OTTAWA — 4,000: Number of guests who RSVP’d to the invitation to this year’s July 4 party at the official residence of the U.S. ambassador to Canada.
1908: the year Lornado, the residence, was built.
1935: year the U.S. government purchased it to serve as the official residence.
32: rooms in the property.
100-plus: the number of volunteers from the U.S. embassy and elsewhere who help make the party happen.
Five: the number of first responders on site. They are the Ottawa Police and Fire Services, RCMP, Ottawa Paramedic Services, and St. John Ambulance Medical First Responders.
Two: number of ambassadors to Canada appointed by U.S. President Barack Obama.
240: years since the Declaration of Independence, signed by 13 American colonies declaring themselves a new country.
263,475: Number of people who listed the U.S. as their place of birth in the 2011 National Household Survey.
7.2: per cent of Canadian citizens who also hold American citizenship.
SOURCE: U.S. Embassy, Statistics Canada
The Canadian Press
