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What sweet Canadian treat is made with raisins, pecans, and a gooey filling in a flaky crust?
Butter tart
What traditional Indigenous food is fried and often served at powwows?
Bannock
What red-flavoured snack is considered a Canadian chip favourite?
Ketchup
What’s the name of a hot dog with steamed bun, chopped onions, and mustard – a Montreal favourite?
Steamé
In diners and other eateries in Quebec, you’ll see poutine served, french fries topped with gravy and cheese curds. In casual eating spots in Newfoundland, though, you’re more likely to see those fries offered this way:
a) Topped with cheese sauce and cod tongues
b) Topped with gravy and dressing, a seasoned bread crumb mixture
c) Topped with Screech rum-spiked gravy
d) Topped with gravy and Newfoundland-style salt beef
b) Topped with gravy and dressing, a seasoned bread crumb mixture
What dish is made with French fries, cheese curds, and gravy?
Poutine
Which province is famous for lobster and wild blueberries?
Nova Scotia
What Canadian drink combines clam juice and tomato juice?
Caesar
What snack food shares a name with a Canadian animal?
BeaverTails
If you’re commercial fisher in Canada and fishing for elvers, what are you trying to catch?
a) Young eels
b) A type of black cod
c) Arctic sea shrimp
d) Capelin, a small oily fish
a) Young eels
What dessert comes from B.C., and has a no-bake layered bar?
Nanaimo bar
What meat is typically used in a tourtière?
Pork or beef
What type of fish is used in traditional East Coast fish cakes?
Cod
What coffee shop is home to the “Timbits”?
Tim Hortons
This is Canada’s only native cereal:
a) Wheat
b) Rye
c) Barley
d) Wild rice
d) Wild rice
Which syrup is Canada world-famous for?
Maple syrup
What treat is made by pouring hot maple syrup on snow?
Maple taffy
What cheese is used in authentic poutine?
Cheese curds
Which vegetable is famously grown in Manitoba’s Red River Valley?
Red potatoes
Mary Brown’s describes itself as the largest Canadian quick serve chicken restaurant franchise. When and where did this business begin operating?
a) In Calgary, Alberta, in 1980
b) In St. John’s, Newfoundland, in 1969
c) In Hamilton, Ontario, in 1975
d) In Saint John, New Brunswick, in 1955
b) In St. John’s, Newfoundland, in 1969
What small, sweet berry is native to the Prairies and often used in pies?
Saskatoon berry
What dried meat snack was first made by Indigenous peoples in Canada?
Pemmican
What creamy pie is a Prairie tradition with a graham cracker crust?
Flapper pie
Which of these is a FAKE Canadian food/drink:
(a) BeaverTails
(b) Saskatoon berry pie
(c) Moose Milk
(d) Maple McNuggets
(e) Screech rum
(d) Maple McNuggets
This maker of products, such as Viva Puffs, Bear Paws cookies, and Melba Toast, says it has been a proudly Canadian, family-owned company since 1889:
a) Dad’s Cookies
b) Breton
c) Dare
d) Dempster’s
c) Dare