Where Ontario Gets its Name From and More Interesting Canada Facts

Canada is, geographically speaking, the second largest country in the world, and it has more miles of seafront than anywhere else. With three oceans (Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic) framing the country and plenty of irregularly shaped islands and bays, Canada's wild northern reaches rack up huge quantities of coast. While it’s difficult to get an exact measurements, Canada has about 151,000 miles (243,011km) of land touching the sea.