Cool Canadian Animals
This furry, flat-tailed animal loves to chew on trees and build dams in rivers.
Beaver
This sweet, sticky syrup comes from a tree and tastes amazing on pancakes.
Maple Syrup
Canada’s flag is red and white. What is the leaf right in the middle of it?
Maple Leaf
This is Canada's favorite winter sport, played on ice with skates and a puck.
Ice Hockey
On July 1st, we wear red and white to celebrate Canada’s birthday. What is this holiday called?
Canada Day
This giant, furry black dog loves the water and shares its name with the province we live in!
Newfoundland Dog
This delicious dough pocket is stuffed with potato and cheese and served with sour cream. It's a favorite comfort food all across Canada, and Ukrainian families brought the recipe here! What do Ukrainians call them?
Varenyky
If you put the blue and yellow colors of the Ukrainian flag together, what new color do you make?
Green.
This legendary Ukrainian-Canadian hockey player is called "The Great One" and wore the number 99.
Wayne Gretzki
The giant, floating mountains of pure ice that drift past Newfoundland's coast in the spring.
Icebergs
This colorful sea bird looks like a little penguin with a rainbow beak. You can see them flying around NL!
Puffin
Ukrainians brought garlic and a special purple veggie to Canada to make this famous pink/red soup.
Borscht
Ukrainian-Canadians love to make these beautiful, brightly painted Easter eggs with special patterns.
Pysanky.
Roberta Bondar was the very first Ukrainian-Canadian woman to fly up into outer space. What is her job called?
Astronaut
When you look up at the night sky in the north, you might see beautiful, dancing green lights. What are they called?
Northern Lights / Aurora
This huge animal has giant antlers and loves to walk across the roads in Newfoundland.
Moose
This Canadian treat is made of French fries, squeaky cheese curds, and warm brown gravy.
Poutine
This bright, sunny yellow flower grows in big fields in Canada and is a huge symbol of Ukraine.
Sunflower
Many Ukrainian-Canadians love to do this high-energy dance wearing bright costumes and big boots!
Hopak
Newfoundland has its very own time zone, which means we get to celebrate Canada Day before almost anyone else! True or False?
True
This clever little animal looks like a tiny dog or wolf, makes funny yipping sounds at night, and loves running through the forests of Newfoundland.
Coyote
Many Ukrainian-Canadians became farmers and grew lots of this golden plant used to bake Canadian bread.
Wheat
In Vegreville, AB, there is a giant statue of a Pysanka egg. Is it smaller than a car, or bigger than a house?
Bigger than a house! (It's 3 stories tall!)
This is a fun winter activity where you sit on a plastic sled and slide down a snowy hill fast!
Tobogganing / Sledding
This famous historic hill in St. John's has a big stone tower where people used to watch for ships coming into the harbor.
Signal Hill