Quiz on Canada

What two colours appear on Canada's national flag?

• Red and white ✓ (Correct answer)
• Blue and white
• Red and gold
• Green and white

Source: The red-and-white maple leaf flag only became official in 1965, replacing the old Red Ensign.

Which leaf is the central symbol of Canada?

• Oak leaf
• Maple leaf ✓ (Correct answer)
• Birch leaf
• Pine needle

Source: Canada produces about 70% of the world's maple syrup, mostly from Quebec.

Besides English, what is Canada's other official language?

• Spanish
• French ✓ (Correct answer)
• German
• Italian

Source: Roughly one in five Canadians speaks French as a first language, concentrated in Quebec.

What is the capital city of Canada?

• Toronto
• Ottawa ✓ (Correct answer)
• Vancouver
• Montreal

Source: Ottawa was chosen as capital by Queen Victoria in 1857, partly because it sat safely far from the US border.

Which ocean borders Canada's western coast?

• Atlantic
• Arctic
• Pacific ✓ (Correct answer)
• Indian

Source: Canada is the only country bordered by three oceans: Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic.

What is the name of Canada's iconic mounted police force?

• State Troopers
• RCMP ✓ (Correct answer)
• National Guard
• Royal Marines

Source: The Mounties' red serge uniform is recognised worldwide, but most now patrol in ordinary cars.

Which famous waterfall is shared by Canada and the United States?

• Niagara Falls ✓ (Correct answer)
• Angel Falls
• Victoria Falls
• Iguazu Falls

Source: The Canadian Horseshoe Falls carries about 90% of the Niagara River's flow.

Which animal appears on the Canadian five-cent coin?

• Moose
• Beaver ✓ (Correct answer)
• Loon
• Polar bear

Source: The beaver earned its spot for fuelling the fur trade that built early Canada's economy.

Which sport is officially Canada's national winter sport?

• Curling
• Ice hockey ✓ (Correct answer)
• Skiing
• Snowboarding

Source: A 1994 law named hockey the winter sport and lacrosse the summer one.

What is Canada's largest city by population?

• Montreal
• Toronto ✓ (Correct answer)
• Vancouver
• Calgary

Source: Toronto's CN Tower stood as the world's tallest free-standing structure for over 30 years.

Which Canadian invented the telephone while living in Canada?

• Thomas Edison
• Alexander Graham Bell ✓ (Correct answer)
• Nikola Tesla
• Guglielmo Marconi

Source: Bell did key telephone work at his Brantford, Ontario home before patenting it in 1876.

Which Canadian province is the only one with a French-speaking majority?

• Ontario
• New Brunswick
• Quebec ✓ (Correct answer)
• Manitoba

Source: Quebec's motto, 'Je me souviens', is stamped on every licence plate in the province.

Which Canadian region is famous for the Bay of Fundy's extreme tides?

• British Columbia
• Nova Scotia ✓ (Correct answer)
• Yukon
• Saskatchewan

Source: The Bay of Fundy sees the world's highest tides, rising over 16 metres twice a day.

Which Great Lake lies entirely within the United States, not Canada?

• Lake Erie
• Lake Ontario
• Lake Michigan ✓ (Correct answer)
• Lake Huron

Source: Four of the five Great Lakes straddle the border, but Michigan is wholly American.

What northern Canadian territory was created in 1999 for the Inuit?

• Yukon
• Nunavut ✓ (Correct answer)
• Labrador
• Northwest Territories

Source: Nunavut covers a fifth of Canada's land but holds fewer than 40,000 people.

What sweet treat is a classic Canadian three-layer dessert bar?

• Butter tart
• Nanaimo bar ✓ (Correct answer)
• Beavertail
• Tourtiere

Source: The no-bake Nanaimo bar is named after a British Columbia city and has no single proven inventor.

Which Alberta city hosts the head offices of most of Canada's oil and gas companies?

• Edmonton
• Calgary ✓ (Correct answer)
• Red Deer
• Lethbridge

Source: Calgary's downtown skyline is built on energy-company head offices, and it throws the Stampede every July.

What Indigenous Canadian sport, played with a netted stick, predates European contact?

• Curling
• Lacrosse ✓ (Correct answer)
• Ringette
• Broomball

Source: First Nations played lacrosse for centuries, sometimes with hundreds of players and games lasting days.

In what year did Canada become a self-governing dominion through Confederation?

• 1776
• 1812
• 1867 ✓ (Correct answer)
• 1931

Source: The British North America Act united three colonies into one dominion on July 1, 1867.

What is the highest mountain located entirely within Canada?

• Mount Robson
• Mount Logan ✓ (Correct answer)
• Mount Columbia
• Mount Waddington

Source: Yukon's Mount Logan tops out near 5,959 metres, second in North America only to Denali.