion, no majority.

Three cowboys in Alberta sitting around the campfire were concerned.

The foreman says, let's try making up part of words, eh, and see if we can put them together, eh, and make a word, eh?

They agreed and went on for hours with no agreeable results.

The foreman stops the proceedings and says, "well, syllables don't seem to work, eh, let's go really simple and just suggest three letters, eh? I'll start, eh?

The foreman says, " C, eh"

the next cowboy says, "n, eh"

the third cowboy says, "d, eh"

 

[resodko]

canada has three provinces (ontario, quebec and british columbia) and two territories (nunavut and northwest territories) which each have land areas greater than texas

only nunavut is greater than alaska

 

[FellowServant]

How did Canada get its name?

After years of controversy and debate and discussion, no majority.

Three cowboys in Alberta sitting around the campfire were concerned.

The foreman says, let's try making up part of words, eh, and see if we can put them together, eh, and make a word, eh?

They agreed and went on for hours with no agreeable results.

The foreman stops the proceedings and says, "well, syllables don't seem to work, eh, let's go really simple and just suggest three letters, eh? I'll start, eh?

The foreman says, " C, eh"

the next cowboy says, "n, eh"

the third cowboy says, "d, eh"

That's hilarious!! :rotfl:

 

[6days]

a thread for canadian (and canadian-related) facts and factoids that don't really belong anywhere else

We love our loonies :ha:
(Canadians will understand this)

 

[OCTOBER23]

As a Canadian, I don't like it because ...

It is too COLD - MINUS 50 in Winnipeg. Minus - 30 in Toronto Ontario March 2015.

TOO MANY BUMS IN THE CITY JUST LIKE CHICAGO.

TOO EXPENSIVE TO LIVE HERE WITH ALL THE TAXES, TAXES , TAXES.

 

[resodko]

It is too COLD - MINUS 50 in Winnipeg. Minus - 30 in Toronto Ontario March 2015.

yeah, but those are metric degrees

you guys think it's hot in the summer when it's 37

 

[Nick M]

The bridge in First Blood where Rambo walks back into town after the LEO unlawfully tells him to leave is gone. The movie was filmed on set in Hope Canada.

 

[Nick M]

Wayne Gretzky was a great import and the perfect fit for LA at the time.

 

[JosephR]

The bridge in First Blood where Rambo walks back into town after the LEO unlawfully tells him to leave is gone. The movie was filmed on set in Hope Canada.

I feel I take that walk alot,,and I addressed it in the madison thread...

 

[Nick M]

Why do they call the ham "bacon"? I realize we call the belly bacon, but it has to have some sort of name. Or is it one of those phony American things where they don't call Canadian Bacon, Canadian Bacon. For example, fries are not French.

 

[resodko]

they call it back bacon (or peameal bacon)

...

canadian bacon is a term the british started

 

[patrick jane]

as if learning french isn't hard enough :doh:

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[resodko]

We love our loonies :ha:
(Canadians will understand this)

but most of you can't carry a toonie

 

[resodko]

the maritimes

The Maritime provinces, also called the Maritimes or the Canadian Maritimes, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. On the Atlantic coast, the Maritimes is often mentioned in conjunction with the northeastern province of Newfoundland and Labrador; together they represent Atlantic Canada. The population of the Maritime provinces was 1,813,102 in 2011.

 

[resodko]

Manicouagan before 1970: