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This legendary Canadian hockey player is known as "The Great One."
Who is Wayne Gretzky?
This imaginary line divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
This type of storm, common in Canada, combines heavy snowfall with strong winds and reduced visibility.
What is a blizzard?
This city is the capital of Manitoba.
What is Winnipeg?
This renewable resource, found in Canada’s boreal forests, is commonly used to make paper and lumber.
What is wood or timber?
While hockey is popular, this is the official national summer sport of Canada.
What is lacrosse?
This type of map feature shows cardinal directions like North, South, East, and West.
What is a compass rose?
This province, particularly around Vancouver, is most prone to earthquakes in Canada.
What is British Columbia?
Manitoba shares its western border with this Canadian province.
What is Saskatchewan?
Alberta is rich in this non-renewable natural resource, used to make gasoline and other fuels.
What is oil?
Canada hosted the Winter Olympics in 2010 in this city.
What is Vancouver?
If 1 cm on a map represents 10 km in real life, this is called the map’s what?
What is the scale?
In the spring and summer, this natural disaster is common in the Canadian Prairies and involves rotating columns of air touching the ground.
What is a tornado?
This northern Manitoba town is known as the "Polar Bear Capital of the World."
What is Churchill?
This type of energy, generated from moving water, is a major source of electricity in Canada.
What is hydroelectricity?
This Canadian invented the game of basketball in 1891.
Who is James Naismith?
Canada spans this many standard time zones.
What is six?
This province experienced historic flooding in 2013, affecting Calgary and surrounding areas.
What is Alberta?
This large lake, one of the biggest in Canada, is located in central Manitoba.
What is Lake Winnipeg?
This metallic resource, mined heavily in Sudbury, Ontario, is used in stainless steel and batteries.
What is nickel?
This trophy is awarded annually to the champion of the Canadian Football League.
What is the Grey Cup?
On a topographic map, these lines show elevation and the shape of the land.
What are contour lines?
This 2016 wildfire forced the evacuation of over 80,000 people in this Alberta city.
What is Fort McMurray?
This Indigenous group, part of the Anishinaabe peoples, has deep roots in Manitoba and helped shape the province’s culture and history.
What are the Ojibwe?
This natural resource sector involves growing crops and raising animals, and it's especially important in the Prairie provinces.
What is agriculture?