Facts about Canadians. Did you know that........ (Taken from Statistics Canada 1997)

*only 30% of us can flare our nostrils
*21% of us don't make our bed daily.
5% of us never do.
*Men do 29% of laundry each week.
Only 7% of women trust their husbands to do it correctly.
*40% of women have hurled footwear at a man
*85% of men don't use the slit in their underwear
*67.5% of men wear tightie whities (briefs)
*the average bra size today is 36C whereas 10 years ago it was a 34B
*85% of women wear the wrong bra size
*3 out of 4 of us store our dollar bills in rigid order with singles leading up to higher denominations
*13% of us admit to occasionally doing our offspring's homework
*91% of us lie regularly
*27% admit to cheating on a test or quiz
*29% admit they've intentionally stolen something from a store
*50% admit they regularly sneak food into movie theaters to avoid the high prices of snack foods
*90% believe in divine retribution
*10% believe in the 10 Commandments
*82% believe in an afterlife
*45% believe in ghosts
*13% (mostly men) have spent a night in jail
*29% of us are virgins when we marry
*58.4% have called into work sick when we weren't
*10% of us switch tags in the store to pay less for an item
*Over 50% believe in spanking, but only a child over 2 years old
*35% give to charity at least once a month
*How far would you go for $10 million?
*25% would abandon their friends, family, and church
*7% would murder
*69% eat the cake before the frosting *When nobody else is around,
47% drink straight from the carton
*85% of us will eat Spam this year
*70% of us drink orange juice daily
*Snickers is the most popular candy
*22% of us skip lunch daily
*9% of us skip breakfast daily
*66% of us eat cereal regularly
*22% of all restaurant meals include french fries
*14% of us eat the watermelon seeds
*only 13% brush our teeth from side to side
*45% use mouthwash every day
*22% leave the glob of toothpaste in the sink
*the typical shower is 101 degrees F
*Nearly 1/3 of U.S. women color their hair
*9% of women and 8% of men have had cosmetic surgery
*53% of women will not leave the house without makeup on
*58% of women paint their nails regularly
*62% of us pop our zits
*33% of women lie about their weight
*10% of us claim to have seen a ghost
*57% have had deja vu
*49% believe in ESP
*4 out of 5 of us have suffered from hemorrhoids
*the average girl starts her period at age 12
*44% have broken a bone
*only 30% of us know our cholesterol level
*14% have attended a selfhelp meeting
*15% regularly go to a shrink
*78% would rather die quickly than live in a retirement home
*46.5% of men say they ALWAYS put the seat down after they've used the toilet, yet women claim to ALWAYS find it up
*30% of us refuse to sit on a public toilet seat
*54.2% of us always wash our hands after using the toilet
*23.5% admit they don't always flush
*45.2% pee in the shower
*44.9% pee in the ocean
*28.1% pee in the pool
*55.2% will let someone else come in the bathroom while they're using the toilet
*39% of us peek in our host's bathroom cabinet.
*17% have been caught by the host.
*81.3% would tell an acquaintance to zip his pants
*29% of us ignore RSVP
*71.6% of us eavesdrop
*22% are functionally illiterate less than 10% are trilingual
*37% claim to know how to use all the features on their VCR
*53% prefer ATM machines over tellers
*56% of women do the bills in a marriage
*2 out of 3 of us wouldn't give up our spouse even for a night for a million bucks
*20% of us have played in a band at one time in our life
*40% of us have had music lessons
*44% reuse tinfoil
*57% save pretty gift paper to reuse
*66% of women and 59% of men have used a mix to cook and taken credit for doing it from scratch
*53% read their horoscopes regularly
*16% of us have forgotten our own wedding anniversary (mostly men)
*59% of us say we're average looking
*blacks are more than twice as likely to call themselves beautiful
*90% of us depend on alarm clocks to wake us
*53% of us would take advice from Anne Landers
*28% of us have skinnydipped. 14% with the opposite sex.
*51% of adults dress up for a Halloween festivity
*on average, we send 38 Christmas cards every year
*20% of women consider their parents to be their best friends
*2 out of 5 have married their first love
*the biggest cause of matrimonial fighting is money
*only 4% asked the parents' approval for their bride's hand
*1 in 5 men proposed on his knees
*6% propose over the phone
*71% can drive a stickshift car
*45% of us consistantly follow the speed limit
*2/3 of us speed up at a yellow light
*1/3 of us don't wear seat belts
*12% of men never use their car blinkers
*44% of men tailgate to speed up the person in front of them
*25% of us drive after we've been drinking
*4 out of 5 sing in the car