The Canada goose has a black head and long neck, with a distinctive band of white under its chin, as well as black feet and a brown body with small amounts of white coloring on its tail. Their bills have teeth along the outside edges which help them to cut food.

Most Canadian geese range from 6 to 20 pounds and can be up to 40 inches tall with a wingspan of 5 feet, with the males being larger than the females.

Canadian geese, like their name suggests, are native to Canada but can be found all over North America including the United States and Mexico. However, these geese have been introduced around the world in Europe, Australia, and parts of Asia including Japan and Russia.

These geese are found in open grassy habitats near areas of water. They also inhabit urban areas where they have been introduced containing well-maintained grasses, such as agricultural fields, but avoid areas with tall shrubs.

Adult Canadian geese are mainly herbivorous and use their long neck to help them graze on grasses and algae along the water’s edge. The lamella, or teeth on the outside of their bill, allows them to easily tear pieces of grass off.

Juvenile goslings will occasionally eat invertebrates, insects, and other high protein prey to get adequate nutrients for development. 

Mating season for Canadian geese is April to June with each pair being monogamous, mating for life. The females will lay anywhere from 2-10 eggs in a nest near the water, and incubate them for 30 days until they hatch.

Both the male and female adult Canadian geese are protective of the offspring and nest. After about 10 weeks, the chicks are able to fly and find food for themselves but stay with their parents for a year until the next breeding season.

Canadian geese fly in a “V” formation which makes them not only very recognizable, but helps them to be energy efficient in migration, as the birds behind will fly in the draft airflow coming from the geese in front of them.

During migration, Canadian geese will fly the same path each year, some flying over 2,000 miles. Due to increasing suitable habitats in urban areas, these geese don’t have to migrate as far because they will use grassy urban areas year round.