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Canadian Foods
Canadian Holidays
Canadian Symbols
Canadian Provinces
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This flower is Canada's most profitable crop, grown all across the Prairie provinces. It's made into oil that can be used for cooking and frying food.
What is Canola
100
By far the biggest holiday on the Canadian calendar. Officially, it’s the nominal observance of the birth of the Christian savior Jesus Christ, though as is the case in most western countries, this holiday has steadily evolved into a largely secular celebration centered mostly around family gift-giving.
What is Christmas
100
This distinctive shape is the most common catch-all symbol for Canada, appearing not only on the Canadian national flag, but virtually every logo of a Canadian corporation or charity, or any other organization that needs to make its “Canadianness” instantly known.
What is the Maple Leaf
100
The most easily stereotyped of the Prairie provinces and is entirely mountain-free, and its vast acres of farmland comprise nearly 50 per cent of the country’s total.
What is Saskatchewan
200
Harvested from Canada's Atlantic coast, this is considered a delicacy in Canada, and usually quite expensive as a result. A symbol of wealth and luxury.
What is Lobster
200
When midnight approaches, everyone loudly counts down the final few seconds, then kisses their romantic partner (should they be nearby).
What is New Year's Eve
200
The most famous Canadian animal found on the nickle. Often celebrated for their plucky, hardworking character, chomping down trees to build elaborate live-in dams.
What is the Beaver
200
This province is square and mountainous and best-known for its southern coast, the Bay of Fundy, which is home to the highest tides in the world, iconic “flowerpot rocks,” and thriving communities of humpback whales and dolphins.
What is New Brunswick
300
Probably the single most famous “Canadian food,” this food is a rather unhealthy dish produced by smothering French fries with gravy and lumps of white cheese curd.
What is Poutine
300
The long stretch of holiday-free weeks between New Year’s and Easter has recently inspired several provinces to invent a new February holiday
What is Family Day
300
Found on a Canadian 1$ Coin, this bird sings beautiful songs
What is the Loon
300
Located in the far northwestern corner of Canada, this district began life as a sleepy fur-trading outpost of the North West. Then, in 1897, gold was discovered in the famed Klondike River. Over the next decade, thousands of new residents flooded her.
What is the Yukon
400
These Bite-sized, round balls of donut batter. Available in all the same flavors as the real thing. Also known as "donut holes."
What are Timbits
400
During her final years of life, Britain’s long-serving monarch, Queen ____ enjoyed quite an extensive cult of popularity across the Empire, and her death prompted the Canadian Parliament to declare the late sovereign’s birthday (May 24) a national holiday.
What is Victoria Day
400
Founded in 1873, originally known as the North-West Mounted Police, and were initially used to bring law and order to Canada’s newly-aquired Prairie provinces and northern territories.
What is RCMP or "Mounties"
400
This province occupies what is known as the country’s Cordillera region, a vast, thickly forested area of enormous mountain ranges, deep valleys and long rivers. A largely rainy climate has helped contribute to a diverse mix of vegetation, most notably a wide array of evergreen trees which once formed the backbone of the province’s historically lumber-based economy.
What is British Columbia
500
Dubbed the "only truly Canadian cocktail," this drink is a mix of Vodka and Clamato juice, sometimes accompanied by various other spices and garnishes as well.
What is a Caesar
500
The seventh day in August is recognized as a holiday in most provinces and territories, though it goes by a wide variety of different names depending on where you are. It also tends to vary in legal status; in some provinces it’s a well-established day off for everyone, in other places it’s just a holiday for government workers.
What is Heritage Day or Civic Holiday
500
"A Mari usque ad Mare" found on the Canada Coat of arms stands for....
From Sea to Sea
500
The most obscure, exotic and stereotypical of the territories. Carved from the NWT in 1999 as part of the federal government’s efforts to promote greater self-government for Canada’s northern aboriginal people. The only region of Canada where 70 per cent speak neither English or French as their first language.
What is Nunavut