Canada Day is coming. Canada celebrates its birthday every year on 1 July, there should be a lot of fireworks, barbecues, concerts and big community parties on the day. Although I will be working on the day for the Japanese company remotely, today I will get to know about Canada as a potencial future resident.
Recently I have been into world history somehow, I watched a video about how America was born and civil war. which was interesting, and then I tried to watch the video about how Canada was born but somehow unfortunately it was kind of boring and felt sleepy to me. knowing Canada with fun facts should be exciting.
According to Love Exploring, https://www.loveexploring.com/gallerylist/160831/30-things-you-never-knew-about-the-history-of-canada
There are 30 things you never knew about the history of Canada, I will pick up 5 out of 30 which were most interesting to me.
No.1 The Vikings visited Canada before other Europeans.
Well before European settlers 'discovered' Canada in the 15th century, Vikings sailed to Newfoundland about 1,000 years ago. Historical evidence suggests that they didn’t stay for long, but the Vikings did set up a camp at L’Anse Aux Meadows as a temporary base for their North American explorations. That means there might be nothing they were interested in? they might be that's boring to violent. no people they could meet? I can feel that. but that's lucky but funny.
No.2 Most Canadians have settled near the border
Although Canada has a population of just over 38 million people, 90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the U.S. border.
You'd be surprised how much of Canada is barely habitable. Check out this map of the Canadian Shield. Why do 90% of Canadians live very close to the U.S. border? Basically because most of Canada is very far north (it claims all the land to the North Pole), and only the southern regions are inhabitable.
Unless you are a super adventure minded person or inconvinient nature lover, you probabury only enjoy tiny area of Canada. including myself.
No.3 Basketball was invented by a Canadian
Hockey may be Canada’s most popular game, and the country may only have one NBA team (the Toronto Raptors), but it seems like basketball was invented by a Canadian. In 1891, Ontarian James Naismith was working at the YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts when he came up with the game to keep students active in the icy winter months, when they had to be indoors. The players originally threw the balls into peach baskets.
that is supposed to be an origin of basketball. This is kind of unfortunate because usually the original country should be excel at that sports but this case is exeptional.
No.4 The California roll was invented in Canada
While some dispute the origin story of the California sushi roll, the most commonly accepted story is that it was invented in the 1970s in Vancouver by a Japanese chef named Hidekazu Tojo. Tojo noticed his Canadian guests didn’t like rolls wrapped in seaweed and tried rolling his sushi inside-out, filling it with avocado and cooked crab in place of raw fish. Both Tojo and the roll became stars. Now California roll is the mainstream of Sushi, which is kind of annoying for Japanese people because they invite us Sushi party then we end up eating California roll.
No.5 Canada has official policies that helped build its entertainment industry
This is something I have never heard.
If it seems like Canada produces a lot of musical, acting, and literary talent, that’s because the country has worked hard to make sure its citizens enjoy homegrown material. Canadian content ('CanCon') regulations mean that radio and television stations must broadcast a certain amount of Canada-made media. Since it was implemented in the 1970s, the Canadian music industry in particular has flourished, giving a lift to artists like Celine Dion, Justin Bieber, Alanis Morissette and many more.
