What is Canada Day?
History of Canada
Canada Today!
Miscellaneous
100
True or False: Canada Day celebrates the anniversary of Canada's independence.
What is False?
(Canada Day celebrates the joining of its colonies into a single dominion within the British Empire called Canada)
100
The two countries that primarily colonized present-day Canada.
What are England and France?
100
The position that acts as the head of government in Canada today.
What is The Prime Minister?
The current prime minister is Mark Carney.
100
The National Anthem of Canada.
What is O Canada?
200
The number of colonies that came together to form the dominion of Canada.
What is three?
(The three colonies were the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick)
200
In this year, following the French and Indian War, the Treaty of Paris granted the British full control of the territory that would become Canada.
What is 1763?
200
Canada's ranking in largest countries in the world in terms of area.
What is Second?
(Only Russia is larger)
200
The two official languages of Canada.
What are English and French?
300
The date that Canada Day is celebrated on each year.
What is July 1st?
300
In 1931, the Statute of Westminster recognized Canada as coequal with ______________________, granting it near-complete legislative autonomy.
What is the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms?
300
The Capital city of Canada.
What is Ottawa?
300
The percentage of the world's maple syrup that is produced in Canada.
What is 85%?
400
Before it was called Canada Day, the holiday was called ________ Day.
What is Dominion?
(the holiday was renamed in 1982)
400
The year Canada gained independence from the British.
What is 1982?
400
The number of provinces in Canada.
What is 10?
(The 10 provinces are Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan)
400
The name of this iconic Canadian dish which is made with french fries, cheese curds, and gravy.
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What is Poutine?
500
The year that the dominion of Canada was formed.
What is 1867?
500
True or False: Canada is still part of the Commonwealth of Nations, which is headed by the British monarch.
What is True?
(The Commonwealth is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire from which it developed)
500
The number of territories in Canada?
What is three?
(The three territories are The Northwest Territories, The Yukon, and The Nunavut. They cover 40% of Canada's land but represent only 0.3% of the population)
500
The national animal of Canada.
What is the Beaver?