Canada's Regions Flashcards
(130 cards)
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What is the capital of the Northwest Territories?
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Yellowknife
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In what Atlantic province is the Bay of Fundy?
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Nova Scotia
3
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The Great Lakes are located:
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Between Ontario and the United States
4
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Which province is Canada’s largest producer of pulp and paper because of its huge supply of fresh water?
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Quebec
5
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What is the highest mountain in Canada?
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Mount Logan
6
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Where is Canada’s busiest and largest port located?
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Vancouver, B.C.
7
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What is the capital of Manitoba?
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Winnipeg
8
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Where is the headquarters of the navy’s Pacific fleet?
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Victoria
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What province is known for being the setting of the book, ‘Anne of Green Gables’ by Lucy Montgomery?
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Prince Edward Island
10
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What is the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador?
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St. John’s
11
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Which province is a leader in the pharmaceuticals and aeronautics industries?
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Quebec
12
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Which province has the most extensive park system with approximately 600 provincial parks?
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British Columbia
13
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What is the capital of British Columbia?
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Victoria
14
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Where did the miners come to during the Gold Rush of the 1890s?
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Yukon
15
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Which province is the country’s largest producer of grains and oilseeds?
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Saskatchewan
16
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What is the national capital of Canada?
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Ottawa
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What province is home to the military tattoo festival as well as over 700 other annual festivals?
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Nova Scotia
18
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Where is it known for its spectacular tourist excursion of a railway which crosses many passes and bridges?
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Yukon
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In whose honour is Mount Logan named for?
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Sir William Logan, a famous geologist and great scientist
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Which of the Great Lakes is the largest freshwater lake in the world?
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Lake Superior
21
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What is the name of Winnipeg’s French Quarter?
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St. Boniface
22
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What province has its own time zone?
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Newfoundland and Labrador
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Whose economy in the Prairie Provinces is based on mining, hydro-electric generation and agriculture?
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Manitoba
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What is the capital of New Brunswick?
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Fredericton
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Which province is an important centre of Ukrainian culture at 14% reporting Ukrainian origins?
Manitoba
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In which province do more than one third of Canadians live?
Ontario
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What is the largest city in Saskatchewan?
Saskatoon
28
What are the five distinct regions of Canada?
Atlantic Provinces, Central Canada, Prairie Provinces, West Coast, North
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What province has the largest French speaking population outside of Quebec?
Ontario
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Which province is known as the "wheat province" as it is known as Canada's largest producer of grains and oilseeds?
Saskatchewan
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What is the largest city in New Brunswick?
Saint John
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What is the capital of Saskatchewan?
Regina
33
What language is the official language of Nunavut and the first language in schools?
Inuktitut
34
Which province is the only officially bilingual province?
New Brunswick
35
What is the capital of Ontario?
Toronto
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What is NOT considered a characteristic of the Atlantic provinces?
- Cool winters
- Cool humid summers
- Natural resources
- Hot humid summers
Hot humid summers
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What is known as the gateway to the Asia-Pacific?
Port of Vancouver
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What is the name of the second largest river system on North America's coastline?
St. John River System
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What is the most populous city in Manitoba?
Winnipeg
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Which province has 40% of the arable land in Canada?
Saskatchewan
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Which province is known for being the main producer of hydro-electricity, pulp and paper?
Quebec
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What province is known for having played an important role in Atlantic trade and defence?
Nova Scotia
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Which province is the most easterly point in North America?
Newfoundland and Labrador
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What region, in land mass, covers one third of Canada?
The North
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What province has one of the longest continuous multispan bridges in the world connecting to mainland Canada?
Prince Edward Island
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Which province boasts the world's richest deposits in uranium and potash, used in fertilizer?
Saskatchewan
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What province is the known for being the most populous Atlantic province?
Nova Scotia
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Which country borders Canada to the south?
The United States
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In which geographic region do more than half the people of Canada live?
Central Canada
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What is the capital of Nova Scotia?
Halifax
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Where was the coldest temperature ever recorded from (-63*)?
Yukon
52
Which is the most populous Prairie province?
Alberta
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In the province of New Brunswick, what is the largest port and manufacturing centre?
Saint John
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Of the five regions, which region in Canada is known as the industrial and manufacturing heartland?
Central Canada
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About how many people live in the province of Ontario?
More than 12 million
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What province is known for its Gaelic and Celtic traditions?
Nova Scotia
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What is the name of one of the longest continuous multispan bridge in the world?
Confederation Bridge
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In the province of New Brunswick, what percentage of the population lives and works in French?
About one-third
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What provinces are referred to as the Atlantic provinces?
Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick
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What province is known as the gateway to Canada?
Nova Scotia
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What is the capital of Prince Edward Island?
Charlottetown
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Which Prairie province is renowned for its agriculture, especially their vast cattle ranches?
Alberta
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In what territory is more than half the population Aboriginal (Dene, Inuit, Métis)?
Northwest Territories
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Which is NOT a characteristic of the Prairie Provinces?
- Beautiful beaches
- Rich in energy resources
- Some of the most fertile farmland in the world
- Dry, with cold winters and hot summers
Beautiful beaches
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What city is Canada's second largest city?
Montreal
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What province is known for its red soil and agriculture, especially potatoes?
Prince Edward Island
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What is the approximate population of Canada?
34 million
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Who was Lake Louise and the Province of Alberta named after?
Queen Victoria's fourth daughter
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Where does the 19-member Legislative Assembly choose a premier and ministers by consensus?
Nunavut
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What is the capital of Quebec?
Québec City
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Which province is known as "the breadbasket of the world"?
Saskatchewan
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Which province has the largest Aboriginal population of any province?
Manitoba
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What province was founded by the United Empire Loyalists?
New Brunswick
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In what Prairie province is the most famous street intersection and its name?
Manitoba, Portage and Main
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What are the Prairie Provinces?
Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta
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In which province is Canada's most valuable forest industry, where about one-half of the goods produced are forestry products, such as lumber, paper and newsprint?
British Columbia
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Who chose Ottawa as the capital of Canada?
Queen Victoria
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What is NOT considered a characteristic of Central Canada?
- It is considered the gateway to Canada
- More than half the people live in cities and towns near the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River
- The region produces more than three-quarters of all Canadian manufactured goods
- It is known as the manufacturing and industrial heartland
It is considered the gateway to Canada
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Which province is Canada's main producer of pulp and paper?
Quebec
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What Atlantic province relies on off-shore oil, gas extraction and has immense hydro-electric resources?
Newfoundland and Labrador
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Which province is home to five national parks, including Banff National Park?
Alberta
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Where is the wine industry Okanagan Valley located?
British Columbia
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What is the capital of New Brunswick?
Fredericton
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Which province has the second largest river system on North America's Atlantic coastline?
New Brunswick
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In terms of land area, Canada is the?
Second largest country on earth
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What three oceans border Canada?
Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic
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Who founded and directed the Geological Survey of Canada?
Sir William Logan
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What province is known as the birthplace of Confederation?
Prince Edward Island
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What place is called the "diamond capital of North America"?
Yellowknife
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What province is known for its identity being linked to shipping and ship building?
Nova Scotia
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What province on the Atlantic Coast is known for its coastal fishing villages and fisheries?
Newfoundland and Labrador
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What is the capital of Alberta?
Edmonton
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Which Western province has Canada's largest Francophone community?
Manitoba
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Canada has three territories and how many provinces?
10
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Where are some of the world's richest deposits of prehistoric fossils and dinosaur finds?
Badlands, Alberta
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Where is the home of the training academy for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police?
Regina
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Where in Canada is the population about 85% Inuit?
Nunavut
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What are the territories of Northern Canada?
Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, Nunavut
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In what year did Nunavut become a territory?
1999
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What province is situated on the Appalachian Range?
New Brunswick
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In what province or territory is Lake Louise?
Alberta
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About how many people live in the province of Quebec?
Nearly eight million
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What province is known for having the largest east coast port?
Nova Scotia
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In the province of New Brunswick, what is the principal Francophone Acadian centre?
Moncton
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Which is incorrect concerning Ottawa?
- It is surrounded by the National Capital Region of 4700 square kilometres
- It was named by Queen Elizabeth I
- It is located on the Ottawa River
- It became the capital in 1857
It was named by Queen Elizabeth I
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Which province is Canada's westernmost on the Pacific coast?
British Columbia
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Of Quebec's population, how many speak French as their first language?
More than three-quarters
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What province has a long history of coal mining, forestry and agriculture industries?
Nova Scotia
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What province is known for its beautiful beaches?
Prince Edward Island
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What is the capital of the Yukon Territory?
Whitehorse
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Where is Mount Logan?
Yukon
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Which province is the largest producer of oil and gas?
Alberta
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What was the former capital of Nunavut known as?
Frobisher Bay
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What Canadian region is often referred to as the Land of the Midnight Sun?
The North
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Because of this province's large Asian communities, Chinese and Punjabi are the most spoken languages after English. Which province is it?
British Columbia
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Which is NOT a characteristic of the terrain of the Northern Territories?
- Most of the land is arable
- It is made up of tundra
- It is a vast rocky Arctic plain
- The soil is permanently frozen
Most of the land is arable
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What is the capital of Nunavut?
Iqaluit
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What is referred to as Central Canada?
Ontario, Quebec
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What region is known for its vineyards, wines and fruit crops?
The Niagara Region
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Where is the headquarters to the mining industry in Saskatchewan?
Saskatoon
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What province is known for having the largest naval base?
Nova Scotia
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Which is the smallest province in land mass?
Prince Edward Island
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What city is Canada's financial centre?
Toronto
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In what province or territory is the Mackenzie River -- the second largest river system in North America?
Northwest Territories
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What city is Canada's largest city?
Toronto
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In land area, Canada is how many square kilometres?
10 million
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Name the five Great Lakes.
Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, Lake Superior (HOMES)
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What province is known for the Bay of Fundy, a place where the world's highest tides are found?
Nova Scotia
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What originally made up the Northwest Territories?
Rupert's Land and North-Western territory
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Of the five regions, which region in Canada is known for being rich in energy resources and fertile farmland?
Prairie Provinces
