Canada is one of the most developed economies, one of the cleanest countries and one of the countries with the highest standard of living in the world.
Also, Canada, the second largest country in the world, is among the most preferred countries for tourists.
Here are 12 incredible facts about the economy, culture, wealth and consumption in this magnificent country.
-Canada produces so much maple syrup that its annual amount would be enough to fill 14 Olympic swimming pools, 9.486 million gallons of this syrup were produced in 2014 alone
-Quebec covers 71% of the world maple syrup market. In fact, the prestigious magazine "The Economist" has called it, "Saudi Arabia of syrup".
-In Canada's Hudson Bay, gravity is lower than in other parts of the globe.
Thus, if a 68-kilogram person is measured in this bay, he will weigh a few grams less than in other parts of the world.
Canada's forests could cover Japan, Italy, Cambodia, Nicaragua, France, Germany, Ghana, Cameroon, Sweden, South Korea, Uruguay and the United Kingdom.
About 500-600 motor vehicle collisions with deer are reported each year on the Canadian island of Newfoundland, home to the world's largest population of deer.
Five to ten accidents belong to the group of serious accidents, while there is also one death per year.

-In 1536, the French explorer, Jacques Cartier, had misunderstood the members of the Iroquois tribe, who called their settlements "canata", which were actually their villages, while he thought that was the name of the area where they lived. That's how the name Canada stuck.
Canada's crude oil reserves occupy an area that can be compared to 26,100 Empire State Buildings in New York.
Canada has 172 billion barrels of crude oil, the third largest in the world.
-Canada is one of the least populated countries in the world. Its northern part is almost uninhabited due to low temperatures.
- Although Canada has a larger area than the USA, it has 36 million inhabitants, while only California has 39.14 million inhabitants.
-The three largest French-speaking cities in the world are: Paris (France), Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Abidjan (Ivory Coast). Immediately after them comes Montreal, in Canada, with 4 million inhabitants.
– Canada has a national park that is bigger than Switzerland.