Category: Canada

While mental illness accounts for about 10 percent of the burden of disease in Ontario, it receives just seven percent of healthcare dollars. Relative to this burden, mental health care in Ontario is underfunded by about $1.5 billion, CMHA states. How large is the mental health spending gap in Canada? $1.5 billionA recently commissioned report […]

The annual economic cost of mental illness in Canada is estimated at over $50 billion per year. This includes health care costs, lost productivity, and reductions in health-related quality of life. What is the total annual cost of mental health to the Canadian economy? Canada loses upwards of $17 billion each year due to lost […]

Flags of Canada’s provinces and territories British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Nova Scotia Nunavut Ontario Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon Is Canada a city or state? Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over 9.98 […]

In 1870, the Government of Canada acquired the territory from the Hudson’s Bay Company and the entire region became known as the Northwest Territories. The boundaries of Yukon were first drawn in 1895, when it became a district of the Northwest Territories. Who discovered Yukon Canada? European incursions into what later became the Yukon started […]

The USA itself has more land than Canada, but Canada controls more water, which adds to the total area of Canada, making it slightly larger than the US in TOTAL area. The number of states is irrelevant. Why is the US bigger than Canada? Every country’s total area is split into land area and water […]

Canada (qualifying for the first time since 1986), Mexico, and the Mexico qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, while Mexico advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs. Did Canada qualify for the World Cup 2022? The organization added that it has been “actively engaged on these issues” since Canada’s Men’s National Team qualified for the 2022 […]

Canada Soccer have announced the official squad that will represent the nation at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™. Led by Head Coach John Herdman, Canada’s brotherhood of 26 players have united the country from coast to coast on their quest for Qatar and are set to inspire a nation on the world’s biggest stage. […]

With three matches remaining in CONCACAF qualifying, Canada is in the driver’s seat atop the Octagon with 25 points through 11 matches and with the top three teams in qualifying automatically heading to Qatar this fall, Canada can clinch its first berth World Cup berth since Mexico 1986 as soon as Thursday night. Have Canada […]

So much so, in fact, that they’re ahead of nearly a half-dozen competitors at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar with their No. 41 world ranking. To put that into context, Canada, just five years ago, was ranked 120th overall. Where is Canada ranked in the World Cup? FIFA 23 ranks Canada 26th out […]

Purple loosestrife is a wetland plant native to Europe and Asia that was brought to North America in the early 19th century. This highly invasive plant was likely introduced when its seeds were included in soil used as ballast in European sailing ships and discarded in North America. How was purple loosestrife transported? Purple loosestrife […]