Ottawa Geography
The word 'Ottawa' likely originates from this indigenous language
Algonquin
The Oil Tanker Moratorium Act was enacted to ban tankers from docking at this province's north coast
British Columbia
David Suzuki is best known as host and narrator of this popular and long-running CBC Television science program
The Nature of Things
These birds were found throughout much of southern Canada, from Saskatchewan to Nova Scotia. Once North America’s most abundant bird, the species went extinct mainly due to over-hunting and habitat loss. The last one died at a Cincinnati zoo in 1914.
Passenger Pigeon
Eastern Wolf
Ontario
This country gave 100,000 tulip bulbs as a postwar gift to Canada for our role in the country's liberation
The Netherlands
This Canadian law was established in 1917 and significantly updated in June 1994 because of concernboth countries had regarding the uncontrolled hunting of waterfowl and shorebirds
MPCA
This Mean Girls actress participated in a video produced by Stand.earth calling on the government of British Columbia, Canada to stop logging the last old growth rainforests across the province in 2021.
Rachel McAdams
Reports of Ungava sightings, a species of Grizzly Bear, slowly declined throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, and the population was most likely extinct by the latter part of the 20th century at least partly due to fur trapping, in this province (2 answers)
Quebec / Labrador
Ogilvie Mountains Collared Lemming
Yukon
This spider sculpture outside the National Gallery is one of many replicas located in major cities across the globe.
Maman
Yellowstone National Park
A species of frog was named after this world famous director for his work in promoting environmental awareness and advocacy of veganism
James Cameron
The population of this fish found in Lake Ontario was last recorded in 1898. Human settlement was the primary reason for the population’s extinction, as clearing land for timber and agriculture altered water levels and negatively affected water quality.
Atlantic Salmon
Peary Caribou
Nunavut
Ottawa was under this inland sea until it drained 10,000 years ago
Champlain Sea
This piece of legislation has seen many controversies arise about it over the years: the Cod Moratorium, the Mi'kmaw lobster dispute, and the Pacific Herring Dispute, to name a few.
The Fisheries Act
Reginald Whittemore launched the magazine Canadian Nature in honour of his late wife, Mabel Frances Whittemore, in this year
1939
At about 75 cm long, this bird was the largest member of the Alcidae family, which includes murres and puffins, among other birds. In Canada, they were found along the shores of Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
Great Auk
Selkirk Least Chipmunk
British Columbia
This former Ottawa city planner changed the city immensely in the 1950s, including the creation of the Greenbelt
Jacques Gerber
This aptly named Ontario bill, passed in 2022, spells disaster for the farmland and natural areas that sustain us.
More Homes Built Faster Act
This anti-globalist author, filmmaker, journalist, and social activist is currently Professor of Climate Justice at the University of British Columbia.
Naomi Klein
Overhunting during the fur trade led this larger cousin of the mink's extinction.
Sea Mink
Wood Bison
Northwest Territories