Canadian History
Who was the first Prime Minister of Canada?
Sir John A. Macdonald.
What is the Capital City of Ontario?
Toronto.
Which Canadian hockey player is known as "The Great One" and holds numerous NHL records?
Wayne Gretzky.
Which Canadian musician holds the title for the most-streamed song of all time?
The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye)
What is the national animal of Canada?
Beaver.
In what year did Canada officially become a country, with the confederation of the provinces?
1867.
What is the name of the largest city in Canada by population?
Toronto.
Which Canadian invented the sport of basketball?
James Naismith (born in Almonte, Ontario, Canada, he invented basketball in 1891 while working in the United States).
Which Canadian actor is the owner of the English soccer club Wrexham AFC?
Ryan Reynolds (co-owner with Rob McElhenney).
What is British Columbias provincial flower?
Pacific Dogwood
Which Canadian political leader was responsible for the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which was entrenched in the Constitution in 1982?
Pierre Trudeau
What is the name of the largest lake entirely within Canadian territory?
Lake Ontario
Which Canadian NHL team has won the most Stanley Cups?
The Montreal Canadiens (with 24 Stanley Cup championships).
Which Actor in the TV Series, Stranger Things, is from Vancouver, BC?
Finn Wolfhard (Mike Wheeler)
What is the tallest roller coaster in Canada?
Leviathan (306 Ft Tall)
Which Canadian province was the last to join Confederation, and in what year?
Newfoundland and Labrador, in 1949.
Which Canadian river is the longest in Quebec, flowing into the Gulf of St. Lawrence?
The Saint Lawrence River.
Which Canadian soccer player became the first to score 100 goals for the Canadian national team in 2020?
Christine Sinclair.
Which famous cartoon character was based on a Canadian Black Bear?
Which Canadian province is the largest producer of maple syrup in the world?
Quebec.
Who was the first woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, and in what year did this occur?
Bertha Wilson, appointed in 1982, was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court of Canada.
Which Canadian province is the only one to have two official languages at the provincial level: French and English?
New Brunswick.
Who was the first Canadian player to be selected as the #1 overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft?
Anthony Bennett (selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers).
Which Canadian Born artist has won the most Grammy Awards?
David Foster (16 Wins)
Which Canadian astronaut was the first Canadian to command the International Space Station?
Chris Hadfield.