In honour of Canada Day (July 1) and Independance Day (July 4) falling on opposite sides of the same weekend, I thought I would share a few interesting Canadian/American facts between these two cousins:

• Canada is the largest source of imported crude oil in the U.S., bigger than Saudi Arabia or the yet untested reserves of Iraq.*


• Total U.S.-Canada trade is over $1 billion a day.**


• US is Canada's largest trading partner. Canada is US' largest trading partner.***


• None of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists entered the U.S. from Canada.*


• Canada-U.S. trade supports more than five million American jobs.*

* source: The Toronto Star (thestar.com)
** source: USDA (http://www.ers.usda.gov)
*** source: United North American (http://www.unitednorthamerica.org/home.htm)

Happy Canada Day!
Happy 4th of July!