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Off the Grid Pictures was organized as a limited liability corporation on August 9, 2005. The company was formed for the sole purpose of producing entertaining and professional documentary films. Project Canada is Off the Grid's first feature length film.






Canada Facts

-Canada is the second largest country in the world.

-Pamela Anderson was born in Ladysmith, British Columbia.

-Canada has the world's longest coastline, 202 080 kilometers.

-“Canada is the linchpin of the English-speaking world.” -Sir Winston Churchill

-The Trans-Canada highway is the longest national highway in the world, 7604 kilometers.

-The world's highest tide is in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia. The mean large tide range is 16.1 meters.

-“I don’t even know what street Canada is on.” – Al Capone

-Canada has ten provinces and three territories.

-Canada has a population of 32 million people.

-Stephen Harper is the Prime Minister of Canada.

-Winnie the Pooh is Canadian.

-Canada’s motto is “From sea to sea.”

-French is spoken by about 6 million people in Canada.

-Canada has the world’s longest coastline, 202 080 kilometers.

-Nearly one-fourth of all the fresh water in the world is in Canada.

-Forests cover almost half of Canada.

-Canada became a country on July 1st, 1867.

-The Canadian flag wasn’t established until 1965.

-Winnipeg, Canada is the Slurpee capital of the world based on per capita consumption.

Johnathan McFarlane - Executive Producer

Johnathan was born in Winnipeg, Canada, in 1981. After a few long hops across several continents, he ended up in Denver in 1990. Graduating high school in 1999, Johnathan then attended the University of Colorado in Boulder and received his bachelor degree in Broadcast Production Management, (Broadcast Journalism). After a brief stint with the Specials department of High Noon Productions, Johnathan began work as an Editor with KDVR - Fox 31 News in Denver. After 3 years with Fox he ditched the news gig to work on Project Canada. Aside from spreading awesome Canadian vibes everywhere, Johnathan continues to edit and produce video content on a freelance basis for a variety of clients in the Denver area.

Tim Demasters – Assistant Producer

Tim graduated from Trinity Western University in Langley, British Columbia in 2004 with a degree in Environmental Sciences. He's worked for several environmental firms, as well as becoming an accomplished still photographer. His biology and wildlife photos have been featured in numerous shows around the metro Denver area. Tim also owns and operates a printing and apparel business. When he's not working he's climbing, skateboarding, snowboarding, scuba diving, mountain biking, hiking, or stamp collecting. Right now this crazy bastard is trekking around in the Alaskan wilderness. Seriously. And he won't be back until October. sniff. We miss Tim.


Daniel Ito – Production Assistant / Road Crew


Dan was born and raised right here in Denver Colorado, and his lived in Aurora, Littleton, and Centennial. He attended Denver Christian and Eaglecrest High School. During his high school years Dan developed his still-photography skills, specializing in black and white photography. Over the past few years Dan has worked in the music industry, with both Denver Print and Swag Productions. He's interviewed notables such as Pharcyde and Afu Ra. At the moment Dan is slinging drinks at Pour La France, a bar in Denver International Airport. Say hi next time you fly out.



Jake Norton – Production Assistant / Road Crew


Jake was born in San Bernardino, California, but was raised in Aurora, Colorado. He graduated from Eaglecrest High School in 2000. In 2005 Jake graduated from Colorado State University with a double major in Business Marketing and Technical Journalism with a Video Communication concentration. While living in Fort Collins he worked for CSU Campus Television on a news/entertainment show called Full Tilt as a co-writer, producer and editor. Jake is currently wearing a suit on a day to day basis. We don't exactly know what his job is, but we do know that he makes all sorts of shady financial deals involving the stock market. Think Boiler Room

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