What is the old name for Canada Day?

The term bunnyhug is mainly used in the prairie provinces for a hoodie

What is a "bunnyhug"?

The National Archives Museum (Washington DC)

Laura Secord is now the name of a chain of chocolate shops

The olympics in St. Louis were held in 1904

Toronto has bid for the olympics five times (including 2024) but has never been awarded

Saint Lucia was the last country to switch to the metric system, in 2000. France was the first in 1795.

Freetown in Sierra Leone was founded by black loyalists from the Revolutionary war, many of whom were originally resettled in Nova Scotia.

Moose Jaw has several tunnels which were used to move alcohol back and forth.

Justice Holmes was 90 when he retired in 1932

First Nations people began playing lacrosse more than 500 years ago

The largest is now the Surat Diamond Bourse in India

The Governor General is the King's representative in Canada, however the monarch still holds special powers in the government.

the $1 coin is named a "loonie" due to the loon pictured on the front

At last count, Canada had about 100k fewer people than California, however it's likely that Canada has since overtaken!

At the time it was built, aluminum was more valuable than gold. 

The hopes and dreams of the American people

Windsor is on a peninsula that curls south of Detroit, MI

Bagged milk creates less waste than purchasing in cartons

The initial establishment of Angle Township being in the United States was due to a map-maker's error.

The Spanish explorer Pedro Menéndez de Avilés established a settlement in St Augustine in 1565

The Abenaki sagamore man startled the colonists by greeting them in English, saying "Welcome, Englishmen" and asked for beer.