Nine things you probably didn't know about Canada

1.  Canada has an ‘Apology Act‘, that allows apologies in court to be considered a sign of empathy, not guilt!

2.  Peterborough, ON is the canoe capital of the world

3.  15,500 of the world's 25,000 polar bears live in Canada

4.  Canada has more lakes than all other countries combined [250,000+ in Ontario alone)

5.  All letters to Santa end up in Canada, and  volunteers reply in over 200 languages

6.  Canada has more donut shops per capita than  anywhere else

7.  Canadian inventions include the electric wheelchair, IMAX, Trivial Pursuit, the baseball glove, insulin and Hawaiian pizza!

8.  Canada's literacy rate is over 99%

9.  Canada is the largest exporter of blueberries in the world.