Geography
What is the capital of Canada?
Ottawa
What is the name of the leaf on the Canadian flag?
Maple leaf
How many countries border Canada?
3! It shares a land border with the United States to the south and northwest, and a land border with Denmark via Hans Island in the Arctic. It also shares a maritime boundary with France (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)
What is the nickname of the one dollar coin in Canada?
Loonie
What are Canada's official languages?
French & English
Is Canada the largest country in the world?
No, it is the 2nd largest.
The Prime Minister of Canada. What political party is he in?
Mark Carney - Liberal
The country has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. True or false?
True!
Canada has an estimated 2 to 3 million lakes, which is more than the rest of the world combined.
What age are Canadian citizens allowed to vote in elections? How many levels of government do we have?
18 years old and 3 (municipal (Vancouver), prov (B.C.), and federal (Canada) )
The name "Canada" comes from an Indigenous language in the east, from the word kanata, which means...
a village
Which city is the biggest in terms of population?
Toronto
What does the flag of BC look like?
British Union Jack at the top, a gold crown, and a sun over wavy blue and white lines representing the Pacific Ocean
How many oceans does Canada touch?
THREE - the Atlantic on the east, the Pacific on the west, and the Arctic to the north
What types of bear lives in Canada?
grizzly bears, polar bears
The coldest ever recorded temperature in Canada is -63°C.
A. True
B. False
A. True
How many provinces does Canada have? Can you name them?
Ten
Name of the famous Canadian singer who sang the song Baby in 2010
Justin Bieber
How many different time zones does Canada have?
[1, 2]
Canadians eat 1 billion of these every year
doughnuts
Which country sends Canada over 10,000 tulip bulbs every year?
The Netherlands. As a thank you for sheltering their royal family during WWII and to represent the long lasting friendship between Canada and the Netherlands. We even have a Tulip festival in Ottawa to celebrate.
Canada currently claims to own the North Pole
A. True
B. False
B. False
This type of pizza was created by Sam Panapoulos in Chatham, Ontario, in 1962
Hawaiian Pizza (pineapple and ham)
What percentage % of Canada's land is actually inhabited (lived on) by people?
10%-20%
Th animal is on the toonie (2 dollar coin).
a polar bear
the largest land predator
What are Canada's two national sports?
ice hockey and lacrosse