Funny Canadian Trivia That Will Surprise and Delight You

Calling all extraterrestrials! The world's first landing pad for UFOs was built in the town of St. Paul, Alberta, in 1967. Built as part of Canada's centennial celebration to be the country's official welcoming sight for ETs, the flat concrete structure weighs more than 130 tons and contains a time capsule that will be opened in 2067 on the 100-year anniversary of the pad’s opening.

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Canadians love donuts, but even more than you may have realized. According to food industry executives, Canada has more donut shops per capita than any nation in the world. In second-place, surprisingly enough, is Japan.

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Those hooded sweatshirts that the rest of the world refers to as "hoodies" have a different — and ridiculously cute — moniker in Saskatchewan, where they're known as "bunnyhug." The origins of this nickname, however, are not as cute as you'd expect, stemming from similar hooded clothing made from the pelts of bunnies after the mass "bunnycide" that took place when rabbit populations soared through the roof and people were encouraged to kill as many bunnies as they could.

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The Quebec town of Saint-Louis-du-Ha!-Ha! is the only town in the world with not one but two exclamation marks in its name. According to lore, the name is said to be derived from the archaic French word “ha-ha”, used to describe an unexpected obstacle or ending of a path, such as a cul-de-sac.

If you ever read a superhero comic book, you probably broke the law. That's because Canada's Criminal Code specifies that comic books may not depict "either the commission of a crime, or the events connected with the commission of a crime, before or after" — or, to be more precise, pretty much all comic books in which superheroes fight crime.

Cape Breton Island is home to the world's largest fiddle, which stands an impressive 60 feet tall. The Fidheal Mohr A' Ceilidh —  which translates to "the Big Fiddle of the Ceilidh" — is located adjacent to the Joan Harriss Cruise Pavillion at the port of Sydney in Nova Scotia.

The aptly named town of Vulcan, Alberta, was initially home to Canada's only Star Trek museum. Unfortunately, the Trekcetera Museum did not live long and prosper at its original location, and in 2016 relocated to the dino-tourist town of Drumheller.

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Believe it or not, but certain areas of Hudson Bay have lower levels of gravity than the rest of the planet. There are two scientific theories to account for this bizarre phenomenon — one involving convection occurring in the Earth's mantle, the other having to do with the Laurentide Ice Sheet — which indicate that this weird gravitational anomaly should correct itself in about 5,000 years.

Children around the world owe a debt of gratitude to the small town of Blackie, Alberta, which is where the phrase "trick or treat" is believed to have originated. Historians concur that the earliest recorded mention of "trick or treat" is found in a 1927 edition of the town's local newspaper, The Blackie Times.

Santa Claus may deliver toys to children throughout the world, but when it comes to nationality he's a Canadian. Or at least that's what Canada's Immigration Minister decreed. “We wish Mr. Claus all the best in his Christmas Eve duties again this year,” Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney told The National Post in 2010. “And rest assured, as a Canadian citizen living in Canada’s North, he can re-enter Canada freely once his trip around the world is complete.”

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The pizza variety everybody knows as Hawaiian originated in Canada, not Hawaii. Greek-born restaurateur Sam Panopoulos was the first person to pair ham and pineapple atop a pizza, which he first did at his restaurant in Chatham, Ontario, back in 1962.

Everybody knows that parts of Canada get cold in the winter, but you may not have realized that certain regions of the country have hit temperatures so low that they're actually colder than the planet Mars. According to The Washington Post, temperatures in Edmonton and Yellowknife plunged to -40 degrees Celsius (once the windchill factor is added) in 2017. Meanwhile, during the same time, Mars was a relatively balmy -9.4 degrees. However, as the Post points out, Mars' nighttime temperature has Canada beat, plunging to a frosty -112 degrees. Meanwhile, Canada's lowest recorded temperature — -63 degrees Celsius, recorded in 1947 in the Yukon village of Snag — is colder than the average temperature on the surface of Mars.

You probably think that Canada became an independent nation back in 1867, what with all those 150th anniversary celebrations that took place in 2017. If that's the case, you're wrong; that didn't actually take place until the enacting of the Canada Act of 1982, with the British Parliament officially transferring the power to change Canada's Constitution to the Canadian Parliament.

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