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100

The three eastern provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island are known collectively by this name.

What are the Maritimes?

100

This network for fugitives escaping slavery in the US south funneled thousands of freedom-seekers into eastern Canada in the 19th century.

What is the Underground Railroad?

100

This agreement, signed in 1994, created a trilateral trade bloc in North America between Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

What is the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?

100

The first prime minister of Canada.

Who is John A. Macdonald?

100

One of Canada's two national sports, alongside hockey

What is lacrosse?

200

Métis leader Louis Riel is often cited as a founder of this province, nearly named "Assiniboia."

What is Manitoba?

200
This US state shares the longest border with Canada.

What is Alaska (1,538 miles)?

200

The unicorn and thistle on Canada's coat of arms represent this country within the British Commonwealth.

What is Scotland?

200

The migration of approximately 100,000 would-be prospectors to the Yukon over a 4-year period occurred in what decade?

What is the 1890s?

200

This Quebec-based entertainment company is known for its acrobatic productions

What is Cirque du Soleil?

300

Canada has the longest of these in the world

What is a coastline?

300

The bi-national organization, created in 1908, responsible for surveying and mapping the Canada–United States border as well as regulating construction in the border's proximity.

What is the International Boundary Commission?

300

This mutual defense organization has been held up as a model of international cooperation and has been running a Santa Claus tracking operation since 1955.

What is the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)?

300

This Toronto-born actress, comedian, and writer starred as the mother of Lydia Deetz in BEETLEJUICE (1988), of Kevin McAllister in HOME ALONE (1990), and of David and Alexis Rose in SCHITT'S CREEK (2015-2020).

Who is Catherine O'Hara?

300

Named for a city in British Columbia, this no-bake dessert involves a base of wafers, nuts, and coconut with layers of custard and chocolate ganache on top.

What is a Nanaimo Bar?

400

The oldest national park in Canada, founded in Alberta in 1885

What is Banff?

400

This highway tunnel, named for the two cities it connects, is the second-busiest crossing between the United States and Canada.

What is the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel?

400

This nineteenth-century US president campaigned on a commitment to annex British Columbia.

Who is James K. Polk?

400

The year the Canadian Pacific Railway was completed

What is 1885?

400

The protagonist of this 1985 novel by Margaret Atwood dreams of escaping to Canada from the dystopian republic of Gilead.

What is The Handmaid's Tale?

500

The northernmost Tim Horton's is located in this Nunavut site

What is Alert?

500

This treaty was the first to establish that the Canada-US border would follow the 49th parallel.

What is the Treaty of 1818/Convention of 1818?

500

Canada alienated China in 2018 by detaining an executive of this telecom company on behalf of the United States.

What is Huawei

500

The fart-obsessed Canadian comedy duo originating in season two of the animated series South Park.

Who are Terrance and Phillip?

500

The third-most spoken language in Canada

What is Mandarin Chinese?

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