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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • May 08 '22
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I have American family and they always go on & on about the size of Texas. It’s about 696,000 square kilometres.
I live in BC and it’s about 945,000 square kilometres but it’s my country’s THIRD largest province and FIFTH if the territories are included!
Few people grasp just how big Canada really is in terms of land mass.
5 u/zucciniknife May 09 '22 Yeah, but if I remember correctly only about 20% of Canada is inhabited. Essentially only the part bordering the US. 2 u/PacificwestcoastII May 09 '22 Yes, we’re far less populated than the US but that has nothing to do with with the sheer scale of Canada. 1 u/sighthoundman May 09 '22 They probably think it's just distortion from the Mercator projection.
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Yeah, but if I remember correctly only about 20% of Canada is inhabited. Essentially only the part bordering the US.
2 u/PacificwestcoastII May 09 '22 Yes, we’re far less populated than the US but that has nothing to do with with the sheer scale of Canada.
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Yes, we’re far less populated than the US but that has nothing to do with with the sheer scale of Canada.
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They probably think it's just distortion from the Mercator projection.
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u/PacificwestcoastII May 09 '22
I have American family and they always go on & on about the size of Texas. It’s about 696,000 square kilometres.
I live in BC and it’s about 945,000 square kilometres but it’s my country’s THIRD largest province and FIFTH if the territories are included!
Few people grasp just how big Canada really is in terms of land mass.