#100 – THE FACTS OF IT ALL

I love you.

You’ve been my home all my life and I just want you to know that you seriously rock.

There are so many things about you that make you special. Things that stand out.

And I am so excited to travel coast to coast – and as far north as I can possibly go.

I’ve been doing some research for my upcoming trip and I’ve learned a few interesting things about our upcoming date:

You are the second largest country in the world which means I’m going to be putting some serious kilometres on my van.
Your territory is almost as large as Europe and just a bit bigger than the USA.
Your population is just over 10 percent of the population of the USA – which would explain the HUGE vast tracks of empty land.
Nearly 90% of Canadians live within 300 kilometres of the Canada/U.S border. Me, included.
You have the longest coastline of any country in the world. I was born on the coastline…and I live on the coastline. Go figure.
You have 10 provinces and 3 territories – and I’m going to be exploring every single one except Nunavut on this trip – unfortunately, I just can’t afford it. It’s too bad…but I suspect you and I will be meeting soon enough.
You have 6 timezones!
Almost half your population was born in other countries – which makes you incredibly awesome and multicultural with all sorts of tasty foods. My mom being one of them.
You have diamond mines and the world’s largest wheat fields, not to mention youare the largest producer of uranium…and don’t forget about all that crazy timber we have. Oh, yeah…
You have the highest number of donut shops per capita than any other country. Crazy, that.
You hold many secrets – one of them being an underground laboratory called SNOLAB that studies dark matter physics. COOL.

Seriously though…you are such an amazing country and I am so looking forward to hanging out with you, you gorgeous creature.

Sweet action.