Celebrate Canada Day with These Gorgeous Northern Landscapes

The coldest temperature ever recorded in North America was in the village of Snag, Yukon, which registered —63ºC on February 3, 1947.

When the Ontario government first decided that drivers of a personal motor vehicle must obtain a drivers license in 1927, drivers were charged one dollar. Today, when a Canadian goes to take their test for a drivers license, they are required to pay $133– which is a one dollar a year increase from 1927 to 2016.

Canada’s most extreme temperature change was recorded in Pincher Creek, Alberta, where the mercury once soared from —19ºC to 22ºC in just one hour. Not even Russia has experienced such a stratification in such a short period of time, at least according to modern weather logs.

The Canadian Horse– a strong, well-muscled breed– was imported by the thousands for use as cavalry during the American Civil War. It has been said that the North won simply because of the fact that Union soldiers “had the better horse– the Canadian”.

Roughly 30% of Canada’s total landmass is occupied by forest. Most of the rest is fresh or frozen water!