The Maritimes
What ocean is closest to the maritime provinces?
The Atlantic ocean.
What language is most common in Quebec?
French is the official language in Quebec and is the most common language in the province.
English
Why are the prairie provinces called the prairies?
The land between the Canadian shield and the Rocky mountains is called the prairies because much of it is composed of prairies: the land is mostly flat and doesn't have many trees.
What ocean is closest to Western Canada?
The Pacific ocean is on Canada's west coast.
Which Maritime province has the largest French speaking population?
New-Brunswick is the only bilingual province in Canada and has a significant French speaking population.
What is the capital of Quebec?
Quebec city is the capital of Quebec.
What is the biggest city in Ontario (in terms of population)?
Toronto is the biggest city, not only in Ontario, but in all of Canada.
Spell Canada's most challenging province to spell.
Saskatchewan.
British-Columbia is the westernmost province of Canada.
What provinces are included in the Maritimes?
Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.
What is Quebec's population?
Quebec's population is estimated to be around 8.7 million people.
True or false: Ontario is bigger than France and Germany combined?
True. Ontario is a little bit bigger than both of those countries together.
What provinces compose the prairies?
Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Alberta make up the prairie provinces.
True or false: There are more people in Alberta than British-Columbia?
False. British-Columbia has a larger population, though both have populations under 5 million people.
Which of the following hockey players is not from the Maritimes?
A) Sidney Crosby
B) Shea Weber
C) Brad Marchand
Shea Weber is not from the Maritimes.
True or false: Quebec is the largest province in Canada.
Which of the following artists is not from Ontario?
A) Drake
B) Justin Bieber
C) Shawn Mendes
D) The Weeknd
E) Michael Bublé
E)Michael Bublé
What is the biggest economic industry in Alberta?
The oil industry is huge in Alberta.
What is the capital of British Columbia?
Victoria is the capital of British-Columbia, even though Vancouver is a bigger city.
What is the largest maritime province?
New Brunswick is the largest Maritime province.
True or false: The results of the 1995 referendum on Quebec independence were so tight that if a full Olympic stadium voted yes, Quebec would be a separate country.
True: Only 54 288 people made the difference between the yes and the no vote, whereas the Olympic stadium can fit 56 000 people.
True or false: it takes more than a full day (24 hours) to drive across Ontario from one end of the province to the other.
False: It takes about 21 hours.
Name five cities in the prairie provinces.
Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Lethbridge, Red Deer, Saskatoon, etc.
Which country colonized Western Canada?
The British empire (now known as the U.K.) colonized Western Canada before these territories joined the Canadian confederation.