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By lyricsingray


We're Especially Proud of;

  • smarties
  • crispy crunch
  • the size of our football fields and 1 less down
  • lacrosse, our Nationalsport
  • apple pie
  • Mr Dressup kicks Mr Rogers Butt
  • **the handles on our beer cases are big enough to put your hands through with mitts on
  • Tim Hortons kicks Dunkin Donuts Butt
  • our civil war was fought in a bar and lasted only one an a half hours
  • The Hudson Bay Company once owned over 10% of the earths surface and is still around as the worlds oldest company
  • we invented 'eh?'
  • we have colored money
  • a Canadian invented Superman
  • coffee crisp
  • our elections only take one day
  • we invented Zamboni's
  • our beer advertisements kick butt
  • 32 million multicultural people
  • that you can drive across Canada in 7 days or fly in 7 hours coast to coast
  • Ottawa has cool buildings, our Countries Capitol
  • we invented ski-doo's, jet-ski's, velcro, zippers, insulin, penicillin, the telephone, short wave radio's that save countless lives every year



More inventions by Canadians

  • am radio
  • standard time
  • butter substitute
  • pablum
  • cigarette box
  • hair tonic
  • measur for footwear
  • paint roler
  • portable high chair
  • washing machine
  • zipper
  • kerosene
  • pulp newsprint
  • dental mirror
  • gas mask
  • ear piercer
  • Balderdash
  • 5 pin bowling
  • hockey goalie mask
  • Musk oil
  • Puzz 3-D
  • roller skate
  • ski-binding
  • tabletop hockey game
  • Trivial Pursuit
  • air conditioned vehicle
  • electric car
  • guardrail
  • snowblower
  • snowmobile


Did you know; Facts and Tid Bits that Canadians Discovered?

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you
would have produced enough sound energy to heat
one cup of coffee.
******
If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months,
enough gas produced to create the energy of an
atomic bomb.
******
The human heart creates enough pressure when it
pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
******
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an
hour.
******
Humans and dolphins are the only species that have
sex for pleasure.
******
On average people fear spiders more than they do
death.
******
The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
******
You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.
******
Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza very day.
******
Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of
a calorie.
******
You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork
than by a poisonous spider.
******
Right-handed people live, on average, nine years
longer than left-handed people do.
******
In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked every hair from
heir
bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
******
A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.
******
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
******
The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30
times its own weight and always falls over on its right
side when intoxicated.
******
Polar bears are left handed.
******
The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds, that makes
the catfish rank #1 for animal having the most taste
buds.
******
The flea can jump 350 times its body length, It's like a
human jumping the length of a football field.
******
A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before
it starves to death.
******
The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its
head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex
by ripping the males head off.
******
Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
******
Butterflies taste with their feet.
******
Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
******
A cat's urine glows under a blacklight.
******
An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
******
Starfishes haven't got brains.
******


Famous Canadian Musicians

Alanis Morissette
Alanis Morissette

Famous Canadian Musicians

  • Alanis Morissette
  • Mathew Good
  • Michale Buble
  • Amanda Marshall
  • Mike Reno
  • Avril Lavine
  • Mobile
  • Barenaked Ladies
  • NeilYoung
  • Big Sugar
  • Nickelback
  • Billy Talent
  • Our Lady Peace
  • Paul Brandt
  • Blue Rodeo
  • Rush
  • Prism
  • Bryan Adams
  • Burton Cummings
  • Sam Robert
  • Celine Dion
  • Sebastian Bach
  • Shania Twain
  • Cowboy Junkies
  • Simple Plan
  • Crash Test Dummies
  • Sloan
  • David Wilcox
  • Diane Krall
  • Steppenwolf
  • Sum 41
  • Gordon Lighfoot
  • Three Days Grace
  • Holly Cole
  • Great Big Sea
  • Tragically Hip
  • Triumph
  • Trooper
  • Jeff Healey
  • Joan Arden
to name a few.


Edmonton singing Anthem


Keanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves
Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson
Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey

Famous Canadian Actors

20 % of Hollywood is Canadian eh? Some Are;

  • Martin Short
  • Mike Meyers
  • Mary Pickford
  • Michael J Fox
  • Molly Parker
  • Neve Campell
  • PAMELA ANDERSON
  • Rachel McAdams
  • Rachel Roberts
  • Raymond Born
  • Rich Little
  • Rick Moranis
  • Ryan Gosling
  • Ryan Reynolds
  • Sarah Polley
  • Seth Rogen
  • Shannon Tweed
  • Tommy Chong
  • Walter Houston
  • William Shatner
  • Jim Carrey
  • Glenn Ford
  • Christopher Plummer
  • Donald Sutherland
  • Kefer Sutherland
  • Eugene Levy
  • Glenn Ford
  • Leslie Neilsen
  • Lorne Greene
  • Walter Houston
  • Kim Cooates
  • Keanu Charles Reeves


Gotta see this! Jim Carrey about Canada and from Canada

Canada's gone to Pot, or using a lot of it

How to get a mouse in a beer bottle-The Great White North

Oh ya and....

  • Canada has the longest street in the world eh? It's called Yonge Street eh.
  • Canada has more donut shops per capita than the US
  • Canada's National animal is the Beaver
  • Canada's National sports are Lacrosse and Hockey
  • Canada's National colors are red and white
  • Canada consumes more Kraft Dinner per capita than anywhere else in the world
  • Canada has the cheapest internet access in the world
  • Canada is 2nd most % of population on the Internet

Canada Proud

Chilly? Nope, not here
Chilly? Nope, not here

Have you ever visited Canada?

  • yes
  • no
  • can't remember - too much beer I think.
See results without voting

Canada Proud in the News

  • Canada puts its nuclear pride on the blockThe Globe and Mail11 hours ago

    Under weight of record deficit, Tories seek bids on AECL's reactor wing. The Candus are a point of pride in Canada's engineering history and the sale is sparking fears the technology will leave the country

  • Canada puts CANDU reactor wing for salePress Trust of India6 hours ago

    Toronto, Dec.18 (PTI) Putting its nuclear pride on the block, the Canadian government is selling CANDU--the reactor wing of the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited(AECL)-- whose units are also in operation in some Indian nuclear plants.

  • Sinclair again Canada's top playerSlam! Sports16 hours ago

    Forward Christine Sinclair was named Canada's top female soccer player for the fifth year in a row Thursday.

  • Christine Sinclair is Canada's top female soccer player for fifth straight yearBrandon Sun16 hours ago

    OTTAWA - Forward Christine Sinclair was named Canada's top female soccer player for the fifth year in a row Thursday. The Burnaby, B.C., native had four goals in seven games, leading the Canadian national team with in goals scored for the ninth time in 10 seasons.

  • Burnaby's Christine Sinclair named Canada's top female soccer player for 2009Vancouver Sun24 hours ago

    Christine Sinclair is Canada's best soccer player again.

  • Vacancy rate third-highest in CanadaThe Peterborough Examiner29 hours ago

    Apartment hunting in the Peterborough area should be a little easier with the rental vacancy rate jumping to 6% in October, the third-highest rate in the country, up from 2.4% in October last year. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released its vacancy rate statistics yesterday.[...]

Canada Proud in the News

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lyricsingray profile image

lyricsingray  says:
2 months ago

We do love America too - our neighbors

DReveal  says:
2 months ago

So truly great, Kimberly! Thanks, as always!!!

lyricsingray profile image

lyricsingray  says:
2 months ago

Thanks eh!

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lyricsingray  says:
2 months ago

My addition to Tid- Bits is I want to be a Pig - 30 minutes! That's a long orgasm eh?

Hello, hello, profile image

Hello, hello,  says:
2 months ago

Well these are really informations, Thank you. I have been to Toronto once and I loved the people.

lyricsingray profile image

lyricsingray  says:
2 months ago

Toronto is where I live so glad you liked it here. Just hope it wasn't in winter time LOL, Thanks for the comment Hello

magdielqr profile image

magdielqr  says:
2 months ago

Wow! I really love this hub. This is a great collection of links and cool videos.

lyricsingray profile image

lyricsingray  says:
2 months ago

Thanks Magdielqr, did you have fun I hope?

jacobkuttyta profile image

jacobkuttyta  says:
2 months ago

I really enjoyed your hub. Very informative

lyricsingray profile image

lyricsingray  says:
2 months ago

thanks jacob, it was fun

Dorothy  says:
2 months ago

that was fun..hey musk oil.. wow I love musk oil

lyricsingray profile image

lyricsingray  says:
2 months ago

Dorothy, I thought of you actually writing that-what a hoot,so glad you came by, Thanks

keira7 profile image

keira7  says:
2 months ago

I love Jim Carrey, I love Canada and I love your hub.Take care. God Bless.

keira7 profile image

keira7  says:
2 months ago

I love Jim Carrey, I love Canada and I love your hub.Take care. God Bless.

lyricsingray profile image

lyricsingray  says:
2 months ago

Keira I'm so glad,hope you got a few laughs! Kimberly, thanks for coming by

Chris  says:
2 months ago

Fantastic hub, lots of really cool info.

lyricsingray profile image

lyricsingray  says:
2 months ago

Tanks Chris, your pretty cool yourself

Beth100 profile image

Beth100  says:
2 months ago

Canadians rock! Awesome hub!!!

lyricsingray profile image

lyricsingray  says:
2 months ago

Beth, Rock On eh! Thanks too eh!

Zsuzsy Bee profile image

Zsuzsy Bee  says:
2 months ago

Canada all the way...great hub. Really well done hub about the best place in the world.

regards Zsuzsy

lyricsingray profile image

lyricsingray  says:
2 months ago

Zsuzy, so glad another Canadian is here proud eh? LOL Thanks for coming by and the comment

Niteriter profile image

Niteriter  says:
2 months ago

I liked your tribute to the Leafs and I don't understand why women call men pigs. Gotta run... the beer store closes soon.

lyricsingray profile image

lyricsingray  says:
2 months ago

Just love ya Niteriter, Thanks!

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