Geography
How many provinces and territories are there in Canada?
10 Provinces, 2 Territories
What is a Biome?
A biome is an area of the planet that can be classified according to the plants and animals that live in it.
How many numbered treaties are there in Canada
11
What year was the last Residential School closed in Saskatchewan?
1996
What is the Capital city of Canada and which province is it in?
Ottawa, Ontario
What are the four overarching biomes found in Canada?
Tundra, Boreal Forest, Grasslands, Forest
In what year was the first treaty signed?
1871
What was the purpose of the Residential schools?
It was the govornment's attempt to assimilate Indigenous children into Euro-Canadian culture, abandoning their own traditional culture.
What was the last province to become part of Canada?
Bonus points if you can name the year.
Newfoundland and Labrador in 1949
Which is Canada's largest biome?
The Boreal forest, making up 55% of Canadas land mass
We know that in Warman we are on Treaty 6 territory. How many other treaties are a part of Saskatchewan?
Five.
Treaty 2 (Southeastern Sask.), Treaty 4 (Southern Sask.),Treaty 5 (Eastern) Treaty 10 (Northern sask.) and Treaty 8 (Northwest Sask.)
How many lakes are found in Saskatchewan?
over 100,000
What year did Saskatchewan become a province?
1905
Which biomes are found in Saskatchewan?
In what year was the last treaty signed?
While treaty 11 is the last official treaty signed in 1921, it is Treaty 9, when the treaty territory was increased.
True or False, Saskatchewan is home to the highest point between the Rocky Mountains and Quebec?
True. Found in Cyprus Hills.
When Canada became a country in 1867 what were two of the original four Provinces?
Bonus points if you can name all four.
Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick
Give a brief description of each biome
Tundra-treeless, semi-arctic region characterized by perma-frost
Boreal Forest-contains forests of mixed desiduous and coniferous (evergreen) trees, lakes, rivers, wetlands
Grasslands-includes the prairies, grass is dominant vegetation, rolling plains, plateaus or valleys
Forest-Deciduous forest found in Ontario that includes trees such as the cucumber tree, Blue Ash, Walnut, and many others found nowhere else in Canada
What was one of the issues with the Reserve lands from the treaties?
The land was often in remote areas with poor land conditions
Which Saskatchewan resident was responsible for the concept of universal healthcare?
Tommy Douglas, who developed and started it in 1946