Happy Canada Day! Celebrating 149 years!

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Trvia I did not know

In 1840, the first transatlantic passenger liner, Cunard, was founded in Halifax by entrepreneur Sir Samuel Cunard. The original purpose? Delivering mail.


Speaking of mail, the first letter sent from North America was mailed by Canadian explorer John Rut in 1527 — to King Henry VIII.


Montreal hosted the first organized, indoor hockey game ever on March 3, 1875. The game ended when a fight broke out.


Mmmmmm! The first Girl Guide cookies were baked in Regina, SK back in 1927.


Winnipeg, MB, pioneered the use of three-digit emergency response numbers by introducing 999 in 1959.


In 1883, the baseball glove was invented in Canada.


Newfoundland was the site of the first European settlement in North America when Vikings arrived in approximately 1000 CE. It didn’t become a province until 1949.

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I don't know all of these...

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A citizenship ceremony was held earlier in the day, welcoming 77 new Canadians to the Saskatoon area.



Drat, missed out on the cupcakes!

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