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Which rodent is a national symbol of Canada?

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Which rodent is a national symbol of Canada?

In 1975, the beaver was declared an official symbol of Canada.

A beaver. Photo: Deborah Freeman, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Are beavers destroying Canada?

In 2021, Canadian beavers chewed through a fiber optic cable, cutting off internet service to a district municipality in British Columbia. A subway station in Toronto was shut down because of a lost beaver. According to a research project at the University of Alberta, beavers cost cities and towns in Alberta at least 3 million Canadian dollars a year.

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