Author: Darrel Pratt

Ireland is one of Canada’s most like-minded partners in the European Union. Canada and Ireland share values and common priorities, including support for gender equality and human rights. We also cooperate closely on environment protection and climate action. Canada is represented in Ireland by an embassy in Dublin. Are Canada and Ireland friends? Canada and […]

As far as academic value goes, then if all other factors are equal, Master degrees from the UK are considered to be equivalent to Master degrees in Canada. Are US degrees recognized in the UK? Some of them. Can I work in Canada with a UK degree? As the Canadian higher education system closely resembles […]

The 2019 Canadian federal election was held on October 21, 2019. Members of the House of Commons were elected to the 43rd Canadian Parliament. When was the last minority government in Canada? Parliament was dissolved on September 7, 2008, ending the longest-running minority government between the return of writs and dissolution. On October 14, Harper’s […]

Construction of the main span is scheduled to begin next year. The $5.7 billion international bridge is being financed by Canada and will be managed by the WDBA. Where is the new bridge to Canada? The Gordie Howe International Bridge is a six-lane crossing of the Detroit River connecting the City of Detroit with Windsor, […]

Did you know? In addition to his exploration of the St. Lawrence region, Jacques Cartier is credited with giving Canada its name. He reportedly misused the Iroquois word kanata (meaning village or settlement) to refer to the entire region around what is now Quebec City; it was later extended to the entire country. Which explorer […]

Of Canada’s ten provinces, only one (New Brunswick) has voluntarily chosen to become officially bilingual. New Brunswick’s bilingual status is constitutionally entrenched under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Why does Canada have 2 languages? Canada’s two colonizing peoples are the French and the British. They controlled land and built colonies alongside Indigenous peoples, […]

Accessible transportation, free homesteads, safety, and work in Canada contributed to this immigration boom, as well as overpopulation, underemployment, discrimination, and environmental conditions in the immigrants’ home countries. What attracted early settlers to Canada? Even though the Indigenous peoples had lived in the area for thousands of years, the Europeans perceived that they had found […]

349,640. The Swedish Canadian community in Canada numbered 349,640 in the 2016 population census. Swedish Canadians by province or territory. Province or territory Swedish Canadians Percentage Canada 341,845 1.1% British Columbia 106,085 2.45% Alberta 96,890 2.72% What are Swedes called in Canada? RutabagaRutabaga (/ˌruːtəˈbeɪɡə/; North American English) or swede (British English and some Commonwealth English) […]

Both countries claimed Hans Island for themselves. Canada claimed that the island was part of the 1880 transfer of Hudson Bay Company lands to Canadian sovereignty. Denmark claimed that the island is an integral part of Greenland and was used by Greenlandic Inuit for hunting purposes. Why is Hans Island so important? Hans Island is […]

French is the first official language spoken by an increasing number of Canadians, but the proportion fell from 22.2% in 2016 to 21.4% in 2021. Why is French so prominent in Canada? During the 17th century, French settlers originating mainly from the west and north of France settled Canada. It is from them that the […]