What day is National Flag day B) National Flag Day came into th on? celebration on February 15 1996. This is because on February a) July 1st 15th 1965, the now National Flag, b) February 15th st was raised on parliament hill for c) September 1 the first time. d) November 11th
Whose face is on the Canadian A) John A Macdonald, ten dollar bill? Canada’s first prime minister face is on the a) John A MacDonald current Canadian ten dollar b) William Lyon Mackenzie bill. (The purple one) King c) Wilfred Laurier d) Stephen Harper
What is Canada’s Motto? A) ‘From Sea to Sea’ came to be Canada’s motto when a) A Mari Usque Ad Mare – From Sea
to Sea the Canadian Pacific b) Fortis et Liber – Strong and free Railway promoters wanted c) Quaerite Prime Regnum Dei – Seek a slogan to represent ye first the Kingdom of God Canada. d) Splendor Sine Occasu – Splendour without diminishment
How many Provinces and B) In Canada there are 10
Territories are there in Canada? provinces and 3 Territories,
totaling to make 13. a) 51 b) 13
c) 10
d) 23
Which flag was favoured by the A) In 1964 when Lester B.
Current Prime Minister at the Pearson was Prime time (Lester B. Pearson)? Minister he was in favour
of this flag. In his mind it
represented Canada to a
a) tee with the blue representing Canada’s Motto “From Sea to Sea”
b) and the maple leaf in Red
which is Canada’s national symbol and colours.
c)
d)
Which was the last Province to C) Newfoundland and join Canada? Labrador was the last province to join Canada. a) British Columbia It joined Canada on b) Yukon st March 31 , 1949. Before c) Newfoundland and joining it was considered Labrador a British Colony. d) New Brunswick
True or False? False, although a Canadian did invent it. Ice Hockey is Canada’s Basketball is Canada’s National winter sport and Lacrosse is our Sport National summer sport
True or False? False, Canada is a bilingual country. We support both Canada has one official English and French language
Which of the following D) Although many people will Province is the only official think Quebec is the bilingual bilingual province in Canada? province in Canada. It is in fact New Brunswick. a) Quebec b) Nova Scotia c) Ontario d) New Brunswick How many lakes are there in C) They say there is
Canada? unknown amount of lakes in Canada. They a) 100,000 know there is more than b) 1 Million 1 million. c) 2 Million
d) unknown
In what year did Canada join d) Canada confederated in
Confederation? (Become a 1867, in this year Canada country) separated from the United
Kingdom and became its own a) 1912 official country. b) 1850 c) 1812
d) 1867
Which Canadian University was our C) The flag was based off the Royal National Flag based off of? Military College of Canada’s Flag. Our flag has a red Maple Leaf in the a) Queen’s University centre, to offer a simple recognizable b) Dalhousie University design. c) Royal Military College of Canada d) University of Toronto
What is the National Animal? C) The Beaver is nationally recognized as the National a) Loon animal of Canada. b) Moose c) Beaver d) Bear
Who was John A. MacDonald? a) John A. MacDonald was the first elected Prime Minister of a) The first Prime Minister of Canada when it confederated in Canada 1867. He was born in Scotland b) The First President of Canada on January 11th 1815, and later c) First person to discover Canada moved to Kingston, Ontario d) First member of Parliament with his family in 1820.