Category: Canada

To become a member of the Canadian Armed Forces Parachute Team – the SkyHawks, you must already be a full- or part-time member of the Canadian Armed Forces. To learn more about joining, please visit the recruiting website. How many paratroopers does Canada have? Canadian Airborne Regiment Role Parachute infantry Infantry Reconnaissance Search and rescue […]

(See also Canadian Arctic Sovereignty.) Hans Island, Nunavut, is a tiny (1.2 km2), unpopulated island south of the 81st parallel in the Kennedy Channel (the northern part of Nares Strait), almost equidistant between Ellesmere Island and Greenland. Hans Island. Article by Graeme S. Mount Updated by Erin James-Abra Did Britain give Hans Island to Canada? […]

Universities in Canada are established and operate under provincial and territorial government charters, except in one case directed by First Nations bands and in another by federal legislation. Are universities privately owned in Canada? Although private universities were established in several Canadian provinces, the majority of universities in the country remains publicly-funded. Are public universities […]

52,455 islands. Statistics Canada claims that Canada has 52,455 islands, placing it fourth by a considerable distance. Baffin Island in the territory of Nunavut is the largest of them and it covers 195,928 square miles. This chart shows the estimated number of islands by country. How many islands in Canada are inhabited? The Canadian Gazetteer […]

France lost all of its territory in mainland North America except for the territory of Louisiana west of the Mississippi River. France retained fishing rights off Newfoundland and the two small islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, where its fishermen could dry their catch. What territory did the French get to keep after the war? […]

A barren and uninhabited rock off the north-western coast of Greenland, Hans Island is not much to look at. Yet for 49 years, both Denmark and Canada have claimed ownership over the 1.3 square kilometre lump. Does Canada own a part of Greenland? It was claimed by both Canada and Denmark until 14 June 2022, […]

In July 1979, it introduced a matching formula: the government will sponsor one refugee for each one sponsored privately. Churches, corporations or groups of five or more adult Canadian citizens were eligible to sponsor refugees directly. By 1985, 110,000 Vietnamese refugees had settled in Canada. How many Vietnamese refugees did Canada accept? An estimated 250,000 […]

It is impossible to drive to Greenland from Canada or any other country. There are no roads or bridges, and, although the Labrador Sea and Baffin Bay freeze in the winter, it is an extremely dangerous journey stretching hundreds of miles. Can you get to Greenland by car? No. There are no roads at all […]

​The Danes in Canada There are about 90,000 people of Danish origin in Canada. They are found in all walks of life, and in all of Canada’s ten provinces and two territories. However, they are mainly concentrated in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia. Where is Canada’s largest Danish community located? Today, New Denmark is said […]

Egede exchanged bottles of Canadian maple whiskey Sortilège and Danish bitter Gammel Dansk to celebrate the agreement to divide Hans Island between the two countries, leading to the establishment of the first land border between Canada and Denmark, much to the delight of trivia enthusiasts everywhere. How does Canada and Denmark share a border? Canada […]