As a Canadian, I am pleased to help others learn more about our great country.
the average Canadian weighs 0.7 Americans
56% of Manitobans think they have “travelled to the future” when they visit other provinces
The number one cause of heartbreak in Canadian males is being a Montreal Canadiens fan
Three out of five Great Lakes are “just okay”
The average Canadian says “sorry” ten thousand times per day.
The Toronto city government was criticized for spending $48 million of public money on several statues depicting the first “bench clearing brawl” in an ice hockey game
100% of Canadian hockey players “give 110%” about 100% of the time.
55% of Canadians are aware you can make “a delicious and colourful drink” by mixing hospital hand sanitizer with blue “Aqua Velva” cologne
Canada is bigger than China, Russia, Brazil and Canada put together.
Lake Superior is an anglicization of the original Aboriginal name “Ancestor of Chuck Norris’ Bathtub”.
Canadians much prefer Canadian movies, which are far more exciting and less pretentious than American ones. Only three of the top 100 highest grossing movies in Canada came from Hollywood. Canadians also prefer Canadian TV, especially reruns of the 70s Canadian game show Definition, The Littlest Hobo, Beachcombers, Seeing Things and Cucumber.
There is a ranked list of eighteen people who will become Acting President in the United States during unfortunate circumstances. It is not well known that number nineteen on that list is the Canadian Deputy Prime Minister. Number twenty is Geraldo Rivera.
40% of the people that think the last presidential election was rigged did not vote in that election. That number jumps up to 60% during mid term elections.
This is not quite true. Montréal Canadiens heartbreak is actually #5 on the list (but varies slightly depending on the state of the Boston Bruins). The number one cause of heartbreak in Canadian males is being a Toronto Maple Leafs fan.
A longitudinal study of several generations of Leafs fans since the last Cup final they participated in has detected slight but statistically significant physical differences between fans and non-fans.
Good thing North York, East York, and York Region settled early then. (Okay, North York and East York got amalgamated out of existence when the present City of Toronto was formed, but York Region is still a going concern.)
Less then 10% of Ohioans have built a bomb shelter. Another 60% live in the industrial zone along the Lake Erie coast which will become a radioactive extension of Lake Erie in a nuclear War so why bother. The remaining 30% can’t read and didn’t know they were supposed to build one.
The power required to charge the cell phones in DC is approximately equal (97.2%) to the power output of the Niagara falls power plant.
The productivity lost from federal employees waiting for the DC metro is more than twice (2.15 times) the budget of the national endowment for the arts.
