502 practice questions with answers

Rights & Responsibilities

• In what year was the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms entrenched in the Constitution?
• In what year was Magna Carta signed in England?
• What is Magna Carta also known as?
• Which of the following is a fundamental freedom protected in Canada?
• Freedom of speech and freedom of the press are part of which fundamental freedom?
• What do mobility rights allow Canadians to do?
• How does the Charter treat the treaty rights of Aboriginal peoples?
• What status do English and French have in Parliament and throughout the federal government?
• What is multiculturalism in Canada described as?
• Under Canadian law, how are men and women treated?
• Which of the following practices is a crime and is not tolerated in Canada?
• What are the opening words of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
• Which of the following is a responsibility of Canadian citizenship?
• Which list contains only responsibilities of citizenship?
• Which responsibility asks citizens to avoid waste and pollution?
• Which Canadian value is reflected in getting a job, taking care of your family and working hard?
• What is a common way Canadians help others in their community?
• Is military service compulsory in Canada?
• Besides the military, which is another way to serve and protect your community?
• To whom do new citizens swear allegiance in the Oath of Citizenship?
• According to the Oath of Citizenship, what does the Constitution recognize and affirm?
• Which of these rights is limited to Canadian citizens?
• What is the freedom to gather peacefully in public called?
• Which group of freedoms do Canadians enjoy?
• What are three responsibilities of citizenship?
• Under the rule of law, who is regulated by laws in Canada?
• Which of the following is NOT a source of Canadian law?
• About how old is Canada’s tradition of ordered liberty?
• Who is above the law in Canada?
• Where do Canadians’ rights and responsibilities come from?
• Which fundamental freedom protects people of every faith in Canada?
• The responsibility to vote applies to which elections?
• Who is responsible for protecting Canada’s environment and heritage?
• What must you do if you are called to serve on a jury?
• How does Canadian criminal law treat “honour killings” and other gender-based violence?
• How can Canadians serve in the military on a part-time basis?
• Which part of the Canadian Forces reserve helps keep Canada’s North safe?
• Young people can learn discipline, responsibility and skills by getting involved in which program?
• Citizenship applicants aged 18 to 54 must show adequate knowledge of which language?
• Which two documents are key sources of Canadians’ rights and freedoms?
• Besides the fundamental freedoms, which rights does the Charter also protect?
• What does the phrase “the supremacy of God and the rule of law” at the start of the Charter emphasize?
• Canada’s 800-year tradition of ordered liberty dates back to the signing of which document?
• Habeas corpus, the right to challenge unlawful detention, comes from which legal tradition?
• According to Discover Canada, what can volunteering help you gain?
• Which of the following is a crime in Canada, with no cultural exception?

Who We Are

• What are the three distinct groups of Aboriginal peoples in Canada?
• What does the word “Inuit” mean in the Inuktitut language?
• Who are the Métis?
• Where do most Inuit live?
• Where are the ancestors of Aboriginal peoples believed to have migrated from?
• Which document established the basis for negotiating treaties between Aboriginal peoples and the newcomers?
• What was the purpose of residential schools?
• In what year did the Government of Canada formally apologize to former students of residential schools?
• When did the term “First Nations” begin to be used?
• Who are considered the founding peoples of Canada?
• What are the two official languages of Canada?
• Who are the Acadians?
• What was the “Great Upheaval”?
• In 2006, what did the House of Commons recognize about the Quebecois?
• Most Quebecers are descendants of whom?
• The basic way of life in English-speaking areas of Canada was established by settlers of which origins?
• What is the largest religious affiliation in Canada?
• How does Canadian law treat gay and lesbian Canadians?
• What has Canada often been called because of its history of newcomers?
• Which province is home to the majority of Francophones?
• Which monarch issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763?
• Over which period did the federal government place Aboriginal children in residential schools?
• Which statement about residential schools is true?
• About what share of Aboriginal people in Canada are First Nations?
• About what share of Aboriginal people in Canada are Inuit?
• Who has major responsibilities on First Nations reserves, such as housing and schools?
• Which Governor General said immigrant groups should keep their individuality and each contribute to the national character?
• About how many Canadians have French as their first official language?
• About what share of Canadians have English as their first official language?
• Since the 1970s, where have most immigrants to Canada come from?
• Which non-official languages are the second most spoken at home in two of Canada’s biggest cities?
• Today, Acadian culture is a lively part of which community?
• How has the state traditionally worked with faith communities in Canada?
• For more than how long have English and French speakers lived together in partnership in Canada?
• In becoming Canadian, newcomers are expected to embrace which principles?
• Where do most Métis live?
• In Discover Canada, which term refers to all Aboriginal people who are not Inuit or Métis?
• According to Discover Canada, what enriches Canadians’ lives, especially in the cities?
• What is a Francophone?
• According to Discover Canada, how do the great majority of Canadians identify their religion?

Early History

• In Discover Canada’s section on the first Europeans, who reached Labrador and the island of Newfoundland 1,000 years ago?
• Where are the remains of the Viking settlement in Canada?
• Who was the first explorer to draw a map of Canada’s East Coast?
• Which explorer made three voyages across the Atlantic and claimed the land for the King of France?
• Where does the name “Canada” come from?
• Who built a fortress in 1608 at what is now Québec City?
• Who established the first European settlement north of Florida in 1604?
• The French and Aboriginal peoples worked together in which vast economy, driven by European demand for beaver pelts?
• Who were the voyageurs and coureurs des bois?
• In 1670, King Charles II of England granted exclusive trading rights over the Hudson Bay watershed to which company?
• Champlain allied New France with which First Nations, historic enemies of the Iroquois?
• Which leader of New France refused to surrender Quebec to the English in 1690?
• Which battle in 1759 ended France’s empire in America?
• Who led the British and French armies at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham?
• What did the Quebec Act of 1774 do?
• Who were the United Empire Loyalists?
• Who led thousands of Loyalist Mohawk Indians into Canada?
• What did the Constitutional Act of 1791 do?
• When did the name “Canada” become official?
• Where was the first representative assembly in Canada elected, in 1758?
• Which province was the first in the British Empire to move toward abolishing slavery, in 1793?
• Who was the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada and founder of the city of Toronto?
• When was slavery abolished throughout the British Empire?
• What was the Underground Railroad?
• Who was the first woman publisher in Canada, who founded The Provincial Freeman in 1853?
• Which British general captured Detroit and was killed defending Queenston Heights in the War of 1812?
• Which Shawnee chief supported the British in the War of 1812?
• Who walked 30 km to warn the British of an American attack in 1813?
• Who led 460 soldiers to defeat an American force of 4,000 at Châteauguay in 1813?
• What was a lasting result of the War of 1812?
• In 1814, during the War of 1812, what did British forces burn in Washington, D.C.?
• Why did reformers in Upper and Lower Canada rebel in 1837–38?
• What is responsible government?
• Which was the first British North American colony to attain full responsible government, in 1847–48?
• Who was the first head of a responsible government in Canada, in 1849, and a champion of French language rights?
• What did Lord Durham recommend after the Rebellions of 1837–38?
• On what date did Confederation create the Dominion of Canada?
• Which four provinces formed Canada at Confederation in 1867?
• Who were the Fathers of Confederation?
• Which act of the British Parliament created the Dominion of Canada?
• Who suggested the term “Dominion of Canada”, inspired by Psalm 72 of the Bible?
• Who was Canada’s first Prime Minister?
• Who was the key architect of Confederation from Quebec?
• At Confederation, the Province of Canada was divided into which two provinces?
• Confederation created a federal state with which two main levels of government?
• Why did large numbers of Aboriginal people die after Europeans arrived?
• Which Aboriginal people were nomadic, following the bison (buffalo) herd?
• Why did the first European explorers call the native peoples “Indians”?
• By which decade had the name “Canada” begun appearing on maps?
• How far did the French Empire in North America reach?
• In what year did the French and the Iroquois make peace?
• For about 100 years after 1670, the Hudson’s Bay Company competed with traders based where?
• Which cities in the West began as Hudson’s Bay Company trading posts?
• In the Province of Quebec after 1759, what were the French-speaking Catholic people called?
• What did Britain rename New France after the Battle of the Plains of Abraham?
• Under the Quebec Act of 1774, which legal system applied to civil matters, and which to criminal matters?
• In 1776, the 13 British colonies south of Quebec declared independence and formed which country?
• In 1792, some black Nova Scotians who had been given poor land left to found which city?
• What were the Atlantic colonies, Upper Canada and Lower Canada collectively called?
• Which law first gave Upper and Lower Canada legislative assemblies elected by the people?
• In what year did the British Parliament ban the buying and selling of slaves?
• When did Canada’s first financial institutions open?
• In what year did the Montreal Stock Exchange open?
• What did the earliest companies in Canada compete for?
• What did American forces burn in York (now Toronto) in 1813?
• What led the United States to invade Canada in June 1812?
• What did Lord Durham believe was the quickest path to progress for French Canadians?
• Where did the armed rebellions of 1837–38 take place?
• In 1840, Upper and Lower Canada were united as what?
• What was July 1 called before 1982?
• Which Prime Minister’s portrait was on the $10 bill before the Viola Desmond note of 2018?
• Where and when was Sir John A. Macdonald born?
• In what year was the Dominion of Canada name first suggested by Sir Leonard Tilley?
• Which Bible psalm inspired Sir Leonard Tilley to suggest the term “Dominion of Canada”?
• At Châteauguay in 1813, how large was the American force turned back by de Salaberry’s 460 soldiers?

Modern Canada

• Who was the first French-Canadian Prime Minister after Confederation?
• Who led the Métis armed uprising at Red River in 1869 and was later executed for high treason after a second rebellion in 1885?
• In which year did Manitoba join Confederation?
• Why was the North West Mounted Police (NWMP) founded in 1873?
• British Columbia joined Canada in 1871 after Ottawa made what promise?
• When was the Canadian Pacific Railway completed with the driving of the “last spike”?
• Who provided much of the labour to build the Canadian Pacific Railway?
• In which year did Alberta and Saskatchewan become provinces?
• Which was the last province to join Canada, in 1949?
• In which year did Prince Edward Island join Confederation?
• Thousands of miners came to which territory during the Gold Rush of the 1890s?
• How many Canadians volunteered to fight in the South African War (Boer War) of 1899–1902?
• Which First World War battle in April 1917 has been called the “birth of a nation”?
• Who commanded the Canadian Corps and is considered Canada’s greatest soldier?
• About how many Canadians served in the First World War?
• What happened on November 11, 1918?
• Which was the first province to grant women the right to vote, in 1916?
• When were most Canadian women aged 21 and over granted the right to vote in federal elections?
• Who was the first woman elected to the House of Commons, in 1921?
• Who was the first Canadian woman to practise medicine in Canada?
• Which institution was created in 1934 during the Great Depression to manage the money supply?
• During the Great Depression, what level did unemployment reach in 1933?
• About how many Canadians and Newfoundlanders served in the Second World War?
• Which beach did Canadian soldiers capture on D-Day, June 6, 1944?
• Which country did Canadian forces help liberate in 1944–45, after the D-Day landings?
• Where did Canadians fight bravely and suffer losses in an unsuccessful defence against attack by Imperial Japan in 1941?
• By the end of the Second World War, how did the Royal Canadian Navy rank in size?
• What important discovery in Alberta in 1947 began Canada’s modern energy industry?
• In which war of 1950–53 did 500 Canadians die while serving with the United Nations?
• In which year were Aboriginal people granted the vote?
• What was the Quiet Revolution of the 1960s?
• In which year did Parliament pass the Official Languages Act?
• What happened in the Quebec referendums of 1980 and 1995?
• What happened to the Constitution in 1982?
• Which Canadians discovered insulin, a treatment that has saved millions of people with diabetes?
• Which Canadian invented the snowmobile?
• Who invented the worldwide system of standard time zones?
• Which inventor conceived the telephone while at his summer house in Canada?
• Who contributed to the invention of radio and sent the first wireless voice message?
• Who invented the first cardiac pacemaker?
• Which Canadians are associated with Research in Motion (RIM), the company known for the BlackBerry?
• Who invented basketball in 1891?
• Who started the “Marathon of Hope” in 1980 to raise money for cancer research?
• Who circled the globe in a wheelchair to raise money for spinal cord research?
• What are the Group of Seven known for?
• Which Canadian painter is famous for painting the forests and Aboriginal artifacts of the West Coast?
• During the Cold War, which military alliance did Canada help form with other democratic countries of the West?
• In what year did Canada take over the vast northwest region from the Hudson’s Bay Company?
• Which group living at the Red River was not consulted when Canada took over the northwest region in 1869?
• Who was Sir Sam Steele?
• Who paid for building the Canadian Pacific Railway?
• Who drove the “last spike” of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1885, a symbol of national unity?
• What was the Head Tax?
• During the economic boom of the 1890s and early 1900s, how many British and American immigrants came to Canada?
• Before 1914, the railway made it possible for 170,000 immigrants of which group to settle in the West?
• During and after the First World War, which group made up most of the over 8,000 people interned as “enemy aliens”?
• What were the more than 3,000 nurses who served in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps nicknamed?
• Thanks to Thérèse Casgrain and others, in what year did Quebec give women the right to vote?
• What was the effort by women to win the right to vote called?
• After the First World War, the British Empire evolved into which free association of states, of which Canada remains a leading member?
• What were the “Dirty Thirties” known for?
• When did the Second World War begin?
• Which country did Canadians help liberate in 1943–44?
• About what share of Allied soldiers on D-Day were Canadian?
• In which Second World War campaign did the Royal Canadian Navy have its finest hour?
• About how many Canadians and Newfoundlanders were killed in the Second World War?
• Who commanded the Canadian Corps in the last hundred days of the First World War in 1918?
• In what year was federal unemployment insurance (now called “employment insurance”) introduced?
• In what year did a majority of Canadians first become able to afford adequate food, shelter and clothing?
• In what year were the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans introduced?
• Which law ensures common elements and a basic standard of health coverage across Canada?
• Which group of Canadians gained the right to vote in 1948?
• In 1956, Canada welcomed about 37,000 refugees fleeing Soviet tyranny from which country?
• After the Vietnam War, over how many Vietnamese refugees found refuge in Canada?
• By the 1960s, about what share of Canadians had origins that were neither British nor French?
• In 1970, Canada helped found which international association?
• Where have Canadians served on UN peacekeeping and other international missions?
• Which Canadian writers are mentioned in Discover Canada?
• Sir Ernest MacMillan and Healey Willan were renowned as what?
• Which Quebec art movement pioneered modern abstract art in the 1950s?
• Which team did Wayne Gretzky play for from 1979 to 1988?
• At the 1996 Olympic Summer Games, which Canadian became a world-record sprinter and double gold medallist?
• Who became a world-champion wheelchair racer and Paralympic gold medallist?
• Gerhard Herzberg, John Polanyi, Sidney Altman, Richard E. Taylor, Michael Smith and Bertram Brockhouse were what?
• Who developed the Canadarm, the robotic arm used in outer space?
• Which of the following is NOT a Canadian invention?
• Which famous wireless device did Research in Motion create?
• Who is seen by many as the father of Manitoba and a defender of Métis rights?
• In what year did the Government of Canada apologize for the Head Tax charged to Chinese immigrants?
• About how many Canadians were killed in the First World War?
• In what year did Prime Minister Macdonald establish the North West Mounted Police?
• What is the South African War of 1899–1902 popularly known as?

How We Govern

• What are the three key facts about Canada’s system of government?
• Which of the following is a federal government responsibility?
• Which of the following is a provincial government responsibility?
• Which two areas do the federal and provincial governments share responsibility for?
• What are the three parts of Parliament?
• Who is Canada’s Head of State?
• Who is the Head of Government in Canada?
• Who represents the Sovereign at the federal level in Canada?
• Who represents the Sovereign in each province?
• Who represents the federal government in each of the three territories?
• How is the Governor General chosen?
• Who appoints senators, and until what age can they serve?
• What is the role of the Senate?
• Who are the members of the House of Commons?
• What is the Cabinet?
• What is the final step before a bill becomes law?
• In what order does a bill pass through Parliament?
• What happens at the committee stage of a bill?
• What are the three branches of government in Canada?
• Which branch of government is made up of the courts, which settle disputes?
• Who is the head of a provincial government?
• What are the elected members of Quebec’s legislature called?
• Which of these is usually a responsibility of municipal government?
• Who leads a municipal government?
• What is the role of the Sovereign in Canada?
• Which statement about the Prime Minister and Cabinet is true?
• In a province, whose role is similar to that of the Governor General federally?
• In Canada’s federal state, what does the federal government take responsibility for?
• Which law first defined the responsibilities of the federal and provincial governments?
• What are the three levels of government in Canada?
• What are Members of Parliament and provincial representatives responsible for?
• How many times must a bill be read in the House of Commons before it can become law?
• What is a proposed law before Parliament called?
• Which of the following is NOT part of Parliament?
• Who appoints the Lieutenant Governors?
• What kind of role does the Sovereign play in Parliament?
• What else does the Sovereign head, linking Canada with many other countries?
• What does the Cabinet do besides running government departments?
• What are laws passed by a municipal council called?
• How does Discover Canada describe Canada’s system of government?
• How does Canada’s system of government differ from those of the other countries of North America?
• Which key phrase from the British North America Act describes a commitment Canada’s institutions uphold?
• In what city does the federal government sit?
• Which level of government is responsible for health care?
• Where are each province’s laws passed?

Elections & Voting

• When must federal elections be held under fixed-date legislation?
• What is an electoral district?
• How many electoral districts does Canada have?
• Who can run as a candidate in a federal election?
• Who is eligible to vote in a federal election?
• What does the voter information card tell you?
• What does the secret ballot guarantee?
• How do you mark your choice on a federal ballot?
• What can you do if you cannot vote on election day?
• What is the name of the neutral agency of Parliament that produces the voters’ lists for federal elections?
• After an election, who usually becomes Prime Minister?
• What is a majority government?
• What is a minority government?
• What is the Official Opposition?
• What is the role of opposition parties?
• What usually happens if the government loses a confidence vote in the House of Commons?
• From which database are the voters’ lists for federal elections produced?
• If you are not on the voters’ list, what can you do?
• How are members of Parliament chosen?
• In a federal election, who do Canadians directly vote for?
• Can more than one candidate run in an electoral district?
• How does Elections Canada send registered voters their voter information card?
• What should you do if you do not receive a voter information card?
• What is the piece of paper you mark when you vote called?
• What happens at the polling station after you mark your ballot?
• If a majority of MPs vote against a major government decision, what happens to the party in power?
• An MP from Montreal says she will spend the weekend in her electoral district. Where will she be?

Justice System

• What does the presumption of innocence mean?
• What is due process?
• What is habeas corpus?
• What does the rule of law mean in Canada?
• What is the highest court in Canada?
• Which court deals with matters concerning the federal government?
• Which court handles civil cases involving small sums of money?
• Which police force enforces federal laws throughout Canada?
• Which two provinces have their own provincial police forces instead of the RCMP?
• Where can people with low income get help paying for a lawyer?
• What are the sources of Canadian law?
• Which legal tradition from France is one of the sources of Canadian law?
• Who makes laws in Canada?
• What is the role of the police?
• Can you question the police about their service or conduct?
• Which of these is part of the justice system’s guarantee to everyone?

Canadian Symbols

• What does the Crown symbolize in Canada?
• In which year was Canada’s new red-and-white flag raised for the first time?
• Who assigned red and white as Canada’s national colours in 1921?
• Which flag is Canada’s official Royal Flag?
• When was the maple leaf first adopted as a symbol by French-Canadians?
• What symbol of French royalty appears on the flag of Quebec?
• What is Canada’s motto?
• Which tower on Parliament Hill was built in memory of the First World War?
• What is kept in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower?
• What happened to the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings in 1916?
• Which sport is considered to be Canada’s national winter sport?
• What is Canada’s official summer sport?
• Who donated the Stanley Cup in 1892?
• Which sport has the most registered players in Canada?
• Which animal can be seen on Canada’s five-cent coin?
• In which year was “O Canada” proclaimed as the national anthem?
• What is the Royal Anthem of Canada?
• What is the highest honour available to Canadians for bravery in the face of the enemy?
• Who was the first Canadian to receive the Victoria Cross?
• In which year was the Order of Canada established?
• What do Canadians wear to honour veterans on Remembrance Day?
• Who wrote the poem “In Flanders Fields”?
• What does Victoria Day celebrate?
• When is Canada Day celebrated?
• Which day of remembrance is observed on April 9?
• On which date is the Fête nationale celebrated in Quebec?
• When is Thanksgiving Day celebrated in Canada?
• Which national commemorative day falls on January 11?
• Which day, November 20, honours Canada’s first French-Canadian Prime Minister after Confederation?
• When is Remembrance Day observed?
• When is Labour Day celebrated in Canada?
• Which Canadian police force is also a well-known national symbol?
• What is the meaning of the Remembrance Day poppy?
• At Confederation in 1867, Canada became a constitutional monarchy in its own right during whose reign?
• The red-white-red pattern of the Canadian flag comes from the flag of which institution?
• Which flag served as Canada’s flag for about 100 years before the maple leaf flag?
• Since when has the maple leaf appeared on Canadian military uniforms and insignia?
• What does “fleur-de-lys” mean in English?
• In what year did Quebec adopt its own flag, based on a cross and the fleur-de-lys?
• The Canadian coat of arms contains symbols of England, France, Scotland and which other country?
• Which is the only part of the original Parliament Buildings still standing?
• In what architectural style is the Quebec National Assembly built?
• In which century was ice hockey developed in Canada?
• According to Discover Canada, what is the second most popular sport in Canada?
• What championship trophy do Canadian Football League teams compete for?
• What is the Clarkson Cup awarded for?
• Which ice game was introduced to Canada by Scottish pioneers?
• The beaver was adopted centuries ago as a symbol of which company?
• Besides the five-cent coin, where else does the beaver appear?
• Do English and French speakers sing the same words to “O Canada”?
• Which animal is a symbol of Canada’s North?
• Before the Order of Canada was created in 1967, which honours did Canadians receive?
• Who can nominate someone for a Canadian honour?
• Who was the first black man to be awarded the Victoria Cross?
• Who was the first member of the Canadian Corps born outside the British Empire to win the Victoria Cross?
• According to Discover Canada, who was the last Canadian to receive the Victoria Cross?
• Which captain earned the Victoria Cross in Italy in 1943 for leading an attack at Casa Berardi?
• According to Discover Canada, about how many Canadians have been awarded the Victoria Cross since 1854?
• When is Good Friday?
• On what date is Boxing Day?
• For how many years has the Crown been a symbol of the state in Canada?
• When is Victoria Day?
• What are Canada’s official national colours?
• What is Canada’s best-known symbol?
• Where was “O Canada” first sung, in 1880?
• Which symbol of French heritage was included in the Canadian Red Ensign from Confederation?
• In what year is the fleur-de-lys said to have been adopted by the French king?
• In what year was the Peace Tower completed?
• On what date is Christmas Day?

Economy

• Who is Canada’s largest trading partner?
• About what share of Canada’s exports go to the United States?
• What are the three main types of industries in Canada?
• In which type of industry do most Canadians work?
• Which of the following is an example of a service industry?
• Which of the following is an example of a manufacturing industry?
• Which of the following are natural resources industries?
• Which group of leading industrialized countries is Canada a member of?
• How does Canada’s economy rank in size?
• For centuries, what was Canada’s economy based mainly on?
• Which province is Canada’s largest producer of oil and gas?
• Which province is Canada’s largest producer of hydro-electricity?
• Which industry is a major part of British Columbia’s economy?
• In what year did Canada enact free trade with the United States?
• Which country joined Canada and the US in the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994?
• According to Discover Canada, what remains the engine of Canada’s economic growth?
• Why is trade with other countries important to Canada?
• What makes up a large share of Canada’s exports even today?
• What is the Canada–United States border traditionally called?

Regions & Geography

• How does Canada rank in land area among the countries of the world?
• Which three oceans border Canada?
• What is the capital of Canada?
• Who chose Ottawa as the capital in 1857?
• What are the five regions of Canada?
• How many provinces and territories does Canada have?
• What is Canada’s approximate population?
• What is the Canada-U.S.A. border traditionally known as?
• What is Canada’s largest city?
• Which two provinces make up Central Canada?
• What are the Atlantic Provinces?
• What are the Prairie Provinces?
• What are Canada’s three territories?
• What is the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador?
• What is the capital of Prince Edward Island?
• What is the capital of Nova Scotia?
• What is the capital of New Brunswick?
• What is the capital of Quebec?
• What is the capital of Ontario?
• What is the capital of Manitoba?
• What is the capital of Saskatchewan?
• What is the capital of Alberta?
• What is the capital of British Columbia?
• What is the capital of Yukon?
• What is the capital of the Northwest Territories?
• What is the capital of Nunavut?
• Which is the smallest province, known for its beaches, red soil and agriculture?
• Which is Canada’s only officially bilingual province?
• Which province is the most easterly point in North America?
• Where are the highest tides in the world?
• About how many Canadians live in Ontario?
• Which province was once called the “breadbasket of the world”?
• What is the most populous Prairie province?
• Which port is Canada’s gateway to the Asia-Pacific?
• In which year was Nunavut created?
• Why is the North often called the “Land of the Midnight Sun”?
• Which river, flowing through the Northwest Territories, is the second-longest river system in North America?
• Which industries are important to the economy of the North?
• Which of the five Great Lakes does Discover Canada describe as being in the U.S.A.?
• What is the area around Ottawa that preserves the capital’s heritage called?
• Which much-loved novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery is set in Prince Edward Island?
• Which is the most populous Atlantic province?
• Which province holds over 700 festivals a year, including a military tattoo in Halifax?
• In which mountain range is New Brunswick situated?
• Which crop is Prince Edward Island especially known for?
• Newfoundland and Labrador is the oldest colony of which empire?
• According to Discover Canada, which Canadian city is the second-largest mainly French-speaking city in the world after Paris?
• About how many people live in Ontario?
• Which Great Lake is the largest fresh water lake in the world?
• Which province is Canada’s main producer of pulp and paper?
• About how many people live in Quebec?
• Which region is known as Canada’s industrial and manufacturing heartland?
• Which region is rich in energy resources and has some of the most fertile farmland in the world?
• What share of Canada’s arable land is in Saskatchewan?
• Which province has the largest Aboriginal population as a share of its people?
• Banff National Park, in Alberta, was established in what year?
• Which city is Saskatchewan’s largest and the headquarters of its mining industry?
• Which city is home to the headquarters of the navy’s Pacific fleet?
• About half of all goods produced in British Columbia are what?
• What is the highest mountain in Canada?
• About how much of Canada’s land do the three territories cover?
• What are winters and summers like in the North?
• About what share of Nunavut’s population is Inuit?
• How do the Canadian Rangers travel across the North?
• Which country borders Canada to the south?
• What are the Prairie Provinces and their capitals?
• What are Canada’s territories and their capitals?
• Which province is home to Canada’s largest naval base?
• Which New Brunswick city is the province’s largest port and manufacturing centre?
• Which city is home to the RCMP training academy?
• Which city is called the “diamond capital of North America”?
• Which province has the St. John River system, the second-largest on North America’s Atlantic coast?
• The Mackenzie is the second-longest river system in North America after which river system?