- Which animal is an official emblem of Canada?
a) The beaver
b) The moose
c) The polar bear
- How many provinces and territories are there in Canada?
a) Ten
b) Twelve
c) Thirteen
- When did "O Canada" become the national anthem?
a) In 1867
b) In 1967
c) In 1980
- Who composed the music for "O Canada"?
a) William Lyon Mackenzie King
b) Calixa Lavallée
c) Adolphe-Basile Routhier
- How many designs did the 1964 Parliamentary Committee review before choosing the maple leaf for Canada's flag?
a) 200
b) 2000
c) 20000
- On what day was the maple leaf flag first raised on Parliament Hill?
a)February 15, 1965
b)July 1, 1965
c)July 1, 1967
- The maple leaf is a prominent Canadian symbol. On what coin does it appear?
a) The penny
b) The nickel
c) The quarter
- What are Canada's official colours?
a) Blue and red
b) Gold and red
c) White and red
- What is the origin of the name "Canada"?
a) Inuit
b) Huron-Iroquois
c) Metis
- What are the animal figures that stand on either side of the shield on the Arms of Canada?
a) A lion and an elk
b) A lion and a horse
c) A lion and a unicorn
- The first tidal power station in North America was built in what bay, known for its high tides (in fact, the highest in the world)?
a) Howe Sound, British Columbia
b) James Bay, Ontario
c) Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick
d) Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland
- What city, founded in 1608 by Champlain, claims to be the oldest city in North America? (It is also the only walled city in North America.)
a) Quebec City
b) Halifax
c) Saskatoon
d) Vancouver
- How many U.S. states have at least part of their state north of Canda's southernmost point?
a) 0
b) 5
c) 18
d) 27
- The westernmost community in Canada, Beaver Creek, is in which province or territory?
a) British Columbia
b) Northwest Territories
c) Newfoundland
d) Yukon
- How much of all the fresh water in the world is in the Northwest Territories?
a) less than 0.5 %
b) approximately 1%
c) approximately 9%
d) more than 25%
- Which was the first province to establish a hospital insurance plan and universal prepaid medical care?
a) Ontario
b) Saskatchewan
c) British Columbia
d) New Brunswick
- What city is the largest in Canada by population and the fifth largest in all of North America?
a) Vancouver, British Columbia
b) Montreal, Quebec
c) Calgary, Alberta
d) Toronto, Ontario
- What city has the highest mean daily maximum temperature in July?
a) Toronto, Ontario
b) Medicine Hat, Alberta
c) Windsor, Ontario
d) Whitehorse, Yukon
- Which is the largest island in Canada?
a) Prince Edward Island
b) Ellesmere Island
c) Newfoundland
d) Baffin Island
- Niagara Falls is the highest waterfall in Canada.
a) True
b) False
- Quebec is the most populous province of Canada.
a) True
b) False
- What was the first city in North America to be designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
a) St. John's, Newfoundland
b) Halifax, Nova Scotia
c) Quebec City, Quebec
d) Dawson, Yukon
- The CN Tower in Toronto is the tallest free-standing structure in the world. How tall is it?
a) 101 metres
b) 376 metres
c) 553 metres
d) 998 metres
- Now that the Soviet Union no longer exists, Canada is the largest country (in area) in the world.
a) True
b) False
- Approximately what percentage of Canada has never been permanently settled?
a) less than 5%
b) 18%
c) 31%
d) 89%
- What is the largest lake IN Canada?
a) Lake Michigan
b) Great Bear Lake
c) Lake Simcoe
d) Okanagan Lake
- The Thirty Thousand Islands, an understatement of their number, form the largest fresh water archipelago in the world. Where are they located?
a) Georgian Bay, Ontario
b) Arctic Ocean, Northwest Territories
c) St. Lawrence River, Ontario
d) Lake Superior, Ontario
- When was the last spike of the Trans-Canada railway driven?
a) 1867
b) 1885
c) 1901
d) 1930
- What is the driest place in Canada?
a) Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan
b) Arctic Bay, Northwest Territories
c) Windsor, Ontario
d) Vancouver, British Columbia
- What is the largest land animal native to Canada?
a) polar bear
b) moose
c) African elephant
d) bison
- Where is the largest wetland in the world?
a) Hudson Bay lowlands
b) Baffin Island
c) Peace-Athabasca Delta
d) Mackenzie Delta
- What city recorded the greatest mean annual total of precipitation (1951-1980) ?
a) Vancouver, British Columbia
b) Halifax, Nova Scotia
c) Victoria, British Columbia
d) St. John's, Newfoundland
- What percentage of the world total of uranium did Canada produce in 1991?
a) 5.75%
b) 10.3%
c) 33.5%
d) 100%
- Which province has the greatest population density?
a) Prince Edward Island
b) Ontario
c) Quebec
d) Newfoundland
- There are two reasons why Wood Buffalo National Park, in Alberta and the Northwest Territories, is famous. First, it is home to the largest herd of bison in the world, and second...
a) it contains the largest goose colony in the world
b) it is the only nesting site of the whooping crane
c) it contains the largest wetland in the world
d) it is one of the most popular tourist attractions in North America, second only to Disney World
- Saskatchewan has more than a third of all the farmland in Canada, with more than a quarter million square kilometres. Which province, with only 335 square kilometres, has the least farmland of any province?
a) Prince Edward Island
b) Ontario
c) Alberta
d) Newfoundland
- What is the deepest lake in Canada?
a) Lake Superior
b) Great Slave Lake
c) Lake Baïkal
d) Lake Huron
- Excluding the northern arctic islands, Prince Edward Island is the largest island on the east coast of Canada.
a) True
b) False
- Near which city was the first oil well drilled in North America?
a) St. John's, Newfoundland
b) Calgary, Alberta
c) Sarnia, Ontario
d) Medicine Hat, Alberta
- The world's largest non-polar icefield can be found in the St. Elias Mountains of which province or territory?
a) British Columbia
b) Northwest Territories
c) Newfoundland and Labrador
d) Yukon
- Which prime minister has enjoyed the longest time in office so far?
a) The Right Honourable Sir John Alexander Macdonald
b) The Right Honourable William Lyon Mackenzie King
c) The Right Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau
d) The Right Honourable Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien
- The Canadian west coast is home to the tallest and longest living tree in Canada, known in Latin as Pseudotsuga menziesii, and more commonly known as...
a) Redwood
b) Douglas Fir
c) Giant Sequoia
d) White Pine
- Canada ranks fourth in the world for the actual amount of surface area which is protected. What three countries have more protected area than Canada?
a) United States, China, Russia
b) United States, Australia, Denmark
c) France, Ethiopia, Japan
d) United States, India, Argentina
- Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron is especially noted for being...
a) the largest freshwater island in the world
b) the second largest island in the world
c) the least forested island in the world
d) the best nickel producing region in Canada
- Montreal is the largest French-speaking city in the Americas.
a) True
b) False
- The largest National Park in Canada is partly in Alberta and partly in the Northwest Territories. It protects one of the world's finest fresh water deltas: that of the Peace and Athabasca Rivers. What is the park's name?
a) Sir John A. Macdonald
b) Glacier
c) Wood Buffalo
d) Yellowstone
- Which of the following regions has the smallest total number of lakes over 3 kilometres squared in size?
a) Ontario
b) Atlantic Provinces
c) British Columbia
d) Prairie Provinces
- Which prime minister of Canada spent the shortest term of office?
a) The Right Honourable Sir Charles Tupper
b) The Honourable Alexander Mackenzie
c) The Right Honourable Kim Campbell
d) The Right Honourable John Turner
- The heaviest snowfall in one day in Canada occurred in which province or territory?
a) British Columbia
b) Quebec
c) Yukon
d) Saskatchewan
- Which is the windiest and foggiest city in Canada, and has the most days of freezing precipitation?
a) Prince Rupert, British Columbia
b) Victoria, British Columbia
c) Halifax, Nova Scotia
d) St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Many people know that the highest tides in Canada are at the Bay of Fundy, on the east coast. The tidal range there is 16.1 metres. Where in Canada is the tidal range the lowest?
a) Prince Rupert, British Columbia
b) Eureka, Northwest Territories
c) Corner Brook, Newfoundland
d) Moosonee, Ontario
- Which is the largest library in Canada, based on the number of books?
a) Ottawa Public Library
b) National Library of Canada
c) University of Toronto Library
d) University of British Columbia Library
- Which of the following slogans is associated with Canada's constitution?
a) liberty, equality, fraternity
b) peace, order and good government
c) life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
- Which of the following was Canada's only woman prime minister?
a) Audrey McLaughlen
b) Jeanne Sauvé
c) Kim Campbell
d) Flora MacDonald
- Which river is Canada's longest?
a) The St. Lawrence
b) The Fraser
c) The Mackenzie
d) The Saskatchewan
- Who coined the phrase "the global village" and argued that "the medium is the message?"
a) Marshall McLuhan
b) Bill Gates
c) Harold Innes
d) Andy Warhol
- Which hockey team has won the Stanley Cup more often than any other?
a) Toronto Maple Leafs
b) Edmonton Oilers
c) Detroit Red Wings
d) Montreal Canadiens
- On what day do Canadians honour those who served in wartime?
a) Christmas
b) Thanksgiving
c) Remembrance Day
d) May 24th
- Sir Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin...
a) were the first Europeans to see the Rocky Mountains
b) were French and British military commanders
c) formed an alliance of reformers in Lower Canada and Upper Canada
- Which of the following Canadian politicians could be called the "most recent father of Confederation?"
a) John Amagoalik
b) Pierre Trudeau
c) Joey Smallwood
d) Tommy Douglas
- In 1992 Roberta Bondar became:
a) the first Canadian woman to play in the National Hockey League
b) the first Canadian woman to be launched into outer space
c) the first Canadian woman to win an Oscar for being best actress
d) the first Canadian woman President of General Motors of Canada
- In which province, famous for its deposits of dinosaur bones, would you find Dinosaur Provincial Park?
a) Saskatchewan
b) New Brunswick
c) Ontario
d) Alberta
- What major event happened in Winnipeg in 1919?
a) a general strike
b) the Red River Rebellion
c) a great flood
d) the first Stanley Cup hockey game
- What famous schooner, commemorated on the 10 cent coin, was built in Nova Scotia in 1921?
a) the Flying Dutchman
b) the Titanic
c) the Bluenose
d) la Grande Hermine
- Which of the following people is Canadian?
a) hockey player, Chris Chelios
b) actor Candice Bergen
c) actor Michael J. Fox
d) actor Catherine Deneuve
- In 1980, who set out to run across Canada to raise money to fight cancer?
a) Rick Hansen
b) Steve Fonyo
c) Donovan Bailey
d) Terry Fox
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