Canadian Symbols!
What red leaf emblem sits at the center of the Canadian national flag?
Answer: The Maple Leaf
What city serves as the national capital of Canada?
Answer: Ottawa
On what calendar date is Canada Day celebrated every year?
Answer: July 1st
What national police force is famous for wearing bright red tunics during ceremonies?
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP / Mounties)
What global sport was invented in 1891 by Canadian Dr. James Naismith? (Hint, there's a statue in his hometown of Almonte!)
Answer: Basketball
What animal is featured on the back of the Canadian $2 coin (the "Toonie")?
Answer: Polar bear
Which ocean borders Canada's western coast?
Answer: The Pacific Ocean
What title is given to the elected head of a provincial government? (ie. Doug Ford)
Answer: Premier
Who served as Canada's very first Prime Minister?
Answer: Sir John A. Macdonald
Completed in 1885, what transcontinental line fulfilled a promise to British Columbia to connect Canada coast-to-coast?
Answer: The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)
While hockey is the winter sport, what is Canada’s official national summer sport?
Answer: Lacrosse
Which Canadian province produces over 70% of the world's maple syrup?
Answer: Quebec
What three distinct Indigenous groups are explicitly recognized by the Canadian Constitution?
Answer: First Nations, Inuit, and Métis
What secret network helped enslaved African Americans escape to freedom in Canada during the 1800s?
Answer: The Underground Railroad
Nicknamed "The Great One," which Canadian athlete set over 60 NHL records and had his number 99 retired league-wide?
Answer: Wayne Gretzky
What animal appears on the back of the Canadian quarter (25-cent coin)?
Answer: The Caribou
What is the only officially bilingual province in Canada?
Answer: New Brunswick
Who is the Monarchy's representative here in Canada?
The Governor General
Opened in Toronto in 1976, what landmark structure held the record as the world's tallest free-standing building for over 30 years?
Answer: The CN Tower
In 1980, what 21-year-old amputee ran over 5,000 kilometers across Canada to raise money for cancer research in his "Marathon of Hope"?
Answer: Terry Fox
What is the highest military honor available to Canadians for tactical bravery?
Answer: The Victoria Cross
What ancient rock region covers over half of Canada's landmass and is rich in minerals and lakes?
Answer: The Canadian Shield
What 1982 addition to the Constitution guarantees fundamental rights like freedom of speech and assembly? (The document that stands up for us!)
Answer: The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
What world-changing communication invention was patented in 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell after working on his design in Brantford, Ontario?
Answer: The telephone
Which Nova Scotia businesswoman challenged racial segregation in 1946 by refusing to leave a whites-only movie theater, and is now featured on the Canadian $10 bill?
Answer: Viola Desmond