What makes Canada is so great? Canada received its own flag in 1965 almost 100 years after it became a separate country in 1867 people in Nanaimo British Columbia are fans of a very exciting kind of sport since 1967 they've been organizing and participating in bathtub racing these unusual competitions take place every year and involve bathtub boats and a lot of fun. in 2017 Canada celebrated its 150th anniversary on 1 of July, this day is also known as Canada Day. Canada is officially the most educated country in the world with 56% of its population having some kind of post-high school education degree, Ottawa the capital of Canada isn't the largest city in the country with a population of about 1 million people it comes second to Toronto the capital of the Ontario province almost 3 million people live in that city, Approximately 90 per cent of Canada's land area is isolated even though it's bigger than the US it has only 11% of America's population, at 486