Author: Darrel Pratt

Potash is primarily used to produce fertilizer. Canada is the world’s largest producer and exporter of potash. Canada has the world’s largest potash reserves, with 1.1 billion tonnes of potash (potassium oxide equivalent). How much of the world’s fertilizer does Canada produce? Canada produces 12% of the world’s fertilizer supply and exports to over 75 […]

Canada has a mixed economic system. It’s actually pretty close to a Market economy; however, there is some government regulation among industries. Is Canada a command economy? Canada has a mixed economy. The market economy aspects of its economy show where private sectors, such as corporations and consumers, determine prices and wages based on economic […]

Last week Canada announced the sale of 187 million bu. to Russia, an order second only in history to Russia’s fantastic 1963 purchase of 239 million bu. Wheat Board, said the Russians were paying the top-grade price of $1.93 a bu., or almost $450 million. How much does Canada export to Russia? Canada Exports to […]

It is found as nuggets, flakes or dust in gravel and sand deposits along creeks and rivers, but more often gold is recovered from veins (called lodes) in bedrock. Gold. Published Online October 16, 2011 Last Edited March 4, 2015 How was gold found in Canada? While salmon fishing near the Klondike River in Canada’s […]

Royal Canadian Mint Gold Bar | TD Precious Metals. Description. Metal Type Gold Brand Royal Canadian Mint Karats 24 Can you buy a gold bar in Canada? However, if they are not, taxes still apply. In Canada, gold can be purchased directly from any of the big five banks (Scotiabank, RBC, TD, CIBC and BMO) […]

Borden’s government passed a conscription law on July 24, 1917. Conscription dictated that all able-bodied men between 20 and 45 years of age, who were bachelors or widowers without children, had to sign up. Has Canada ever had a mandatory draft? There is at present no military conscription in Canada. Conscription was implemented in Canada […]

The Official Languages Act (French: Loi sur les langues officielles; colloquially the Act) is a Canadian law that came into force on September 9, 1969, which gives French and English equal status in the government of Canada. This makes them “official” languages, having preferred status in law over all other languages. Can you speak only […]

1. Trois-Rivières, Québec. For renters, Trois-Rivières is probably one of the least expensive places to live in Canada. The city is also located in the cheapest province in Canada, with perhaps the lowest monthly cost of rent for a 1-bedroom apartment for a large urban centre. Which city has lowest cost of living in Canada? […]

Canada was attractive to would be Hungarian immigrants because it offered free land for homesteading. In return for these lands, immigrants had to clear them, build houses and work their farm land. How did the Hungarian refugees come to Canada? In 1956 and 1957, Canada received more than 37,500 refugees who fled Hungary after Soviet […]

In 1992, more than 1,500 Canadian troops were sent to act as peacekeepers in the Bosnian War. At the time Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina were both fighting wars of independence — sometimes against each other, other times against the Serbians. Was Canada involved in the Bosnian war? Operations. Following the dissolution of the former […]