Physical Environment
Changing Populations
Resources and Industry
Liveable Communities
Bonus Facts
100

This land region made of rocks, lakes, rivers, forests and minerals is Canada's oldest region and covers almost half of Canada

What is the Canadian Shield?

100

When someone moves away from their country.

What is Emigration?

100

This type of energy production uses the heavy metal uranium.

What is Nuclear Energy? 

100

This term is used to describe how 'easy' a community is to live in.

What is Liveability?

100

This bilingual city is the capital of Canada.

What is Ottawa?

200

The laying down of sediment in a new location. Usually happens when wind or water carrying sediment slows down.

What is deposition?

200

This survey is used to determine the Canadian population.

What is the Census?

200

This method of harvesting trees is the fastest and cheapest option, but also the most destructive to the environment.

What is Clear-Cutting?

200

6% of the land use is reserved for this purpose

What is Industrial?

200

These two sports are the national sports of Canada.

What are Hockey and Lacrosse?

300

On October 15, 1954 this Canadian natural disaster struck Southern Ontario with winds of 110 km/hr and 285mm of rain in two days

What is Hurricane Hazel?

300

A country that has a sophisticated economy, advanced technology, quality health care and higher education.

What is a Developed country?

300

The practice of growing fish and marine products in fish farms.

What is Aquaculture?

300

Jails, schools, hospitals and fire stations fall under this type of land

What is Institutional Land?

300

Canada is the world's largest producer of this food product and it accounts for 70% of the global supply.

What is Maple Syrup?

400

This supercontinent existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras and began breaking apart 175 million years ago.

What is Pangea? 

400

A map in which statistics are shown visually by using shades, curves or dots.

What is a Cartogram?

400

The use of photovoltaic technology is used to create this type of energy.

What is Solar Energy?

400

This country is building a linear city more than 100 miles long with no cars, no roads and no pollution.

What is Saudi Arabia?

400

The name "Canada" has indigenous roots from this Iroquoian word meaning village or settlement.

What is Kanata?

500

This type of gas traps heat in the Earth's atmosphere, contributing to global warming and climate change.

What is Greenhouse Gas?

500

The number of points needed to qualify for immigration in Canada.

What is 67 points?

500

The logging industry in Canada has affected many species. This animal once inhabited more than half of Canada, but now their habitat has been cut in half.

What is the Boreal Caribou?

500

In 2023, this city was ranked as the number one most liveable city by the Economist Intelligence unit.

What is Vienna, Austria?

500

This city in Manitoba is known as the polar bear capital of the world.

What is Churchill Manitoba?