THE CANADA QUIZ

The United States is by far the biggest economic trading partner of Canada, with commercial trade totalling around 189 billion dollars. Which country is our second most important trading partner?
1. Mexico
2. Great Britain
3. Taiwan
4. Japan
Is Canada a member of the Group of Seven industrialized nations, called G 7?
1. yes
2. no
3. it was until 2006
4. will be from 2009
Which province is the breadbasket of Canada and the home of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police?
1. Saskatchewan
2. Yukon
3. British Columbia
4. Ontario
The CN Tower in Toronto is one of the tallest free-standing structures in the world. How tall is
it?
1. 101 metres
2. 376 metres
3. 553 metres
4. 998 metres
Which province or territory has the greatest population density?
1. Prince Edward Island
2. British Columbia
3. Yukon Territory
4. Newfoundland
Who represents the British king or queen as the head of state?
1. the Dalai Lama
2. the Prince of Wales
3. the Governor General
4. the President
English is the only official language in Canada. French continues to be spoken, however,
especially in Quebec.
1. True
2. False, French is also an official language
3. False, French is no longer spoken
4. False, French is spoken in Ontario
What city is the largest in Canada by population?
1. Vancouver
2. Quebec
3. Calgary
4. Toronto
Immigrants of what origin, who made up only a very small fraction of the immigrant population
before 1961, now account for nearly a quarter of all immigrants?
1. Central and South America
2. United States
3. Africa
4. Europe
What is the capital of Canada?
1. Montréal
2. Toronto
3. Ottawa
4. Edmonton
In 1986, 72.1% 24.3% of Canadians claimed France as their only country of origin, while
19% claimed England Which country did the third largest group of people claim as their
only country of origin?
1. China
2. Germany
3. Scotland
4. Italy
Montréal is the .........largest French-speaking city in the world
1. ..
2. second-
3. third-
4. fourth
Which of these provinces is the land of the Innuit?
1. Saskatchewan
2. Newfoundland
3. Nunavut
4. Greenland
What city is the territorial capital of the Yukon and is home to two out of three Yukoners
1. Whitehorse
2. Uranium City
3. Yellowknife
4. Ottawa
Which of the following is not a city in Canada?
1. Vancouver
2. Winnipeg
3. Halifax
4. Seattle
What is the greatest minority in Canada, with about 20 % of the population?
1. Afrocanadians
2. Francocanadians
3. Indians
4. Eskimos
What percentage of the total population of Canada lives in southern and eastern Ontario,
and the St. Lawrence valley of Quebec?
1. 7%
2. 19%
3. 34%
4. 60%
Canada produces more ..... per capita than any other country (1.8 kg a day)
1. gold
2. iron
3. garbage
4. maple syrup
What is the main crop grown in the Prairie provinces?
1. wheat
2. rice
3. sheep
4. pineapples
The oldest evidence of Europeans in North America is a thousand year old settlement at
L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. Who built the settlement?
1. the Vikings
2. the French
3. the Spanish
4. the English
Jacques Cartier, a French explorer, made three voyages to Canada in the 1500s. He travelled up the St Lawrence as far as present-day Montréal. What was he searching for?
1. a scenic view
2. a bathroom
3. the lost city of Atlantis
4. a passage to Asia
Canadians are the .... largest consumers of water in the world, with an average household use of 360 litres per person per day.
1. second, after the United States
2. third, after the USA and Japan
3. fourth, after the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrein
An English explorer, set out in 1610 to search for the Northwest Passage, discovered a strait
and a large bay, both of which are now named after him. After a mutiny his crew set him
adrift and he was never seen again. Who was he?
1. Christopher Columbus
2. Samuel de Champlain
3. Henry Hudson
4. Ferdinand Magellan
The Acadians were French settlers in Canada until the British deported or displaced them. Many Acadians fled to what is now Haiti, but were displaced again by a revolution. Where did many Acadians eventually settle as "Cajuns."?
1. Greenland
2. Brazil
3. Iceland
4. Louisiana
Which is the largest island in Canada?
1. Prince Edward Island
2. Ellesmere Island
3. Newfoundland
4. Baffin Island
Now that the Soviet Union has broken up, Canada is the .... country (in area) in the world.
1. largest
2. second largest
3. third largest
4. fourth largest
What is the driest place in Canada?
1. Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan
2. Arctic Bay, Northwest Territories
3. Windsor, Ontario
4. Vancouver, British Columbia
How long ago was almost all of Canada buried beneath two to four kilometres of ice?
1. 15 thousand years
2. 150 thousand years
3. 1.5 million years
4. 15 million years
What percentage of the world total of uranium does Canada produce ?
1. 5.75%
2. 10.3%
3. 33.5%
4. 100%
The Canadian west coast is home to the tallest and longest living tree in Canada, known in Latin as Pseudotsuga menziesii, and more commonly known as...
1. redwood
2. Douglas Fir
3. giant sequoia
4. white pine
In the bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, which has the highest in the world, there is the first ........ power station in North America.
1. nuclear
2. tidal
3. thermal
4. hydro-electric
Which river has the largest drainage area (catchments area) within Canada?
1. Mackenzie River, flowing into the Arctic Ocean
2. St Lawrence River (Atlantic Ocean)
3. Saint John River (Atlantic Ocean)
4. Nelson River (Hudson Bay)
At the end of the last Ice Age, the meltwater formed a large glacial lake, which covered most of present-day Manitoba as well as parts of Ontario, Saskatchewan, North Dakota and Minnesota.
1. Complete nonsense
2. Sure, you can still see lakes and moraines
3. Unbelievable, it was certainly not that large
4. This is a theory which nobody can prove
Of these three provinces, which one is not in the prairie?
1. Saskatchewan
2. Alberta
3. Manitoba
4. Ontario
The city of Vancouver, British Columbia, is located on Vancouver Island.
1. True.
2. False.
Approximately what percentage of Canada has never been permanently settled?
1. less than 5%
2. 18%
3. 31%
4. 89%
In eastern Canada, damage has been caused to trees, plants, fish and even buildings by emissions of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from factories and power plants. Some of these pollutants come on the wind from the United States. What is the common name for this type of pollution?
1. ozone layer
2. acid rain
3. greenhouse effect
4. climate change
Because industry and population are concentrated in southern Canada, the Canadian Arctic is a pristine environment. Unlike southern Canada, there is no pollution in the air and water.
1. True
2. False
“Environment Canada” now issues a UV index every day. When the index is high, usually in the summer, it can be dangerous to stay in the direct sun unprotected for any length of time. To what environmental problem is this due?
1. greenhouse effect
2. acid rain
3. thinning ozone layer
4. tornadoes
Much of Canada is Crown Land, owned by either the federal government or a provincial government. Approximately how much of Canada is privately owned land?
1. 50%
2. 36%
3. 10%
4. 4%
How much of the total area of Canada is north of the tree line?
1. less than 5%
2. approx. 27%
3. approx. 57%
4. about 89%
What are the Inuit?
1. Eskimos
2. Indians
3. a religious sect
4. French-speaking settlers
How much larger is Canada than Austria?
1. 120 times
2. 80 times
3. 50 times
4. 25 times
What is the Canadian population in comparison with that of the USA?
1. 10 %
2. 25 %
3. 50 %
4. 80 %

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