The original Star Trek owes much to Canada. Two of its stars – William Shatner (Captain Kirk) and James Doohan (Scotty) were Canadian. In the 1980s, Doohan’s unique interpretation of a Scottish accent led to the formation of the Scottyish Society at St Andrews University in Scotland. Members offered recitals of the poetry of Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns, in a “Scottyish” accent.

Each Canadian eats an average of about 190 eggs a year. In total, Canada has about 20 million egg-laying hens laying about 7 billion eggs each year. Canada has just over one thousand regulated egg farms with an average of between 17,000 and 18,000 hens each.

Basketball was invented by a Canadian – Dr. James Naismith. He was born on November 6, 1861 in Ramsay township, near Almonte, Ontario. His mother and father had immigrated to Canada from Scotland. On December 21st 1891, James Naismith’s class of secretaries played the first ever game of basketball. The ball was a soccer ball and the goals were two peach baskets.

The average person in Canada watches 21 hours of television per week. Half of Canadians have a TV in the main bedroom, while 128,000 Canadian households have TVs in the bathroom!