Northern Lights dance in the crisp night air.
107. Canada produces a ton of cheese, literally. In 2016, 444,132 tonnes of cheese were produced (one tonne = 1,000 kg). Canadians also eat around 20 pounds of cheese per person per year. Cheddar is the most popular cheese.
108. Canada main wine producers are in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia, but is most famed for its ice wine – made from pressed frozen grapes. It’s usually served as a dessert wine.
109. Canadians consume more do- nuts per capita than anywhere else in the world, a considerable number from Tims. Tim Hortons is Canada’s most iconic coffee and donut shop, opened by NHL hockey player Tim Horton in 1964. In addition to donuts, Cana- dians are known for consuming more macaroni and cheese than any other nation, especially KD, or Kraft Dinner for non-Canadians.
110. Unusually named places in Cana- da: Sober Island, Nova Scotia; Crotch Lake, Ontario; Uren, Saskatchewan;
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Balls Falls, Ontario and Quebec's Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, to name a few.
Banks and currency
111. Te Bank of Canada opened in 1935 and issued its first bank notes. It began as a privately-owned company, but was purchased by the Government of Canada in 1938.
112. Founded in 1908, the Royal Ca- nadian Mint has produced coinage for over 74 countries including Cuba, Yemen, Columbia, Iceland, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Australia.
113. Te Winnipeg, Manitoba pro- duction branch of the Royal Canadian Mint is one of the largest and most elaborate minting operations in the world.
114. In 2007, the Royal Canadian Mint created a $1,000,000 coin that is usable! It weighs 100 kilograms and is made of 99.9 per cent pure gold and worth well over a million dollars.
115. In 2004, Canada released the world’s first coloured circulation coin
dedicated to war veterans. It was the 25-cent poppy coin.
116. Te world’s first glow-in-the-dark circulation coin was made this year to celebrate Canada’s 150. Te two-dollar coin features two canoeists paddling under glowing Northern Lights.
Canadian innovators and inventions
117. Te Institute for Quantum Computing in Ontario and D-Wave Systems Inc. in British Columbia are world leaders in quantum computing. Quantum computers work at incred- ible speeds and perform seemingly impossible tasks. D-Wave is the first company in the world to sell these computers. and their clients include NASA, Google and Fortune 500 com- panies.
118. Inventions that have assisted the world in defense include gas masks, sonar, CADPAT the first digital camoflauge, and explosives detector.
119. Te Canadarm 1 or Shuttle Re- mote Manipulator System (SRMS)
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