Canadian Provinces & Capitals
The capital of Canada.
What is Ottawa?
Canada is this type of government, meaning it has both a monarch and an elected parliament.
What is a constitutional monarchy (or parliamentary democracy)?
These two European countries were the main colonizers of early Canada.
What are France and Britain?
This Maritime province’s capital is Halifax, and it’s known for its history of shipbuilding.
What is Nova Scotia?
Canada’s head of state is represented in Canada by this official.
What is the Governor General?
This province is the only officially French-speaking province.
What is Quebec?
The lakes that border both Canada and the U.S.
What are the Great Lakes? (Huron, Ontario, Erie, Superior)
He was the French explorer who founded Quebec in 1608.
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
This province is the only one that touches all three of Canada’s oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic.
What is Yukon?
The two official languages of Canada
What are English and French?
The capital of British Columbia.
What is Victoria?
The river that flows through Montreal and connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the St. Lawrence River?
The war fought in North America between Britain and France (1754–1763).
What is the French and Indian War / Seven Years’ War?
This territory, created in 1999, is home to the Inuit people and the capital city of Iqaluit.
What is Nunavut?
The red leaf on Canada’s flag comes from this type of tree.
What is the maple tree?
This Atlantic province is made up of islands and is the smallest by land area.
What is Prince Edward Island?
This large inland sea in northeastern Canada is named after an explorer.
What is Hudson Bay?
The year Canada officially became a country (Confederation).
What is 1867?
This Maritime province has the world’s highest tides in the Bay of Fundy and Fredericton as its capital.
What is New Brunswick?
The national police force of Canada, known for their red uniforms.
What is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)?
The northernmost territory of Canada.
What is Nunavut?
The mountain range that stretches along the western provinces of British Columbia and Alberta.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
The last province to join Canada, in 1949.
What is Newfoundland and Labrador?
This prairie province is known for its potash production and has Regina as its capital.
What is Saskatchewan?
The city where Canada’s Parliament is located.
What is Ottawa?