Is a country in North America

1. Canada was named through a misunderstanding.
The name Canada comes from the word “Kanata”. It is the Iroquois-Huron word for “settlement” or “village”. The village of Stadacona which in the present day is called Quebec city was described as this word by the Iroquois. Two aboriginal youths in 1535 told the French explorer Jacques Cartiers about the route to Kanata.
The youths were actually referring to the village of Stadacona but Cartier misinterpreted it and used the word “Canada” to not only describe the village but also to the entire area controlled by its chief, Donnacona. The name “Canada” soon got applied to much larger areas including the north of the St. Lawrence River.
Although the entire region was still known as New France the area covering the gulf of St. Lawrence and the great river of Canada was called Canada. The area known as Canada grew more larger as the explorers and fur traders started opening their territories to the west and the south.
The country was officially named as “Canada” in the year 1791, when the Province of Quebec was divided into the colonies of Lower and Upper Canada. The two colonies reunited again under one name i.e. the province of Canada in 1841. Besides Canada, Albertsland, Albionora, Cabotia, Britannia, Transatlantia, etc. were some of the names suggested in the proposed consideration of the naming of a nation.
North America’s first and only Ice hotel, Hôtel de Glace is made entirely of snow and ice.
The hotel is located a 20-minute drive north of Quebec City. The hotel was established first in 2001, and it has been reconstructed each winter during the New Year. It is made up of 500 tons of Ice and almost 30,000 tons of snow.
The hotel is nearly half the square footage of the White House and is an architectural marvel, combining both systematic design and creative luxury. The word “chilling out” takes on a literal meaning at this hotel.
Besides the 44 themed guestrooms, most of them with fireplaces, the hotel has a Nordic area which includes saunas and hot tubs. There is also champagne service for overnighters and a perpetually popular ice Bar that serves cocktails in glasses made of ice. Besides this, there is also a Grand Ice slide and even a wedding chapel where weddings are celebrated.
The weather inside the hotel remains a constant at -5 degree Celsius and is independent of the weather outside. The beds in the hotel are all made of ice, followed by a wood base and a comfortable mattress and all the people are provided with cozy sleeping bags which can be placed atop one’s bed.
In Canada, Police departments have been giving positive tickets to kids for obeying the law. The children can get free coupons of pizza and ice cream in return for these positive tickets. Jarvis Keivill said he got a positive ticket in elementary school for wearing his helmet while riding a bike and took home a free pizza with him. A boy in Calgary also got a “ticket” for looking both ways before crossing the road and using the crosswalk.
The program was initiated by Ward Clapham, a veteran of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Richmond, a multicultural community in Vancouver in order to build better relations with the community. The program can also reinforce good safety habits in young children. Although the program started out small, it grew big in a short amount of time as people began to encourage positive behaviour in youth. Ward and his Richmond detachment were handing out as many as 40,000 tickets a year.
As a result of this initiative and several youth prevention programs, the youth-related service calls dropped by almost 50%, keeping more than 1000 youth out of trouble with the law. Though Ward has now been retired, the program is still continued. Ward is now suggesting ways to further expand this positive ticket philosophy by handing out the tickets not only to the youth, but also to the rewarding and recognizing employees and customers to improve the bottom line.
An unusual strip club which goes by the name Manor located in Guelph, Ontario is giving a new meaning to the concept of sin and redemption. A church service is hosted by the club every Sunday afternoon. Jack Ninaber, a nondenominational Christian pastor was first given the idea to run the church service by his wife.
Both Jack Ninaber and his wife had been hosting a church service every week near their home, but the number of people began to increase and thus they began the search for the new venue, which led them to the discovery of the Manor in 2013. At first Jack Ninaber thought that his wife Sharon’s idea was crazy and he just laughed it off.
But after learning that the club had a separate transitional housing society attached to it, they both thought that the idea might actually work. They replaced all the racy photos with religious images and sanitized the entire venue. In present day, the bizarre venue functions as a club throughout the week, but on Sunday’s it becomes a holy place of worship where people can find safety and food. Attached to the bar is a Sue’s Inn, a transitional housing facility where poor and homeless people can come by for shelter.
In the 1960s, scientists discovered that large parts of Canada, particularly the Hudson Bay region, have less gravity than the rest of the world. The missing gravity is slight around a tenth of an ounce for a 150-pound or 68-kg person.
Two theories have been proposed by the scientists to account for this anomaly. The first one is the convection occurring in the Earth’s mantle. The mantle is a layer beneath the earth’s crust. Convection currents which are present in the shifting mantle might have dragged the Earth’s tectonic plates downwards, thereby lowering the mass in these areas and thus lowering the gravity as well.
The second theory to account for the Hudson Bay Region’s missing gravity is the Laurentide Ice Sheet. The Laurentide Ice Sheet which was very heavy and weighed down to the earth, melted away some 10,000 years ago and decreased the mass of the Hudson Bay area. The massive sheet pushed the ground upwards on either side and left a deep indentation when it finally disappeared.
In Canada, the crime focused comic books are technically illegal. Under Section 163(b) of the Criminal Code, it is a crime to possess, print, publish or sell a crime comic. The history of provision goes back to 1949 when the Canadian Parliament validated the claims of an American Psychologist.
The psychologist, Fredric Wertham stated that crime comics make children more likely to commit more crimes. A comic book distributor was convicted under section 163 for selling a Dick Tracy comic book to minors. A similar case in 1953 brought the issue of the crime comic books publication to the Ontario Court of Appeal.
They won at the court of appeal as the specific comic sold could not be identified as a “crime comic”. Since 1954, No further convictions have been brought against selling of crime comics. Considering the popularity of crime comic books in Canada and the lack of prosecution of such offences, it seems that this criminal code just exists in the law book.
Every year the Netherlands sends 20,000 tulips to Canada as a gift for their help during World War 2. In 1940, the German Nazis invaded the Netherlands, and thus the Dutch royal family left the country and went to the UK. After a couple of months, they abandoned Europe and went to Ottawa, Canada. In 1943, Princess Juliana faced a huge problem while giving birth to Princess Margriet.
The bizarre problem was that if the baby wasn’t born on Dutch soil, the princess wouldn’t be fully Dutch and, therefore, she wouldn’t be in line for the throne. The Canadian government decided to help in this uncomfortable situation.
The Canadian government decided to make Ottawa Civic Hospital extraterritorial, so that Princess Juliana could give birth on Dutch land. Otherwise stated, they actually just gave a piece of their land so that the new princess could be born in a Dutch soil. Time flew by, and in 1945, when the war was finally over, Princess Juliana flew back to the Netherlands.
In order to show her gratitude towards the Canadian government, she sent 100000 tulips to the Canadians. In addition to this, she also ordered that 20,000 tulips should be sent to Ottawa annually. This custom of gratitude holds up to today and is popularly known as Canadian Tulip festival.
A furnishing warehouse has been converted in Laurierville, Quebec to keep half of the world’s reserve supply of maple syrup. All the industrial maple producers present in Quebec are required to deliver part of their syrup crop to the reserve to stabilize the worth and supply of the syrup for a growing international market.
The Canadian province of Quebec produces more than 70% of the world’s maple syrup. There is a quota system designed by the federation of producers, namely a government sanctioned cartel more than 15 years ago. Any maple producer who sells the syrup in bulk is required to get a license to tap a certain number of trees.
The group approves a number of sellers or a seller to which the producers can sell their bulk syrup to, whereas a little part of the finished syrup crop is shipped back to the reserve to ensure that there’s never a dip within the global supply. Producers get paid for this reserve portion as soon as the reserve portion sells. This can take from a few months to several years. Those who resist this system or operate outside the system can get a fine up to thousands of dollars.
Hans island, one of the smallest islands present in the middle of the Kennedy Channel is a part of the Nares Strait. This tiny island has been the reason of the one of the most friendliest territorial disputes for decades, a dispute fought with schnapps and whiskeys.
According to the International law a country can claim a territory if it falls within the country’s 12 mile of shore. And the Hans island did fall within the 19-kilometer territorial limit of both Denmark and Canada. In 1973, Canada and Denmark were unable to come to an agreement over Hans island, so both of the countries decided to solve the matter later. In 1984, the armed forces of Canada visited the island and left a bottle of Canadian whiskey, thereby starting the territorial dispute once again.
Shortly after this incident, Denmark’s minister visited the island too, and placed a Danish flag on the island with a welcome note and a bottle of brandy. Moreover, the two countries have waged a “whiskey war” over Hans Island since then and have kept the well- meaning exchange of flags and bottles over the years.
Dildo, a small town located in the north-eastern Canada was founded and named in the 1700s. The world Dildo is originated from the wooden peg used to lock oars into boats.
The town’s unusual and quirky name attracts many tourists who take selfies next to the road sign. The residents staying there says that those who explore the town end up loving the place. A campaign was also held in the 1980s to change the town’s name but the residents were keen on keeping it as Dildo and the petition failed.
Strolling along next to picturesque homes and whales, tasting food at the Dildo Dory Grill, seabird and iceberg-spotting trips are also some of the other attractions of the town.