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Re: Canada Day

Tyrantosaur — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:55:10 GMT

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/edu/clock-horloge/edu06f_0001-eng.htm

Re: Canada Day

Mord_Sith — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:41:57 GMT

Queen Victoria Day is May 24th

Re: Canada Day

Itsalive — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:16:54 GMT

And here's a video on how Canada got it's name.

http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=10123

Re: Canada Day

GeorgeCusterd — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:01:23 GMT

Metis:
Do you think it coincidental that Canada Day and American Independence Day are so close together?

Yes it is just a coincidence since they occured over 90 years apart. Lots of things happen on July 1st:

My Birthday
Canada Day
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of the Somme (WWI)
Queen Victoria's Day

etc

Re: Canada Day

GeorgeCusterd — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:41:10 GMT

Mord_Sith:

Current estimated population: 33,700,869

Not anymore, it mustve changed by now!!

Re: Canada Day

Metis — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:41:02 GMT

Mord_Sith:
Current estimated population: 33,700,869

Wow, Los Angeles Metro alone has half the population of Canada. Maybe you Canadians can use some of our Californians?

Re: Canada Day

EdyPegasus — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:25:05 GMT

Mord_Sith:

"The origin of the name "Canada" comes from the expedition of explorer Jacques Cartier up the St. Lawrence River in 1535. The Iroquois pointing out the route to the village of Stadacona, the future site of Quebec City, used the word "kanata," the Huron-Iroquois word for village. Jacques Cartier used the word Canada to refer to both the settlement of Stadacona and the land surrounding it subject to Chief Donnacona."

Current estimated population: 33,700,869

Yes this is the real way it was named. I knew it was from kanata but i forgot what it translated to.

Re: Canada Day

Mord_Sith — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:23:20 GMT

"The origin of the name "Canada" comes from the expedition of explorer Jacques Cartier up the St. Lawrence River in 1535. The Iroquois pointing out the route to the village of Stadacona, the future site of Quebec City, used the word "kanata," the Huron-Iroquois word for village. Jacques Cartier used the word Canada to refer to both the settlement of Stadacona and the land surrounding it subject to Chief Donnacona."

Current estimated population: 33,700,869

Re: Canada Day

EdyPegasus — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:09:10 GMT

That is the funniest thing i have ever heard. Canada is a good enough name. So how many people live in Canada now?

Re: Canada Day

James — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:06:25 GMT

in case some of you dont know heres how canada got its name:

the leaders of the new country couldnt agree on a name (they were french after all, but thats another story), so they decided to draw letters out of a hat. they drew three letters:

"C eh? (A)" said the first man

"N eh? (A)" said the second man

"D eh? (A)" said the thrid man

when they put them together it spelled C-A-N-A-D-A

if you dont get it heres how it works: "eh" is pronounced "ay", so C eh? is really C-A...

Re: Canada Day

James — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:02:50 GMT

lol at first i thought the topic was "canada dry". you know that sparkling water stuf...

anyway happy birthday to:

Re: Canada Day

Ofb Terminator0 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:11:58 GMT

America's hat is getting old.

Re: Canada Day

GSC — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:50:02 GMT

Happy Birthday Canada!!

Re: Canada Day

Metis — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:32:23 GMT

Do you think it coincidental that Canada Day and American Independence Day are so close together?

Canada Day

Itsalive — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:01:55 GMT

Well, happy birthday Canada.

A little history... on this day 142 years ago (in 1867) the British North America Act which passed and united Canada as a single country.

Did you do anything today to celebrate?

As for me, I'm going to see the fireworks tonight :P