Canada in General
Provinces
Territories
Capital and Major Cities
Landscapes
100
The Canadian War Museum is home to the tomb of the Canadian Unknown Soldier.
What is false? It is located at the National War Memorial in Confederation Square, Ottawa.
100
This is the largest French-speaking city in the Americas.
What is Montréal?
100
The Yukon Territory is the only province or territory in Canada that borders on Alaska.
What is false? Although the Yukon Territory does border on Alaska, it is not alone. British Columbia has a substantial border with Alaska.
100
This Western city has the "Largest Indoor Shopping Mall in The World".
What is Edmonton?
100
The enormous Canadian bay that almost divided Canada into two.
What is Hudson Bay?
200
This is Canada's motto. Hint: It can also be seen as "A Mari Usque ad Mare".
What is "From sea to sea"?
200
This province was where the Charlottetown Conference was held.
What is Prince Edward Island?
200
This territory was divided to form Nunavut.
What is Northwest Territories?
200
In 2011, this city in Canada is ranked 5th in the world's cities with the highest quality of life.
What is Vancouver?
200
This is the longest river in Canada.
What is Mackenzie?
300
This highway in Canada is the longest national highway in the world (point to point).
What is Trans-Canada Highway?
300
Every spring, Ottawa, Ontario, holds a festival honouring this flower.
What is tulip?
300
The largest lake entirely within Canada.
What is Great Bear Lake? Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories is the largest lake in Canada at 31 328 square km. It is the eighth largest in the world. None of the Great Lakes qualify because they are all at least partly within the United States.
300
This Ontario city is famous for its "Big Nickel".
What is Sudbury?
300
From this Ontario city, you can see a vast mountain that resembles a sleeping giant.
What is Thunder Bay?
400
"O Canada" was finally proclaimed as Canada's official anthem on this date.
What is July 1, 1980?
400
These two provinces have capital cities which are the names of two queens of England.
What is British Columbia and Saskatchewan?
400
The territory Nunavut became part of Canada in this year.
What is 1999?
400
Before being surpassed by Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE, which city in Canada was extremely well-known for being home to the tallest free standing tower in the world?
What is Toronto? The CN Tower is found in down-town Toronto.
400
This island is the largest in Canada and 5th largest in the world.
What is Baffin Island? At more than half a million square kilometres, Baffin is by far the largest island in Canada. Its area is twice the size of the second largest island, Victoria Island in the Northwest Territories, and ninety times the size of Prince Edward Island.
500
You all know which animal is the symbol of Canada: it's on a coin, in countless editorial cartoons, and, apparently, in the old Hudson Bay trading post days, it took a stack of this animal's pelts as high as a rifle to purchase said rifle. This is its scientific name.
What is castor canadensis?
500
This Canadian province receives the first ray of sunshine in Canada and is referred to as "The Rock".
What is Newfoundland and Labrador?
500
This is the number of hospitals in Iqaluit, Nunavut.
What is 1? Although there are various medical care sites across Iqaluit, there is only one hospital to be found.
500
This city is named the "Polar Bear Capital of the World".
What is Churchill? About 1200 or so of them pass by or through this city in the fall.
500
This mountain is Canada's highest peak at 5,959 metres and North America's second highest peak. It is located in Western Canada, near Alaska.
What is Mount. Logan?