var arrayFacts = [ "Canada is the second largest country in land mass in the world, but only thirty-seventh in population.

This gives Canada an average of only 3.1 people per square kilometer, making it one of the most sparsely populated nations in the world.", "Canada is known for having some amazing trails right by the United States Border.

The Voyageur Trail, for example, follows the shores of Lake Superior and Huron, and the Bruce Trail runs 428 miles from Queenstown on the Niagara River to Tobermary on the Bruce peninsula", "Prince Edward Island was the seventh province to become part of the Canadian Union and the smallest.

Prince Edward Island was named after Queen Victoria's father, Prince Edward, in 1799.", "Northern Alberta is home to the rare trumpeter swan.

Once threatened with extinction the trumpeter swan has made a strong comeback in the national parks of the western United States and Canada, but the total population remains small. It is the largest swan (5 1/2 ft) long, with a 10-ft wingspan.", "Edmonton is the capital of Alberta and one of Canada's major cities.

Edmonton was founded in 1795 as a remote trading post, and stayed tiny until the 1897 Klondike gold rush, but is now one of Canada's largest and most well known cities.", "The area around Manitoba's Riding Mountain National Park was settled by Ukrainian immigrants.

The strong Ukrainian influence remains to this day, as the citizens in that area hold a national Ukrainian Festival every year.", "The town of Churchill is known as the Polar Bear Capital of the world.

Churchill is on the western shore of Hudson Bay about 650 miles north of Winnipeg, and the national park around there is known for the polar bears and beluga whales.", "Canada has two official languages: English and French.

Most Canadians are actually not bi-lingual; French remains the official language of Quebec, which was originally a French province, while English is spoken throughout the rest of the country.", "Quebec remains very independent towards the rest of Canada.

Quebec has different immigration laws, the French influence, and citizens of Quebec have even voted for separation as recently as the late 1990s. Those in favor of secession lost by the narrowest of margins as 50.6 percent voted against secession while 49.4 voted in favor of separation. An amazing 92 percent of Quebec's registered voters cast ballots", "The Yukon Territory in northwest Canada has a population that is over 50% native.

Mostly Inuit, a tribe that also has a large population in Alaska and reaches even as far as the eastern provinces of Canada.", "Nunavut is the newest territory in Canada.

Nunavut was founded in 1999 out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories. Nunavut serves as a type of Inuit state.", "Canada's National Anthem 'O Canada!' wasn't their official national anthem until 1980.

This occurred a century after the song was first written and sung.", "Hockey is the favorite sport and past time of Canada.

Because of the country's location, it makes sense for a winter sport to rule. Canada also boasts six different professional NHL teams.", "Montreal is the largest French-speaking city in North America.

Montreal is also the second largest city in Canada, and the second largest French speaking city in the World", "'Mounties' is common slang for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Mounties have the distinction of being recognized world wide, and are unique in the sense that the RCMP is a national, federal, provincial and municipal policing body. ", "Canada consists of 10 provinces and 3 territories.

Unlike the United States, which has fifty states and some commonwealths (Puerto Rico, Guam), Canada is only split into 13 sections.", "Hudson Bay was named after explorer Henry Hudson.

Hudson was searching for a northwest passage to Asia: a goal that many explorers would undertake with tragic results, only to find out such a passage did not truly exist.", "Canada's territory includes thousands of islands.

Prince Edward Island is obviously the most well known, but there are hundreds of islands on the western coast, as well as the thousands in the Arctic.", "Banff National Park in Alberta was Canada's first national park.

The park is located near the foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains is famous for its hot springs and attracts over five million visitors a year. ", "The word Canada derives from the Huron-Iroquois 'Kanata' which means village or settlement.

The natives' name for the territory more of less stuck, though the European influence changed it to 'Canada.'", "The 5,525 mile border between Canada and the United States is the largest 'non-militarized' border in the world.

This includes the border between Alaska and Canada, but no other border in the world is shared by two nations without a military presence.", "The lowest temperature on record is an amazing -81 degrees F.

This temperature was recorded at Snag, during a particularly bad winter in the Yukon Territory in 1947. ", "Despite having the second largest country (in land mass) on Earth, 90% of Canada's population lives very close to the United States border.

The main reason makes sense, in that it is warmer further south, and during colonial times, settlements had to be near to waterways for trade and transport.", "The hottest temperature on record is 113 degrees F.

This is an incredibly hot temperature for land that far north, and was recorded in Midale, Saskatchewan.", "Canada's northern taiga forest is the second largest area of uninterrupted forest in the entire world.

Canada's forest is even larger than Alaska's. Only Russia has an uninterrupted forest with greater acreage.", "Canada's northern regions are home to a great variety of Arctic wildlife.

In the Arctic part of Canada, you can find polar bears, musk oxen, lemmings, wolves, white Arctic foxes, and great snowy owls, among others.", "Canada has one of the world's highest life expectancies, at almost 80 years.

A good medical system, good technology, and good doctors have allowed Canada to put together a system that has its citizens living as long as anyone in the world. In comparison, the life expectancy in the United States is 73-76 years.", "If you put all the hydroelectric (electricity produced by water) power in the world together, Canada would produce 1/6 of it.

Canada has the largest system of working hydroelectric plants, and actually 60% of all the nation's power comes from water.", "The United States is Canada's leading trading partner.

75% of all the products exported from Canada go directly to their southern neighbor, including a large amount of oil.", "Canada is one of the world's leading tourist destinations.

Tourism makes up over 5% of Canada's work force, and it brings billions of dollars a year into the nation. Canada's amazing outdoors opportunities are a major reason for this.", "The 'Confederation Bridge' is over 8 miles long.

The Confederation Bridge was finished in 1997, and it actually connects Prince Edward Island to the Canadian mainland.", "Canada is a favorite destination for freshwater fisherman.

Because of the number of lakes away from civilization, and the large size that muskie, northern pike, and walleye all achieve, Canada attracts fisherman from all over the world.", "Canada, and not the United States, actually founded the National Hockey League (NHL).

The NHL started in 1917 with five Canadian pro teams, and didn't admit the first American team until the Boston Bruins joined in 1924.", "Canada has their own football (similar to American football, not soccer) league, the CFL.

There are some different rules, and the fields are different sizes, but the two sports are very closely related. The CFL version of the Super Bowl is the Grey Cup, and many CFL stars have done very well in the NFL, like Warren Moon and Doug Flutie.", "The Yukon Territory was the site of the famous Klondike Gold Rush.

The Klondike Gold Rush began in 1896 and continued on for several years. The rush drew thousands of people, including world famous author Jack London.", "The New Quebec Crater is a known crater from a meteorite strike.

This crater is 2.1 miles around, and its rim at its highest point is an amazing 525 feet above ground level. Scientists believe the crater is 1.4 millions years old, and it is now filled by a lake 820 feet deep.", "Ottawa is Canada's capital.

Ottawa is a sizeable city, though nowhere close to Toronto or Montreal. Even so, Ottawa, along with Moscow, holds the distinction of being the coldest capital in the world. ", "Quebec is the largest province in land size, while Ontario is the largest in population.

Ontario is home to the cities of Ottawa and Toronto, while Quebec was originally a French territory won by Great Britain during a war.", "Canada's flag consists of two red stripes, a white stripe, and a red maple leaf on the white stripe.

This flag design became Canada's official flag in 1965. The maple leaf was a long time symbol of Canada, and is red to represent the sacrifice Canadian soldiers make in World War I.", "Canada has the longest coastline of any country in the world.

The coastline includes the mainland coast and also the coasts of offshore islands. The total length of Canada's coastline is 202,080 kilometers.", "The northern islands alone have over ten thousand recorded glaciers.

Since so many of Canada's islands are in the north, stretching towards the North Pole, glaciers are not an uncommon sight, and despite over ten thousand recorded glaciers, there are thousands more that have yet to be put in the books!", "Canada has over 32,000 lakes.

They are found all through Canada from the Great Lakes shared with the United States, to the many popular fishing lakes stretching from Ontario to British Columbia, and even The Great Slave Lake and Great Bear Lakes far up north near the Arctic.", "Canada has 43 national parks that make up 2.2% of the total land in Canada.

The 43 parks range in size from a very small 8.7 square kilometers to a giant 44,807 square kilometers. The Government established the first park, at Banff, Alberta, in 1885. Parks have continued to be added regularly since the late 1970s.", "The largest river system in Canada is the Mackenzie River.

The Mackenzie river system is the second largest on the entire continent, second only to the Mississippi and Missouri river basin. The river was named after Alexander Mackenzie, a Scottish trader and explorer who explored the full length of the river in 1798.", "The highest mountain in Canada is Mount Logan.

Mount Logan is located in the northern section of the Canadian Rockies, in the Yukon Territory, and is 5,959 meters (app. 19,500 feet) tall. ", "The largest lake wholly in Canada is Great Bear Lake.

The Great Bear Lake is located in The Northwest Territories. The Great Bear Lake is much smaller than any of the Great Lakes, which are shared with the United States, but is still very impressive in and of itself.", "The only walled city north of Mexico is Quebec City.

While the old Spanish and missionary architecture resulted in many fort-like towns that have remained walled, no cities in the United States are walled. Quebec City was originally a fort, and that is why it still has walls to this day.", "The Trans-Canada Highway is the longest national highway in the world.

The Trans-Canada Highway was built to help improve transportation across the giant nation and is 7,604 kilometers, or approximately 4,563 miles long. ", "Five of the six tallest waterfalls in Canada (not including Niagara Falls) are found in British Columbia.

Della Falls, the largest, is in British Columbia, and out of the top six, only Panther Falls in Alberta is not in British Columbia. Takakkaw Falls, Hunlen Falls, Helmcken Falls, and Bridal Veil Falls are the other top waterfalls in Canada.", "The United Nations has voted Canada as the best country in the world in which to live for the last 5 years in a row.

This honor shows the strength of Canada's education, life expectancy, society, and economy, and is a remarkable achievement."];