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Photo: Arctic.gnome, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5.Test your knowledge on the vast geography, rich culture, historic milestones, and diverse wildlife of the world's second-largest country.
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Montreal-born artist Leonard Cohen wrote 'Hallelujah' for his 1984 album Various Positions. The song initially had little success, but after famous cover versions by John Cale and Jeff Buckley, it became one of the most performed and celebrated songs in modern music history.
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The North American beaver was designated as an official symbol of Canada in 1975, recognizing its major role in the historic fur trade that helped shape the nation. Interestingly, the beaver is also featured on the Canadian five-cent coin and has been a symbol of the land for over 300 years.
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Frederick Banting and Charles Best isolated insulin in 1921, changing the treatment of diabetes forever. Banting shared the 1923 Nobel Prize in Medicine and is still the youngest winner in that category, at 32. The discoverers handed the patent to the University of Toronto for just one dollar, so that no one could make a fortune by keeping insulin from patients.
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The Bay of Fundy experiences tidal changes of up to 16 meters twice a day. This massive movement of water sculpts unique rock formations, like the Hopewell Rocks, and funnels nutrients into the bay, making it a rich feeding ground for many species of migrating whales.
Photo: Decumanus at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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In 2005 Guinness World Records named the Rideau Canal Skateway the largest naturally frozen ice rink in the world, stretching about 7.8 kilometres through the heart of Ottawa. The canal opened in 1832 as a military precaution and is the oldest continuously operated canal system in North America.
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Baffin Island is the largest island in Canada and the fifth-largest island in the world, named after the English explorer William Baffin. Despite its huge size, only about thirteen thousand people live there, and more than half of them live in Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut.
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The delicious Nanaimo bar originated in the city of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. It consists of a wafer, nut, and coconut crumb base, custard-flavored butter icing in the middle, and chocolate ganache on top. It became highly popular across Canada after being featured at Expo 86.
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Churchill, located on the shore of Hudson Bay, is famous for its high concentration of polar bears that move toward the shore in autumn. Locals have adapted to living alongside these predators, even leaving car doors unlocked so pedestrians can quickly escape if they encounter a bear.
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Terry Fox began his legendary Marathon of Hope on April 12, 1980, by dipping his artificial leg in the Atlantic Ocean at St. John's, Newfoundland. He ran close to a marathon every day for 143 days before being forced to stop in Ontario when his cancer returned. His legacy lives on in annual runs worldwide.
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Quebec is the undisputed powerhouse of maple syrup production, yielding the vast majority of the global supply. The province even maintains a strategic maple syrup reserve to stabilize global prices and ensure steady supply in years with poor harvests.
Photo: Miguel Andrade, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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