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What ranking is Canada in terms of largest countries on Earth?

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How many square km is Canada in size?

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10 million square km

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What three oceans border Canada?

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Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic

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What ranking does Canada have in terms of largest countries?

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How many square km is Canada?

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10 million square kms

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What 3 oceans border Canada?

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Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific

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What are the regions of Canada?

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The Atlantic Provinces, Central Canada, The Prairie Provinces, The West Coast, The Northern Territories,

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Where is the National Capital?

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Ottawa, ON

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When was Ottawa chosen as capital and by whom?

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1857 by Queen Victoria

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How many provinces and territories does Canada have?

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Ten provinces and 3 Territories

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Name all the Provinces

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BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick

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Name all the Territories

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Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut

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What is the population of Canada?

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34 Million People

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Where do the majority of Canadians live?

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Cities

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What have made the atlantic provinces important to Canada’s history and development?

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natural resources, including fishing, farming, forestry and mining

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What is the most easternly province?

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Newfoundland and Laborador

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Which province was the oldest colony of the British Empire?

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Newfoundland and Laborador

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What has Newfoundland and Laborador long been known for?

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Fisheries, coastal villages and distinct culture

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What are some substantial parts of the economy of Newfoundland and Laborador besides fishing?

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Offshore oil and gas extration and hydroelectric resources

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What is the smallest province?

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PEI

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What is PEI known for?

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beaches, red soil and agriculture (especially potatoes)

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What province was the birthplace of Confederation?

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PEI

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What province is connected to Canada by one of the largest continuous multi-span bridges in the world? And what is its name?

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PEI, Confederation bridge

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Where was Anne of Green Gables set?
PEI
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What is the most populous Atlantic Province?
Nova Scotia
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Where are the world's highest tides?
Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia
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What industries are linked to the identify of Nova Scotia
shipbuilding, fisheries and shipping, mining, forestry and agriculture, offshore oil and gas
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Where is Canada's largest east coast port?
Halifax, NS
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Where is canada's largest Naval Base?
Halifax, NS
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What cultures define Nova Scotia?
Celtic and Gaelic
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How many annual festivals is Nova Scotia home to?
Over 700, including the military tattoo in Halifax
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Who founded the province of New Brunswick
United Empire Loyalist
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What province features the second largest river system in North America's atlantic coastline, and what is it?
New Brunswick, The St. John River
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What are the principal industries of New Brunswick?
Forestry, agriculture, fisheries, mining, food processing and tourism
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What city is the largest in New Brunswick?
Saint John
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What city is the principal Fracophone Acadian centre in New Brunswick?
Moncton
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What is the only official bilingual province?
New Brunswick
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How much of the population of New Brunswick lives and works in French?
1/3
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Where do more than half of Canadians live?
Cities and towns near the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence river in Quebec and Ontario
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What is the region of Canada that contains Quebec and Ontario referred to?
Central Canada
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What provinces combined produce more than 3/4 of all Canadian goods?
Quebec and Ontario
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How many people live in Quebec?
8 million
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How many people in Quebec speak French as their first language?
3/4
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What are some important industries of Quebec?
forestry, energy and mining
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What province is Canada's main producer of pulp and paper?
Quebec
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What province is Canada's largest producer of hydroelectricity?
Quebec
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What is Canada's second largest city?
Montreal
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How many people live in Ontario?
12 million
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What is Canada's largest city and main financial centre?
Toronto
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What are some industries from Ontario?
Service, Manufacturing, vineyards, fruits, agriculture
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What group founded Ontario?
United Empire Loyalists
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What province has the largest french-speaking population outside of Quebec?
Ontario
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How many great lakes sit between the USA and Canada?
5
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What is Manitoba's economy based on?
ag, mining and hydro-electric power generation
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What is Manitoba's most populous city?
Winnipeg
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What is the most famous street intersection in Canada?
Portage and Main, in Winnipeg
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Where is western Canada's largest french community?
Manitoba, 45,000
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What culture is important to Manitoba?
Ukranian
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What province has the largest Aboriginal population, at over 15%
Manitoba
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What province was known as the 'breadbasket of the world"
Saskatchewan
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What province was known as the "wheat province"
Saskatchewan
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What province boasts the world's richest deposits of uranium and potash
Saskatchewan
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Where is the training academy for the RCMP located?
Regina, Saskatchewan
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What is the largest city in Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
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What is the most populous prairie province?
Alberta
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Who was Alberta named after?
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria
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How many National Parks does Alberta have?
5
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When was Banff establisehd?
1885
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Where are some of the world's richest prehistoric fossils located?
Badlands in Alberta
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What province is the largest producer of oil and gas?
Alberta
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What other industry is Alberta known for besides oil?
Agriculture, including vast cattle ranches
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What is canada's largest and busiest port?
Port of Vancouver
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How many people live in BC?
4 million
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What makes up about 1/2 of all goods produced in BC?
forestry, including lumber, newsprint, pulp and paper
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What industries are BC known for?
forestry, mining, fishing, fruit and wineh
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What province has the most extensive park system in Canada?
BC with approx 500 provincial parks
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What are the most spoken languages in Cities in BC besides english?
Chinese and Punjabi
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Where is the headquarters of the pacific navy fleet?
Victoria, BC
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What is the population of the NWT, Yukon and Nunavut combined?
100,000
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What kind of mines are located in Northern Canada?
gold, lead, copper, diamond and zinc
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What is a phrase that refers to the North?
"The Land of The Midnight Sun"
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What kind of terrain is much of the North made of?
Tundra
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What are some traditional ways that some in the North continue to make a living?
hunting, fishing and trapping
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What years were the Yukon gold rush?
1890s
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What poet celebrated the Yukon Gold Rush?
Robert W. Service
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What industry is Yukon known for?
mining
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What province holds the record for coldest temperature ever recorded in Canada? (-63C)
Yukon
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What is the highest mountain in Canada and where is it located?
Mount Logan, Yukon
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Who is Mount Logan named for?
Sir William Logan, world famous geologist born in Montreal in 1798
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Who founded the Geological Survey of Canada from 1842-1969
Sir William Logan
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What city is known as the "diamond capital of North America"
Yellowknife, NWT
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What is the second longest river system in North America and what province does it exist in?
The Mackenzie River, NWT
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What does Nunavut mean?
"Our Land" in Inuktitut
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When was Nunuvut established?
1999
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Who are the Canadian Rangers?
part of the Canadian Reserves (militia) and play a role in protecting the canadian north

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