Category: Canada

If your inquiry is time-sensitive, please contact us by phone at 1-800-461-9999 (toll-free in Canada and the USA ). Is there Border Patrol by Canada? The Canada Border Services Agency ( CBSA ) facilitates the flow of legitimate travellers and trade. The agency also enforces more than 100 acts and regulations that keep our country […]

From France’s collapse in June 1940 to the German invasion of the USSR in June 1941, Canada supplied Britain with urgently needed food, weapons, and war materials by naval convoys and airlifts, as well as pilots and planes who fought in the Battle of Britain and the Blitz. How did Canada support Britain in ww2? […]

Though Mackenzie King was in Ottawa at the time of his speech, it was broadcast over the radio. There was also a Canadian announcement in the Canadian newspaper, the Canada Gazette. The declaration of war was made on 10 September 1939, just 7 days after the United Kingdom and France declared war. Who declared war […]

nine per cent. Almost nine per cent, or 891,163 square kilometres, of Canada’s total area is covered by fresh water. Which country holds 20% of the world’s freshwater? Lake Baikal in Russia is considered the deepest, oldest freshwater lake in the world. It holds about 20 percent of the Earth’s unfrozen surface fresh water, the […]

The primary reason for the annexation were Canada’s natural resources, considered vital to the American military effort in the Sino-American War. Why did the US want to take over Canada? While the Americans could not hope to defeat the Royal Navy and control the seas, they could call on an army much larger than the […]

Responsible Water Use Canada’s natural gas and oil industry safeguards water resources through efficient use and ensures appropriate systems are in place to minimize risks to rivers, lakes and groundwater. Water use during oil and natural gas production is licensed through provincial regulators. What is Canada doing to protect water? The Council of Canadians fights […]

Today the Canadian Navy has no aircraft carriers, but that was not always the case. HMCS Bonaventure was Canada’s last aircraft carrier before being decommissioned in 1970. What countries have a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier? So far only the United States and France have nuclear carriers – the American Nimitz and Gerald R Ford class ships, […]

At the St. Lawrence River, he stole a boat and rowed across the freezing water in the middle of a winter storm. He was the only German POW interned in Canada to successfully escape and make his way back to Germany. How did this happen? Did any German POWs stay in Canada? Starting in 1945, […]

If Canada were to compete with the U.S., it would also need to expand westward, acquire further lands for colonization, settlement, markets and resources – and perhaps most importantly, access to the Pacific Ocean. This necessitated union with British Columbia. How did Canada expand? Canada inherited territorial disputes with the United States over Machias Seal […]

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