Author: Darrel Pratt

With tennis ball sized hailstones raining down on Calgary, for its time it was the most destructive hail storm in Canadian history. Where was the hail storm in Alberta? The hailstorm was part of a supercell thunderstorm that developed in the foothills just north of Caroline, Alta., said meteorologist Kyle Fougere of Environment and Climate […]

292.71 grams. Canada’s largest hailstone ever recorded comes in at 292.71 grams, beating the previous record by 2.71 grams. Canada has a new “heavy-weight” champion when it comes to hailstones. What was the worst hail storm in Canada? the Calgary hailstormThe worst hail storm in Canadian history in terms of paid insurance claims was the […]

12 months. APPLICATION PROCESSING TIME IRCC recently reduced the spousal sponsorship processing time from up to 26 months to 12 months for both in-Canada and outside of Canada applications. During processing you can check spousal sponsorship application status online. How long does it take to sponsor a spouse in Canada 2022? The five-year sponsorship bar […]

Quick clay is found primarily in Norway and Sweden, but also exists in Finland, Russia, Canada and Alaska. Where is quick clay common in Canada? Quick clay main deposits In Canada, the clay is associated primarily with the Pleistocene-era Champlain Sea, in the modern Ottawa Valley, the St. Lawrence Valley, and the Saguenay River regions. […]

Total cropland in Canada now stands at almost 89 million acres or 53.1% of all land. How much of Canada’s land is fertile? Canada Arable Land 1961-2022 Canada Arable Land – Historical Data Year Hectares Percent 2018 38,687,000 4.32% 2017 38,509,000 4.30% 2016 38,530,000 4.30% How much of Canada’s land is agriculture? farms cover 62.2 […]