Canada IRL
This city, not Montreal, is the national capital of Canada.
What is Ottawa?
Over half of all Canadians live in this small but crowded region.
What are the Great Lakes–Saint Lawrence Lowlands?
Canada has this type of economy, mixing private business with government help.
What is a mixed economy?
These groups, also known as the First Nations, are the native peoples of Canada.
Who are the First Nations?
This region contains one of the world’s great archipelagos.
What is the Arctic?
Canada’s political divisions are called this, not “states.”
What are provinces?
This massive rock region makes up nearly half of Canada’s land surface.
What is the Canadian Shield?
This industry disappeared mainly because of overfishing.
What is the cod industry?
This has been a major reason for Canada’s population growth.
What is immigration?
Canada’s western provinces are bordered by this major ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
The tree line marks the boundary beyond which trees cannot grow, also called this.
What is the timberline?
These mountains stretch from Alaska all the way down the western side of the Americas.
What is the Western Cordillera?
This controversial practice involves extracting bitumen soils in Alberta.
What is oil sands mining?
Canada made this policy official to support people from diverse cultures living together peacefully.
What is multiculturalism?
This natural resource has driven much of Alberta’s economy.
What is oil?
The prime minister leads this executive branch of the Canadian government.
What is the parliamentary system?
This region includes parts of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and the Northwest Territory.
What are the Interior Plains?
This was a traditional but controversial practice of First Nations and commercial companies.
What is seal hunting?
This religious group has seen the largest numerical growth in Canada in recent years.
Who are Muslims?
The Great Lakes and this river system are crucial for Canada’s trade.
What is the Saint Lawrence River?
French-speaking citizens of Canada are known by this term.
Who are Québécois?
This far northern region has little vegetation and frigid conditions.
What is the Arctic?
This trait, meaning acceptance of diversity, is something Canadians take pride in.
What is tolerance?
This wind system influences weather in the western provinces of Canada.
What are the Chinook Winds?
This group of mountains separates British Columbia from Alberta.
What are the Rocky Mountains?