Canada by the Numbers for 2019

The following is from CBC NEWS online

To mark the country's 152nd birthday, here is a bit of trivia – by the numbers – about Canada. Some we can be proud of, others we could improve.

Enjoy.   [visuals courtesy Sylvia]

37,578,285 — Canada's population as of 12:15 p.m. ET on Friday.

3,463,000 — the country's estimated population in 1867.

46,995,360 — the number of maple taps in Canadian trees in 2016.

36,581 — the number of people who attended Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill last year.

34.7 C — the daily high temperature in Ottawa last July 1.

11 — the number of statutory holidays in most Canadian provinces and territories.

19 — the number in Japan this year, due to the ascension of the new emperor.

28 — the number of public holidays in Cambodia.

1st — Canada's rank among the 25 countries that accepted UN refugees in 2018.

28,100 — the number of refugees who resettled here last year.

1.4 million — the number of people in need of permanent resettlement.

9th — Canada's ranking among nations in the latest World Happiness Report, just behind New Zealand and ahead of Austria.

5th — Canada's ranking in 2015.

82.782 years — the life expectancy in Canada for 2019.

21st — this country's ranking for life expectancy, behind Jersey and ahead of Spain.

5.4 percent — Canada's jobless rate in May, the lowest figure in at least 43 years.

1.23 — The percentage of Canada's GDP devoted to military spending in 2018.

14th — Canada's place on the list of world's biggest defence spenders last year.

$21.6 billion US — the amount Canada spent on its military in 2018.  

1.2 — the percentage of last year's record $1.822 trillion in global military spending that Canada was responsible for.

$4.27 billion US — the amount Canada devoted to foreign aid in 2017.

5,032 – the number of bars, restaurants and other establishments licensed to sell alcohol in Canada in 2018.

360 — the actual and planned cannabis retail locations across Canada as of May 2019.

5.884 million litres — the volume of eggnog sold commercially in Canada in December 2018.

7 —the reported number of fireworks accidents/incidents in Canada in 2017-2018

Almost 70 — the percentage of Canadians who participate in outdoor or wilderness activities.

44 —the percentage who say they hike or backpack.

32 — the percentage who view or photograph wildlife. 

16 — the percentage who forage for food.

704 megatonnes — Canada's total greenhouse gas emissions in 2016.

1st — Canada's ranking in per capita carbon emissions among G20 nations.

7th — Canada's overall world ranking.

206,624,103 – the number of potted plants produced in Canada in 2017.

$5.9 billion – the amount spent by Canadian households on tools and equipment for home and garden in the last quarter of 2018.

5,032 – the number of bars, restaurants and other establishments licensed to sell alcohol in Canada in 2018.

360 — the actual and planned cannabis retail locations across Canada as of May 2019.

5.884 million litres — the volume of eggnog sold commercially in Canada in December 2018.

7 — the reported number of fireworks accidents/incidents in Canada in 2017-2018.