2:55.79 Canada (Kristina Groves, Christine Nesbitt, Brittany Schussler) Calgary, Canada 6 December 2009 Pending Ratification.

The fastest time to cycle trans-Canada is 13 days 6 hours 13 minutes and was achieved by Arvid Loewen (Canada) between 1 July and 14 July 2011. Arvid cycled from Vancouver to Halifax. The distance is 6037 km (3751 miles)

Ashrita Furman of Jamaica, New York, jumped the 1,899 steps of the CN Tower, Ontario, Canada on a pogo stick in a time of 57 min 51 sec on 23 July 1999. Recorded by the BBC’s Linford’s Record Breakers and transmitted on 8 October 1999.

The fastest ice hockey hat trick by a woman is 35 seconds by Melissa Horvat (Canada) for Burlington 1 Bantams against Stoney Creek in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, on 4 March 2006 She scored 3 times in the 3rd period with 8:56, 8:48 and 8:21 to go. This was a playoff game monitored by the Ontario Women’s Hockey Association. Women’s hockey is the fastest growing sport in Canada.

The fastest production of an animated TV show from script to screen was six hours achieved by KliK Animation of Montreal, Canada, which produced and aired a topical one-minute animation entitled Le JourNul de François Pérusse, on the same day. It premiered on 8 February 1999 after the 6pm news on TVA, Canadian national television.

During courtship, the ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) can produce a wingbeat rate of 200 beats per second as opposed to the normal 90 beats per second produced by all other hummingbirds. The back and head of the hummingbird are irridescent green, the underparts are white, and the males’ throat is bright red. It is very small, only 3 in (7 cm) long and breeds from March-July. Hummingbirds in general possess the fewest number of feathers on a bird.

The Montreal Canadiens hold the NHL record for fewest losses in a single season, 8, during a season of at least 70 games played, during the 1976-77 season.

On 20-21 May 1932 Amelia Earhart of Kansas, USA, became the first woman and second person to make a solo transatlantic flight when she piloted single-engine Lockheed Vega from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada, to Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in 13 hr 30 min. She then went on to make two unsuccessful attempts to circumnavigate the world. On 2 July 1937, after completing 35,400 km (22,000 miles) of her second attempt, Earhart set off with navigator from Lae, Papua New Guinea, for Howland Island in the Pacific. Continue reading →

The Snowbird is a very light aircraft, weighing only 43 kg (94 pounds). It is built from kevlar, foam and balsa wood and is powered by the human body. Such an aircraft is called an Ornithopter. On 2 August 2010, Todd Reichert, a Canadian student, powered and flew the Snowbird for 19.3 seconds, maintaining an altitude of three metres, and flying at an average speed of 25.6 km/h (16.5 mph). It flew 145 m (476 ft) at the Great Lakes Gliding Club in Tottenham, Ontario. Continue reading →

The world’s first official UFO landing pad was built in the small Canadian prairie town of St Paul, in Alberta, Canada, and was formally opened on 3 June 1967 by the Hon. Paul Hellyer, Canada’s then Minister of National Defence. The main column consists of six 75-cm-tall concrete pylons, and there is a map of Canada embossed on the back stop of the landing pad. A sign next to the pad reads as follows: “The area under the World’s First UFO Landing Pad was designated Continue reading →