Canada Country facts
Canadian Christmas Traditions
Festive Food & Sweet Treats
Regional Celebrations & Customs
Provinces, People & Pride
100

This country is the second largest country in the world by land area.

What is Canada?

100

Many Canadians send these festive greetings to friends and family during the holiday season.

What are Christmas cards?

100

This poultry dish with “all the trimmings” is a common Canadian Christmas meal.

What is roast turkey?

100

This annual parade in Toronto is one of the oldest and largest Santa parades in the world.

What is the Santa Claus Parade?

100

This eastern Canadian province is famous for supplying Christmas trees across the country.

Response: What is Nova Scotia?

200

This city is the capital of Canada.

What is Ottawa?

200

These are often hung by the fireplace in Canadian homes, waiting for Santa Claus.

What are Christmas stockings?

200

These small, sweet pastries are a traditional Canadian Christmas dessert.

What are mincemeat tarts?

200

This Newfoundland tradition involves disguises, singing, and asking, “Are there any mummers in the night?”

What is Mummering?

200

This U.S. city receives a large Christmas tree each year as thanks for help after the Halifax Explosion.

What is Boston?

300

This is the currency people use in Canada.

What is the Canadian dollar?

300

Canadians often decorate their homes with these evergreen symbols, usually fir or pine.

What are Christmas trees?

300

This rich dessert is also known as plum pudding and is eaten during the Christmas season.

What is Christmas pudding?

300

This Nova Scotia tradition was brought by German immigrants and involves guessing who is in costume.

What is Belsnickeling?

300

This Canadian province is especially known for Mummering traditions in small towns and villages.

What is Newfoundland?

400

These are the two official languages of Canada.

What are English and French?

400

In Canada, many families choose to open some or all of their gifts on this evening before Christmas Day.

What is Christmas Eve?

400

This chocolate dessert shaped like a log is especially popular in Quebec.

 What is a Bûche de Noël?

400

This Inuit celebration includes dancing and gift exchanging and is observed in parts of Canada.

What is Sinck Tuck?

400

This province is home to Labrador City, which hosts a Christmas light-up contest with ice sculptures.

What is Newfoundland?

500

This indigenous group lives mainly in the northern parts of Canada.

Who are the Inuit?

500

A certain famous Christmas visitor whose home is Canada according to Canadians.

Who is Santa Claus?

500

This traditional Quebec Christmas dish is a stew made from pigs’ feet.

What is ragoût aux pattes de cochons?

500

This Quebec celebration on January 6 involves a cake with a hidden bean to crown a king or queen.

What is La Fête des Rois?

500

This cultural group in Canada traditionally prepares twelve different dishes for Christmas.

Who are Ukrainian Canadians?