Canadian Heritage Moments
This politician is infamous for public statements such as:
“I do not use crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine”
“I’ve never said that in my life to her, I would never do that. I’m happily married, I’ve got more than enough to eat at home.”
Who is former Mayor of Toronto Rob Ford? (RIP)
Canada was a colony of this country.
What is Great Britain?
In this year, Montreal hosted the summer Olympics.
When was 1976?
This city has been given the derogatory nicknames of "Browntown" and "Bramladesh" due to its large South Asian community.
What is Brampton!?
The national animal of Canada.
What is the Beaver?!
This person is infamous for being swept away by rapid waters running down McGill's McTavish street in 2013.
Who is Flood Girl?
This province was formerly referred to as "Upper Canada" from 1791 to 1841.
What is Ontario?
This Quebec hotel is the most photographed hotel in the world.
What is the Chateau Frontenac?
The Gault Nature Reserve, owned by McGill University since 1958, is located in this city and protects more than 1,000 hectares of natural environments.
What is Mont-Saint-Hilaire?
This French singer-songwriter is named after a fruit, and lived in Montreal for a few years.
Who is Pomme?
This Canadian actor was famous for his character being shot on Degrassi.
Who is Drake?
The person for whom a world famous 300km scenic drive in Nova Scotia is named after, this Englishman was the first European known to have landed in Canada after the Viking Age.
Who is John Cabot?
This professional ice hockey team was based in Quebec City until being relocated to Denver in 1995.
What is the Quebec Nordiques?
This city is the capital of British Columbia.
What is Victoria, BC?
You can buy a type of bacon called Canadian bacon in places such as the United States, but in Canada it’s most often called:
a) Back bacon
b) Peameal bacon
c) Ayrshire bacon
d) Side bacon
What is Peameal bacon?
This singer earned third place in the fifth season of Canadian Idol? Her first performance on the show was an original song named "Sweet Talker" and she rocketed to international fame with a song regarding a possible phone transmission four years later.
Who is Carly Rae Jepsen?
In 2017, Canada celebrated the anniversary of the process by which three British North American provinces were united into one federation called the Dominion of Canada as of this many years ago:
A) 500
B) 250
C) 100
D) 150
D) 150
This person, who has presently given there name to multiple Montreal locations, famously founded the Hôtel-Dieu, the first hospital in North America north of Mexico.
Who is Jeanne Mance?
This city is the fourth most populated city in the country.
What is Edmonton?
Aside from mustard, the only other significant commercial Canadian spice crops are:
a) Ginger
b) Caraway and coriander
c) Cumin
d) White peppercorns
What is Caraway and coriander? Both are produced on the Canadian prairies, primarily in Saskatchewan.
James Naismith, a Canadian physical education teacher at McGill University, realized he needed to invent an indoor game for the winter due to the weather conditions, later inventing this sport in 1891.
What is Basketball?
1815
This Quebec separatist and Marxist-Leninist group was responsible for the "October Crisis" where they committed several political murders and bombings in the 1970s.
What is the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ)?
This ethnic origin is the third most common in Montreal after Canadian and French, making up 7% of the population, responsible for the 3rd most spoken language in the city / province, and the 2nd largest ethnic community of this origin in the country, second only to in Toronto.
What is Italian?
This is the largest land animal in Canada, currently found in British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon, Manitoba and Northwest Territories. They live in boreal and aspen forests where they often forage in open, meadows, particularly during the winter.
What is the Wood Bison?