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April 2020
Quebec’s Old Town (Vieux-Québec) is the only
walled city in North America north of Mexico
LNG Canada will be one of the
world’s cleanest LNG projects,
emitting 50% fewer GHG
emissions than the average
facility
Approximately
20 000 bears
live in Canada
Insulin was discovered by Doctor Frederick Banting
in 1921 at the University of Toronto
Four of the world’s 10 largest
lakes can be found in Canada
(Superior, Huron, Great Bear,
Great Slave)
CAN$18.7 million) was stolen from a storage facility
in Quebec in a theft known as ‘The Great Canadian
Maple Syrup Heist’
...ON
CANADA
Fortis BC’s
Tilbury Island
LNG facility in
Delta (B.C.) has
been operational
since 1971
Pieridae Energy is aiming for a 2020 FID
on the first train of its Goldboro LNG
facility in Nova Scotia
Canadian Joe Shuster
co-created Superman with
Jerry Siegel
The Montreal Canadiens are the most
successful NHL ice hockey team with
24 Stanley Cup wins
Despite gearing up to
be a major exporter,
Canada still imports
small quantities of
LNG (0.45 million t in
2018)
Since 2009, Canada has received
all of its imported LNG cargoes
via the Canaport LNG terminal
in Saint John, New Brunswick
Canada’s 2.1 million tpy
Woodfibre LNG project is due to
be commissioned in the mid-2020s
In Churchill, Manitoba, house and vehicle
doors are always left unlocked, in order to
provide shelter from polar bears
A new species of
tyrannosaur, named
‘Reaper of Death’
(Thanatotheristes
degrootorum), was
discovered in Canada
in February 2020