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Canadian Paralympian and activist best known for his "Man in Motion" World Tour
Rick Hansen
People in Churchill, Manitoba, leave their cars unlocked for people escaping these.
Polar Bears
A Canadian pharmacist invented this spreadable.
Peanut butter in 1884, by Marcellus Gilmore Edson
This type of pizza was created by Sam Panapoulos in Chatham, Ontario, in 1962.
Hawaiian Pizza
One of the world’s oldest Viking settlements can be found in this province.
Newfoundland. The village, known as L’Anse aux Meadows, dates back more than 1,000 years and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
He was the youngest person ever named a Companion of the Order of Canada.
Terry Fox
This type of bear lives in British Columbia—and nowhere else in the world.
The kermode bear, also known as the spirit or ghost bear. It was named after Francis Kermode, who encountered the animals while working as a director of the British Columbia Provincial Museum
Canadian Charles Fenerty was the first person to make paper out of this material.
Wood pulp. He made the first batch after his local paper mill ran out of cotton rags, which were previously used to make the stuff.
Canadians consume more than twice as much of this meal-in-a-box than Americans.
Kraft Dinner.
Canada has more of these than the rest of the world combined.
Lakes. Some nine percent of Canada’s surface area is covered by fresh water.
A former coach and player himself, insights are often overshadowed by his multitude of flamboyant eccentricities, particularly his wild outfits.
Don Cherry
In Lake Ontario, you can find 50 million of these swimming in this lake.
Goldfish
Fascinated by the metabolic disorder known as diabetes, his medical research in the 1920s led to the invention of synthetic insulin,
Dr. Frederick Banting
The world’s only perogy drive-through is in this city.
Saskatoon. Baba’s Homestyle Perogies is known for its exceptional Ukrainian dumplings, as well as cabbage rolls, sausages and borscht.
The oldest surviving basketball court in the world resides in this province…and also the oldest piece of this sports equipment.
New Brunswick. The court, in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, was first used in 1893, and there are plans to turn it into a museum.
First Canadian to perform extravehicular activity in outer space
Chris Hadfield
When this fish species became endangered, the Okanagan Nation Alliance rejuvenated its population.
Sockeye salmon. They created fishways and cleaned the water, and by 2010, the sockeye salmon population was sustainable for the first time in 75 years.
This Scottish-Canadian inventor is responsible for global time zones and the 24-hour clock.
Sir Sandford Fleming. He also designed Canada’s first postage stamp and engineered much of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Canadians eat 1 billion of these every year.
Doughnuts. Thanks, Tim Hortons.
The border between Canada and the U.S. holds this distinction.
World’s longest—and longest demilitarized—border, at almost 9,000 kilometres.
A scientist, activist, and media star raising awareness of environmental issues.
Dr. David Suzuki
The beaver is one of Canada’s national animals; this statuesque mammal is the other.
The Canadian horse, which is usually black, bay or brown and descends from the horses sent by King Louis XIV of France to his subjects in New France in 1665.
This chemical engineer from Pontypool, Ontario, invented alkaline batteries.
Lewis Frederick Urry, who developed the world’s first long-lasting batteries in 1955.
This is the most-consumed fruit in Canada.
The banana. Apples follow close behind.
This town set a record for the most extreme temperature change—from -19 Celsius to +22 Celsius in less than an hour.
Pincher Creek, Alberta, which experienced this momentous shift in January 1962 thanks to the chinook winds.
One of the most famous pianists of the 20th century, Montreal-born
Oscar Peterson
The village of Klemtu, British Columbia, is said to be the home of these shaggy cryptids.
Sasquatches. According to the Kitasoo/Xai’xais First Nation, the hairy giants live in the surrounding forests
This piece of hardware was invented in Canada.
Hint- Henry Ford
The square Robertson screw.
Until the late 18th century, this fish was used as currency in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Cod. Fishermen traded it for food, clothing and supplies.
This event was the most watched broadcast in Canadian history.
The 2010 Olympic men’s hockey final. Some 16.6 million Canadians watched Team Canada clinch the gold medal.