backyard fun
This outdoor seat swings gently and is perfect for relaxing under a tree.
Hint: You tie it between two trees.
What is a hammock?
I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
Hint: I melt away with time.
What is a candle?
This communication invention was first demonstrated by Alexander Graham Bell in Canada.
Hint: It lets you talk to someone far away.
What is the telephone?
This Canadian company is responsible for delivering mail across the country.
Hint: Its initials are “CPC.”
What is Canada Post Corporation?
This red-breasted bird is often seen hopping around lawns in the spring.
Hint: It’s known for pulling worms from the ground.
What is a robin?
What can travel around the world while staying in the same corner?
Hint: It's small and sticky.
What is a postage stamp?
She was the first Canadian woman to appear alone on a regular banknote.
Hint: A civil rights icon from Nova Scotia.
Who is Viola Desmond?
This special mail service delivers your letter or package faster and includes tracking.
Hint: You pay extra for it.
What is registered mail or express mail?
This backyard creature comes out at night and glows while flying.
Hint: It has “light” in its name.
What is a firefly (or lightning bug)?
I’m light as a feather, yet even the strongest person can’t hold me for long.
Hint: You do this all the time without thinking.
What is your breath?
This major health discovery by Banting and Best happened in a Toronto lab in 1921.
Hint: It changed life for people with diabetes.
What is insulin?
In 1867, this was the first city in Canada to introduce home mail delivery.
Hint: It’s the capital of Ontario.
What is Toronto?
This tool has long handles and is used for trimming hedges or branches.
Hint: It looks like a big pair of scissors.
What are garden shears?
I have no life, but I can die. What am I?
Hint: I'm often found in technology.
What is a battery?
This Indigenous woman became the first Indigenous senator in Canada in 1955.
Hint: Her last name is the same as a common tree.
Who is James Gladstone (Note: often mistaken as a woman — this could be clarified as first Indigenous senator regardless of gender).
In Canada, this flower often appears on stamps to represent the country’s natural beauty.
Hint: It’s a red flower with five petals.
What is the wild rose?
This Canadian-invented backyard sport uses a paddle and a wiffle ball over a net.
Hint: It combines elements of tennis, badminton, and ping pong.
What is pickleball?
What comes down but never goes up?
Hint: You might watch it fall through the window.
What is rain?
This Canadian city was the first in North America to use electric street lighting in 1881.
Hint: It’s in British Columbia.
What is Victoria?
This special stamp issued for holidays or special occasions is often collected by enthusiasts.
Hint: It’s called a commemorative or special issue.
What is a collector’s stamp?