Beaver Fever
This animal is Canada's official national animal
What is the beaver?
Canada is the second largest country by area, behind this one.
What is Russia?
The affectionate nickname for Tim Hortons.
What is Timmies?
Founded in 1670, The Hudson's Bay Company began as a fur-trading business and became one of the oldest companies in North America. It's most valuable fur came from this animal.
What is the beaver?
University of Waterloo students created a crowdsourced, interactive map called the "Waddleloo" to avoid getting attacked by these animals.
What are Canada geese?
- Students report goose sightings by uploading photos. An AI model detects the number of birds and flags signs of aggressive behavior (like raised wings or protective posturing
- Users choose between "avoid all," "cautious," and "comfortable" settings to adjust their walking path accordingly.
Moose aren't native to this province; just a handful were brought over around the turn of the 20th century, and now there are well over 100,000.
What is Newfoundland?
This coin got its nickname from the bird on its back.
What is a loonie?
After 9/11, this Newfoundland town took in about 7,000 stranded passengers, inspiring the musical Come From Away.
What is Gander?
This animal belonging to the deer family is on the back of Canadian quarters.
What is the caribou?
Of the five Great Lakes, this is the only one Canada doesn't touch.
What is Lake Michigan?
Canadian retirees who spend winters in Florida or Arizona are called this.
What are snowbirds?
On D-Day, Canadian troops landed on this beach in Normandy.
What is Juno Beach?
Canada holds an estimated 170 million individuals of this bird during the breeding season, making them one of the most abundant birds in the country.
What is the American Robin?
This Ontario city sits south of Detroit.
What is Windsor, Ontario?
Americans call it a beanie, but Canadians refer to this as the close-fitting knitted winter hat that's must-have for Canadian winters.
What is a toque?
These Indigenous people have lived in Nova Scotia for thousands of years.
Who are the Mi'kmaq?
Like Scotland's Nessie and Lake Champlain's Champ, this legendary creature is said to lurk in B.C.'s Okanagan Lake.
What is Ogopogo?
This Canada's territory, created in 1999, is Canada's newest and largest.
What is Nunavut?
Provinces get their power and authority directly from the Constitution Act, 1867, giving them a measure of independent control over their own affairs.Territories exercise delegated powers handed down to them by the federal Parliament of Canada.
Montrealers grab snacks and beer at the "dep," short for this.
What is a dépanneur?
During a 1967 visit to Montreal, this French president caused an uproar by shouting "Vive le Québec libre!"
Who is Charles de Gaulle?