Although it’s got some pretty notable misses like Montreal-style bagels (smoked meat is great), Donair and of course Kraft Dinner (although that’s a Canada wide thing).
As a Canadian expat living in the UK here are my top 5 Canadian foods I miss:
Map of The Most Commonly Spoken Languages In Toronto Other Than English
The map above and below are both the work of Alex McPhee, aka Pronghorn maps.
And you can buy both of them on his website here.
Left Hand Turn At Red Lights Laws By US State & Canadian Province
Canadians Support Of The Idea of Canada Becoming the 51st State
Here are the highlights:
If You’re In Windsor, Ontario, Canada & Want To Get To Detroit You Have To Head North Rather Than South
The map above shows an unintuitive geographical fact.
If you’re in Windsor, Ontario, Canada and want to visit Detroit on the US side of the border, you head north rather than south as you’d expect.
Why?
Canadian Provinces & Territories Replaced With US States & Territories With A Similar Population
Looking at the map you can see why Trump wants Canada, who wouldn’t want a second Alabama or New Jersey?
Map of Canada’s “Defense Scheme No. 1” From The 1920s & 30s
The plan was to buy time to secure defenses before the US could strike back.
Ultimately the plan assumed that help from the United Kingdom and the rest of the Empire would come.
From the map:
Countries Mentioned in Canada’s National Anthem
The map above shows which countries are mentioned in Canada’s national anthem, O Canada.
Unlike Hungary or Poland, Canada’s national anthem just focuses on Canada.
Although interestingly, it’s one of the few national anthems in two different languages, English and French that is not a direct translation of one another.
There is also a bilingual version.
The lyrics are below if you’re interested:
Number & Percentage Of Muslims In Each Canadian Province
The map above shows the number and share of each Canadian province that are Muslim. From a high of 942,990 (6.7%) in Ontario to a low of just 140 (0.4%) in Nunavut there are total of 1,775,715 Muslims in Canada as of the 2021 Census.
Here are the totals by province:
Places In Canada With Winters Above Freezing
In dark purple you have areas where the average high temperature in January is above freezing (0°C; 32°F).
And in light purple you have even warmer places where the average low in January is above freezing (basically stays above freezing the whole month).
From the author: