Author: Clint Curtis

2.58 million years ago. The Laurentide Ice Sheet was a massive sheet of ice that covered millions of square miles, including most of Canada and a large portion of the Northern United States, multiple times during the Quaternary glacial epochs, from 2.58 million years ago to the present. When did ice sheets cover Canada? about […]

37,000,000 acres. Since its founding in 1962, the organization and its partners have protected 15,000,000 hectares (37,000,000 acres) of land and water across Canada, which includes the natural habitat of more than a quarter of the country’s endangered species. Who funds The Nature Conservancy of Canada? A federal investment of $48 million was matched with […]

ECO Canada (Environmental Careers Organization of Canada) is an online resource for environmental jobs, certification and training established in 1992 as part of Canada’s sector council initiative. ECO Canada. Type Not-for-profit organization Industry Environment Founded 1992 Founder Grant Trump Headquarters Calgary, Alberta Is ECO Canada a non profit? The Environmental Careers Organization of Canada (ECO […]

The government of Canada provides direct funding to NGOs through Global Affairs Canada (GAC). Indirect funding to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza is provided via the United Church of Canada, Oxfam Italia, CARE International, and various UN agencies. How do NGOs receive funding? Indeed, NGOs exist to represent virtually […]

The Pan-American Highway is about 15,000 miles (24,000 km) long depending on the route you take. There are many options in the United States, Canada, and Mexico because of the large area and number of roads. Why is it called the Pan-American Highway? Pan-American Highway, network of highways connecting North America and South America. Originally […]

Many Canadians also have a ‘middle name’, which is a secondary given name written between the person’s first name and their family name. For example, Emma Marie CLARKSON’s middle name is ‘Marie’. Middle names are optional and are rarely used in daily life. However, most Canadians have one or multiple. Is your second name the […]

Nunavut. The centre of Canada can be measured in many ways. The most readily understood would be by taking the mid-point of the extremities of the Canadian landmass section, above. The resulting location 62°24′N 096°28′W is located just south of Yathkyed Lake in Nunavut, west of Hudson Bay. What is the middle part of Canada […]

The French colonization beginning in the 16th century established a Roman Catholic francophone population in New France, especially Acadia (later Lower Canada, now Nova Scotia and Quebec). British colonization brought waves of Anglicans and other Protestants to Upper Canada, now Ontario. What was the religion practiced by the people of Canada East? Society and Economy […]

British Columbia. British Columbia (B.C.), on the Pacific coast, is Canada’s western most province, with a population of four million. What territory is farthest west in Canada? British Columbia is Canada’s most westerly province, and is a mountainous area whose population is mainly clustered in its southwestern corner. Which province is located farthest west? The […]

Canada stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west; to the north lies the Arctic Ocean. What body of water is east of Canada? The Atlantic OceanThe Atlantic Ocean watershed spreads over all eastern Canada and covers an area of 1.6 million km2. What body of water is […]