Canada Geography
What is the capital of Canada?
Ottawa
What is the main colour on the Ontario flag?
Red
What is the national animal?
beaver
What is the nickname of the one dollar coin in Canada?
Loonie
Is Canada the largest country in the world?
No, it is the 2nd largest at 10 million square miles.
Can anyone guess what the largest country is at 17 million square km
Which Canadian province is the largest by total land area?
Quebec
Spanning over 1.5 million square km
Which iconic female artist, known for her hits "Big yellow taxi" and "Both sides, Now" grew up in saskatoon and was a big part of the 60s folk movement?
Joni Mitchell
Name 3 Canadian cities that hosted Olympics games?
Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary
Which province is Canada's only official bilingual province
New Brunswick
What was the coldest ever recorded temperature in Canada?
-63 degrees Celsius in Snag Yukon
Which city is the biggest in terms of population?
Toronto
In which Canadian city / university was insulin discovered in 1921?
Toronto (University of Toronto)
True or false, Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined
Yes, Canada is home to over 2 million lakes, giving it more lakes than the rest of the world combined
At what age are Canadian citizens allowed to vote?
18 years old
The name "Canada" comes from a local language, from the word kanata, which means...
What percentage of Canada's land area is legally classified as "crown land", meaning it is owned by the monarch but held in trust for the public
about 89% of Canada's land
Who is Canada's official head of state?
King Charles III
How many oceans touch Canada?
THREE - the Atlantic on the east, the Pacific on the west, and the Arctic to the north
Canada's very first prime minister
1867- 1873
Sir John A. Macdonald
What was the historic name of Canada before it officially became a country during confederation in 1867?
The province of Canada (or British North America)
Established in 1885, what was Canada's very first national park?
The Prime Minister of Canada
Mark Carney
What is the national anthem called?
O, Canada
This animal is on the toonie (2 dollar coin).
Hint: largest land predator on Earth
a polar bear
What are Canada's two national sports?
ice hockey and lacrosse