Author: Clint Curtis

You are a first-generation Canadian if you are either born inside Canada or become a Canadian by way of naturalization. What is a person born in Canada called? CanadiansCanadians (French: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. What is my nationality if I was born in Canada? Giving birth in Canada for non-residents: […]

Canada has complete sovereignty as an independent country, however, and the King’s role as monarch of Canada is separate from his role as the British monarch or the monarch of any of the other Commonwealth realms. Is Canada really an independent country? Canada Act, also called Constitution Act of 1982, Canada’s constitution approved by the […]

Population Toronto, ON: 5,928,040. Montréal, QC: 4,098,927. Ottawa, ON–Gatineau, QC: 1,323,783. Québec, QC: 800,296. Hamilton, ON: 747,545. Kitchener, ON: 523,894. London, ON: 494,069. St. Catharines–Niagara, ON: 406,074. What city is in the middle of Canada? The Centre of Canada Park sits at 96 degrees, 48 minutes and 35 seconds west — also known as Highway […]

Lloydminster. Lloydminster, Canada’s only Border City is home to the world’s largest Lloydminster. On the crossing of Highway 16 and 17 next to City Hall, these four, 100-foot high markers stand on the boundary on the third and fourth meridian. Why is Lloydminster on the border? The town was named after Reverend George Exton Lloyd, […]

The longitudinal centre of Canada passes just east of Winnipeg, Manitoba; the geographic centre of Canada is located near Baker Lake, Nunavut. What is in the middle of Canada? All of which means that the geographical centre of this great nation is (drum roll, please) – just south of Yathkyed Lake in Nunavut, west of […]

The longitudinal centre of Canada passes just east of Winnipeg, Manitoba; the geographic centre of Canada is located near Baker Lake, Nunavut. Before Confederation, the region known as Canada was what is now called Central Canada. What town is the center of Canada? Tache, ManitobaRecently in central Canada I found another geographical quirk: The exact […]

Canada and the United States have one land dispute over Machias Seal Island (off the coast of Maine), and four other maritime disputes in the Arctic and Pacific. Is the Canada US border patrolled? The Border Patrol is specifically responsible for patrolling the 6,000 miles of Mexican and Canadian international land borders and 2,000 miles […]

The main difference between a Province and a Territory has to do with the Canadian Constitution. The Territories are not included in the amending formula used to change Canada’s constitution, only the Parliament of Canada and the provinces are. Why are the territories in Canada not provinces? There is a clear constitutional distinction between provinces […]