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Canada did not have its own flag until February 15th, 1965.
Canada is the country with the most fresh water in the world.
More than 3/4 of British Columbia is over 3,000 feet above sea level.
The largest North American island in the Pacific Ocean is Vancouver Island.
British Columbia's coastline has about 6,500 islands off it.
The highest Mountain in British Columbia is Mount Fairweather, which is 15,388 feet high. You would find it in the northwest corner of British Columbia.
The source of the Fraser River (the Fraser River is the third longest river in Canada) is Mount Robson.
The river that produces the most salmon a year in the world is the Fraser River.
Gold was found along the lower Fraser River in 1858.
The Columbia Icefield is the Rockies' biggest glacier.
During the last Ice Age, glaciers covered 32% of Canada.
Archaeologists have come to find that humans have been in British Columbia for thousands of years.
Presently, there are about 90,000 First Nations people living in British Columbia.
The real magnetic north pole (the way a compass points) is in Canada.
More than 1,000,000 Canadians say that they have ancestors who were Natives.
Hutterite children complete school when they are 15 years old.
The Metro area of Vancouver is home to 1.5 million people.
About one-third of Canada's apples are grown in Okanagan.
Lake Okanagan is so deep that bridge supporters would not be able to support a bridge going over it.
The world's longest floating bridge was made over Lake Okanagan in 1958 (it was the longest bridge when it was being built, now it is said to not be).
Millions of years ago southern Alberta was home to millions of dinosaurs.
The first European explorer to see the Canadian Rockies was Anthony Henday.
The Mounted Police are called Mounties.
Mounties were used to protect the western plains from American whiskey traders.
Near the year of 1881 Tom Wilson found Emerald Lake and Lake Louise.
Banff National Park was Canada's first national park.
Banff is a World Heritage Site.
Banff was first famous for its mineral hot springs that Canadian Pacific Railway construction workers discovered.
Some animals you might be able to see in Banff are: elk, deer, bighorn sheep, mountain goats, moose, black bears, grizzly bears, wolves just to name a few.
Commercial snowmobile rides began in 1952 on the Columbia Glacier.
In 1988 Calgary hosted the Winter Olympics.
Currently, Calgary's population is 900,000 and is still, slowly but surely, growing steadily.
Canada has a population of 32,507,874 people.
About one half of Canada speaks English, the other half speaks French.
Canada has 10 provinces.
Most Canadians are really into hockey.
A lot of Canadians say "eh?" after they ask a question instead of "huh?" like "us Americans do".