With a height of 19,551 feet, Mount Logan is the highest mountain in Canada and the second-highest peak in North America (behind Denali in Alaska). Mount Logan forms part of the St. Elias Mountain Range, which is located in the southwestern part of the Yukon Territory. It was named for Sir William Logan, the founder of the Geological Survey of Canada.

Great Bear Lake is the largest lake within Canada's borders. (Though Lake Superior and Lake Huron are larger, they both share their waters with the United States.) Located in Canada’s Northwest Territories, Great Bear Lake covers more than 12,000 square miles. The lake has five arms, each with its own name, and is part of the Yamoria legends — ancient stories told by the Indigenous Dene peoples.

Canada is home to three of the top 10 largest islands in the world, and its largest is Baffin. Located between Greenland and the Canadian mainland, Baffin Island is 195,928 square miles in area — bigger than the state of California. That also makes it the fifth-largest island in the world. Part of the Nunavut territory, the icy island is home to only about 11,000 people.

Vancouver Island is the most populous island along the west coast of North America. Located just north of the state of Washington, the Canadian landmass is separated from the rest of North America by the Strait of Georgia — a tiny arm of the Pacific Ocean. Vancouver Island, which is part of the province of British Columbia, is home to the province's capital city, Victoria.

Canada has its share of uniquely named places. In sSouthwestern Ontario is the tiny hamlet of Punkeydoodles Corners. Manitoba is home to Bacon Ridge, a small ecological reserve near Lake Manitoba. In south-central Saskatchewan is the village of Eyebrow, with a population of just 119 people. However, there is nowhere in Canada named Moose Legs (yet).

Canada borders 13 U.S. states, many of which share only water borders along the Great Lakes. One of those is Pennsylvania, whose 42-mile boundary on the waters of Lake Erie is the shortest U.S.-Canada border overall. Alaska’s enormous 1,538-mile long border is the longest, followed by Michigan, Maine, and Minnesota.

In Latin, Nova Scotia means "New Scotland." The province was named in the 1632 Royal Charter by King James of England, which granted Sir William Alexander the right to settle lands there. Today, Nova Scotia is Canada's second-smallest province, and its capital is Halifax. Residents retain the area's rich Gaelic culture, which originated across the Atlantic Ocean in Ireland and the province's namesake, Scotland.

Point Pelee extends down into Lake Erie as mainland Canada's southernmost point. The Ontario peninsula also contains the country's second-smallest national park (though it is one of its most ecologically diverse parks). Point Pelee is actually located farther south than several major U.S. cities like Detroit and Boston — as well as all of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.

Modern Toronto was created in 1998, when the city of Toronto merged with its five surrounding boroughs (North York, Scarborough, York, Etobicoke, and East York). Three years later, the new megacity passed Montreal to become Canada's most populous with a present-day population of just under 3 million. That total also makes the Ontario capital the fourth-largest city in North America.

Occupying more than 15% of Canada's total area, Quebec is the largest of the country’s 10 provinces. The French-Canadian region covers more than 500,000 square miles of land and an additional 70,000 square miles of water. Nunavut is the largest of Canada’s three territories, covering more than 800,000 square miles in some of the country’s most extreme northern environments.