The USA is by far the biggest source of visitors to Canada, followed by the UK.

Canada is home to 15 million cattle. Most of these cattle live on the prairies, with almost 6 million in the rodeo province of Alberta and more than 3 million in Saskatchewan. Nearly 60 percent of Canada’s beef is produced in Alberta – beef is Alberta’s number one agricultural commodity.

Cesium is a relatively rare chemical element. It is present in the Earth’s crust at an average of approximately 3 parts per million. More than two-thirds of the world’s reserve of Cesium – 110,000 tonnes – is found at Bernic Lake, Manitoba, Canada.

Detached, standalone, houses are the most common type of property in Canada, followed by apartments. Over one-half of Canadian households live in detached houses while almost one-third of Canadian households live in an apartment.

Canada welcomed 280,681 new permanent residents in 2010. 182,276 temporary foreign workers and 96,157 foreign students also arrived. The combined total was 559,114 newcomers for the year.

Canadians born in 2008 will live for an average of 80.9 years. Life expectancy at birth in 2008 was 78.5 years for men and 83.1 years for women. People born in Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut had the lowest life expectancy, at 75.2 years. People born in British Columbia had the highest life expectancy, at 81.4 years.