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Last week's #geoweirdness thread about France 
really resonated, thanks everyone for sharing 
This week we'll stay (at least partially) in the French-speaking world and consider the geographic oddities of Canada 
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2/ Canada is enormous, the 2nd largest country in the world behind Russia 
. Twice the size of the EU 
Here's a great Dymaxion projection of the world with countries ranked by size.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area
3/ Canada is subdivided into 10 provinces and 3 territories. They are administered slightly differently, territories control less of their own affairs. Nunavut is the newest (and largest) territory and was established in 1999
https://answersblurb.com/why-does-canada-have-provinces-and-territories
@opencage One other oddity to mention is the Québec-Newfoundland border established by the Privy Council in London in 1927. They adopted a water divide rule west of Newfoundland where it assured to provide hydric resssources to Newfoundland but established a straight line south of the water divide where it favored again Newfoundland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_and_Labrador%E2%80%93Quebec_border