We could go on and on about why Canada is a great place for immigrants to start their new life and settle, but what about the fun facts? Here are plenty of reasons why the country is ranked as one of the best countries in the world.
Reasons Why Canada is the Best Country
#1: Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined
#2: Canada has the worlds safest highways (for animals)
#3: Canada has the # 1 ranked whiskey in the world
#4: Canada has 20% of the worlds fresh water
#5: Alberta has a national park larger than Switzerland
#6: Peterborough, Ontario is the canoe capital of the world
#7: Canada is the best G20 country to be a woman
#8: Canada invented basketball
#9: Roughly 30% of Canada’s total landmass is occupied by forest
#10: Canada is home to both Santa Claus and X-Men’s wolverine
#11: After Paris, Montreal is the largest French-speaking country in the world
#12: The Underground Railroad provided enslaved African Americans safe passage to freedom in Canada from 1840 to 1860 with an estimated 100,000 slaves freed
#13: On July 20th, 2005 Canada legalized same-sex marriage
#14: Canada has over 99% literacy rate and over half of Canadians have a college degree
#15: Canada produces 77% of the world’s maple syrup
#16: Vancouver is 2nd behind Los Angeles in TV production and 3rd in North America for feature film productions
#17: Canada is the 6th happiest country on the planet
#18: Canada is the 3rd best country to raise kids
#19: There are now more than 40 national parks and national park reserves in Canada
#20: In Canada, new mothers can take between 17 and 52 weeks of leave from their jobs
#21: Canada has more coastline than any other country
#22: Canada is a great place to work in the arts: 1 in every 129 Canadian workers is an artist
#23: In Canada, there are more artists (136,600) than automotive manufacturers (133,000)
#24: 22% of Canadian population are first-generation immigrants
#25: Despite being a huge country, Canada has the 4th lowest population density in the world
#26: Wasaga Beach is the longest freshwater beach in the world
#27: The border between Canada and the US is the world’s longest unprotected border
#28: Canada’s average life expectancy at birth is the 6th highest in the world
#29: 128,000 Canadian households have TV’s in the bathroom
#30: There are more doughnut shops in Canada per capita than any other country
#31: Canadians drink more fruit juice than any other country
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Mr. Niren is CEO of VisaPlace LLC and the President and Managing Partner of VisaPlace Legal Canada, an immigration law firm based in Toronto, and VisaPlace Legal US a law firm registered in The District of Columbia, USA. Mr. Niren is a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Canadian Bar Association’s Citizenship and Immigration Section, American Lawyers Association, and an Associate Member of the American Bar Association.
