Famous Canadians
He was Canada’s first Prime Minister and helped bring the provinces together in 1867.
Who is Sir John A. Macdonald?
The year Canada officially became a country.
What is 1867?
A winter activity where players slide stones across ice toward a target.
What is curling?
A forest where maple trees are tapped for syrup.
What is a sugar bush?
This song is often sung in both English and French at Christmas.
What is Silent Night?
This Canadian hero ran across the country to raise money for cancer research.
Who is Terry Fox?
This secret network helped enslaved people escape to freedom in Canada.
What is the Underground Railroad?
A Canadian pastime often played on outdoor rinks.
What is pond hockey?
The machine used to boil sap into syrup.
What is an evaporator?
A powerful carol often performed by choirs.
What is O Holy Night?
She warned British forces during the War of 1812 about an American attack
Who is Laura Secord?
This railway helped unite Canada from east to west.
What is the Canadian Pacific Railway?
Skiing on flat terrain rather than downhill slopes.
What is cross-country skiing?
A small building where maple syrup is made.
What is a sugar shack?
A song about bells and sleigh rides written in the 1800s.
What is Jingle Bells?
Known as the “father of Medicare” in Canada.
Who is Tommy Douglas?
This agreement gave Canada more independence from Britain in 1931.
What is the Statute of Westminster?
Catching fish through holes cut in frozen lakes.
What is ice fishing?
The short time of year when maple sap flows best.
What is boiling season?
A festive song encouraging people to decorate with greenery.
What is Deck the Halls?
A women’s rights activist and part of the Famous Five.
Who is Nellie McClung?
A conflict between Britain and the United States that involved Canada in the early 1800s.
What is the War of 1812?
Walking on snow using large, flat footwear.
What is snowshoeing?
The system used to classify maple syrup by colour and flavour.
What is a maple grade?
A gentle carol about the birth of Jesus.
What is Away in a Manger?