63. Canada belonged to the French and the Indians until 1763 when it was stolen by the British Empire. But they still speak French in Quebec.
64. A Canadian invented Hawaiian pizza.
65. Canada has an island named Dildo.
The True North has talent!
These actors and comedians come from Canada:
Ryan Reynolds
Rachel McAdams
Elisha Cuthbert
Ryan Gosling
Kiefer Sutherland
Ellen Page
Evangeline Lilly
Hayden Christensen
Pamela Anderson
Neve Campbell
Cory Monteith
Shay Mitchell
Alexander Ludwig
Jim Carrey
Catherine O'Hara
William Shatner
Anna Paquin
Seth Rogan
Michael J Fox
Victor Garber
Mira Kirshner
Michael Cera
Kevin Zegers
Martin Short
Dan Aykroyd
Mike Myers
Eugene Levy
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Rachelle Lefevre
Eric McCormack
Daniel Gillies
Sandra Oh
AJ Cook
And don't forget these musicians and singer-songwriters:
Drake
Avril Lavigne
Sarah McLachlan
Michael Buble
k. d. Lang
Broken Social Scene
Nelly Furtado
Bieber (ugh, fine...)
Feist
Arcade Fire
Carly Rae Jepsen
Shania Twain
Celine Dion
The Tragically Hip
Barenaked Ladies
Diana Krall
Blue Rodeo
Maestro Fresh Wes
Joni Mitchell
Neil Young
Alannis Morissette
Jann Arden
Chantal Kreviazuk
The Weeknd
71? A Canadian Alexander Graham Bell, invented the telephone
72. Frederick Banting & Charles Best discovered insulin
73. After the Dec 1941 attack on Pearl Harbour Canada declared war on Japan before the USA
74. Canada & Denmark dispute sovereignty over Hans island, located between Canada & Greenland. The countries take turns planting their flags and leaving alcoholic beverages for their counterparts on the island.
75. During the 1979-1980 Iranian Hostage Crisis, in which the Iranians attacked and overran the US Embassy, the Americans who escaped were hidden and given refuge by the Canadians. The Canadians then helped them sneak out of Iran to safety. The Canadians did this at their own risk and peril. In times of crisis, you find out who your friends are. Thanks, Canada!
Bravo!
81. Maybe he's been mentioned already and I missed it, but Col. Chris Hadfield. Probably the most famous and popular astronaut of the last couple decades and lives just down the highway from me in Sarnia (in fact, their local airport is named for him). First man to record a music video in zero-g.
Film Directors
82 Xavier Dolan
83 David Cronenberg
84 James Cameron
85 Sarah Polley
86 Atom Egoyan
87 Deepa Mehta
88 Norman Jewison
89 Ivan Reitman
Dancing Doll, you lose 5 points for Gryffindore for getting us off track numerically....
156. Peaceful Nation
157. Toughest Immigration laws (behind Russia)
158. Cool accent, eh?
159. Les Stroud
160. Big Foot
161. They're just like us, only better
162. already have laws protecting Bigfoot
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178. Canada produces award winning, world class wines especially from the Okanagan Valley (B.C.) and Niagara Peninsula (Ontario) regions
179. Canada is a major exporter of pot; its the 3rd largest economic engine in British Columbia after forestry and tourism
180. The Kids in the Hall
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181. Canada has a secret underground laboratory in Sudbury, Ontario. It's designed for the study of neutrino and dark matter physics. It's the deepest clean laboratory in the world dedicated to this type of work, and was built in a mine to avoid interference from environmental and solar radioactivity.
"What is the quality of your intent?" - Thurgood Marshall
182. Ontario, Canada has a lake called Rachel Lake; legend says it was named after a diminutive woman with special powers
183. There is also a Nicola Lake in BC