13 Awesome Things You Didn't Know Were Made in Canada
Forget Labatt’s beer and maple syrup. Canadians have created plenty of awesome and strange stuff, and here are 13 things you probably didn’t know were proudly made in Canada.
While hockey players and great beer may be Canada’s favourite exports, there are actually tons of great Canadian products used around the world every day. And while everybody knows the telephone was invented in Canada, how many people know that 95 per cent of the world’s Lentils come from Saskatchewan, or that we make more submarines than most countries combined? Check out this strange and surprising list of Canada’s most fascinating exports, and let us know what we forgot in the comment section below.
Did You Know Most of the World's French Fries Come from New Brunswick?
New Brunswick-based McCain Foods makes one-third of all the frozen French fries produced in the world, and many come from a $65-million state-of-the art potato processing plant that’s in Florenceville-Bristol. The small town in western New Brunswick has taken on the moniker 'The French Fry Capital of the World.’ Not surprisingly, this is the location of the Potato World museum, and the heart of the mid-July National French Fry Day celebrations.
Did You Know Carleton Place Makes the World's Best Baseball Bats?
New Brunswick-based McCain Foods makes one-third of all the frozen French fries produced in the world, and many come from a $65-million state-of-the art potato processing plant that’s in Florenceville-Bristol. The small town in western New Brunswick has taken on the moniker 'The French Fry Capital of the World.’ Not surprisingly, this is the location of the Potato World museum, and the heart of the mid-July National French Fry Day celebrations.
Did You Know Carleton Place Makes the World's Best Baseball Bats?
Did You Know Saskatchewan Makes Most of the World's Lentils?
Did You Know Scarborough Makes Most of the World's Halls?
Did You Know Winnipeg Mints Coins for Over 60 Countries?
Did You Know Hamilton Makes the World's Swedish Fish?
Did You Know Toronto Makes the World's Best Racing Bikes?
Did you Know Winnipeg Makes Most of the World's Scratch Cards?
Did You Know the World's Best Cymbals come from New Brunswick?
Did You Know Trenton Makes Tons of Dinos?
Did You Know Kelowna Makes Most of the World's Water Slides?
Did You Know Peterborough is the Custom Aircraft Capital of Canada?
Did you know B.C. Makes Tons of Submarines?
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