Famous Canadians

Question 1

Military commander that defended upper Canada

Answer 1

Isaac Brock

Question 2

Current American president

Answer 2

Donald trump

Question 3

Leader of the radical movement in lower Canada. Major role in events leading up to rebellion

Answer 3

Louis Joseph papineau

Question 4

Discovered insulin

Answer 4

Frederick Banting

Question 5

During American revolution he helped draft the Declaration of Independence. Made the Treaty of Paris which ended revolutionary war

Answer 5

Benjamin franklin

Question 6

Helped negotiate the partition of the Canadian constitution. Canadian charter of rights and freedoms. First surplus in 30 years

Answer 6

Jean Chrétien

Question 7

Prime minister. Made bill of rights

Answer 7

John Diefenbaker

Question 8

Role in scuttling the Meech lake accord. First aboriginal member of the legislative assembly of Manitoba. Represented the riding of Churchill

Answer 8

Elijah Harper

Question 9

Shawnee leader of pan-Indian confederation. Most important Indian leader of early 19th century

Answer 9

Tecumseh

Question 10

Got Canada full health insurance. Canadian politician. Premier of Saskatchewan

Answer 10

Tommy Douglas

Question 11

Metis leader. Key Metis military leader during north-west rebellion

Answer 11

Gabriel Dumont

Question 12

Fought in Korean War. Canadas most decorated indigenous war veteran

Answer 12

Tommy prince

Question 13

Prime minister. Post WW2 foreign policy. Implemented Canada’s pension plan. New flag

Answer 13

Lester B Pearson

Question 14

French navigator. Began colonization in Canada. Mapped St. Lawrence river

Answer 14

Jacque Cartier

Question 15

Role in red river resistance. Fought against Louis riel. Got killed by Louis riel which led to his downfall

Answer 15

Thomas Scott

Question 16

Architect of the conservative victory in the “reciprocity election”. Prime minister during WW1. Transition from British empire to commonwealth

Answer 16

Robert Borden

Question 17

Prime minister. Free trade agreement with USA. apologized to Japanese for putting them in camps

Answer 17

Brian Mulroney

Question 18

Last prime minister

Answer 18

Stephen Harper

Question 19

Recommended the union of upper and lower Canada. Governor General

Answer 19

Lord Durham

Question 20

Prime minister. Made second transcontinental railway. Oversaw the addition of Alberta and Saskatchewan

Answer 20

Sir Wilfred Laurier

Question 21

General in French and Indian war. Fought against general Wolfe. 7 years war

Answer 21

General Montcalm

Question 22

Leader of Metis. Founder of Manitoba. Central figure in red river and north west resistances

Answer 22

Louis riel

Question 23

First Canadian commander of the Canadian corps during WW1. Led Canadian corps in hundred days war

Answer 23

Arthur currie

Question 24

Canadian feminist. Social and moral reform movements. Fab 5. Began vote for women

Answer 24

Nellie mcClung

Question 25

Co-premier of the province of Canada. Former rebel against government. Responsible for brining in French Canada, Manitoba and B.C.

Answer 25

George Etienne Cartier

Question 26

Prime minister. Made official language act. Important role in defeating Quebec sovereign movement

Answer 26

Pierre Elliot Trudeau

Question 27

Current prime minister

Answer 27

Justin Trudeau

Question 28

Environmentalist. Japanese

Answer 28

David Suzuki

Question 29

Won battle of the plains of Abraham in Canada against the French. Fought against general Montcalm

Answer 29

General James Wolfe

Question 30

Native American chief

Answer 30

Chief Dan George

Question 31

First Nation lawyer. Chair of the Indian residential schools truth and reconciliation commission. Aboriginal judge in Manitoba

Answer 31

Justice Murray Sinclair

Question 32

Represented social assistance, pensions, and Medicare. Central founder of NDP

Answer 32

J.S. Woodsworth

Question 33

Canadian women's rights activist. First female magistrate. Fab 5

Answer 33

Emily Murphy

Question 34

First Canadian prime minister

Answer 34

John A MacDonald

Question 35

Prime minister during industrialization, Great Depression, and WW2

Answer 35

William Lyon Mackenzie King

Question 36

Played major role in founding of New France

Answer 36

Samuel De Champlain