Canadian Geography and Nature

Canadian Geography and Nature

51 practice questions, each with the answer and an explanation.

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All 51 questions

  1. Which province has the largest area?
  2. Which is Canada's smallest province by area?
  3. Which province has the largest population?
  4. What is the capital of British Columbia?
  5. What is the capital of Alberta?
  6. What is the capital of Saskatchewan?
  7. What is the capital of Manitoba?
  8. What is the capital of Ontario?
  9. What is the capital of Quebec?
  10. What is the capital of New Brunswick?
  11. What is the capital of Nova Scotia?
  12. What is the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador?
  13. What is the capital of Yukon?
  14. What is the capital of Nunavut?
  15. What is the highest mountain in Canada?
  16. Which river is the longest in Canada?
  17. Which Great Lake lies entirely within the United States?
  18. Which is the largest lake that lies entirely in Canada?
  19. Niagara Falls lies on the border between Ontario and which U.S. state?
  20. Which bay in the Maritimes is known for the highest tides in the world?
  21. What is Nunavut's name in Inuktitut understood to mean?
  22. The Canadian Shield is a large area of what?
  23. Which three provinces are called the Prairie Provinces?
  24. How many time zones does Canada have?
  25. Which province mostly stays on standard time all year and does not change clocks?
  26. Newfoundland has its own time zone. How far is it from Atlantic Time?
  27. Which island is the largest island entirely in Canada?
  28. Which place is the northernmost permanently inhabited settlement in the world, located in Nunavut?
  29. Which national park was the first in Canada to be created, in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta?
  30. Which is the largest national park in Canada?
  31. Which two provinces are landlocked, with no ocean coastline?
  32. How many provinces share a land border with the United States?
  33. Which province touches both Hudson Bay or James Bay and several of the Great Lakes?
  34. Which river forms most of the boundary between Ontario and Quebec at the national capital?
  35. Which is the deepest lake in North America, located in the Northwest Territories?
  36. Which Canadian province produces the most maple syrup?
  37. The oil sands are mostly located in which province?
  38. Which province is Canada's largest producer of wheat?
  39. Which animal is a national symbol of Canada, appearing on the nickel?
  40. Which town in Manitoba is known as the polar bear capital of the world?
  41. What caused Canada to close its northern cod fishery in 1992?
  42. The Great Bear Rainforest is a temperate rainforest on the coast of which province?
  43. Which Canadian city is the largest by population?
  44. Which part of Nova Scotia is joined to the mainland by the Canso Causeway?
  45. Which sea or ocean does Canada border to the north?
  46. Point Pelee National Park, in Ontario, is known as what?
  47. The Rideau Canal in Ottawa is known for what winter activity?
  48. Which ocean lies to the west of British Columbia?
  49. Lake Athabasca straddles the border between which two provinces?
  50. It is noon in Halifax, in standard time. What time is it in Winnipeg, also in standard time?
  51. It is noon in St. John's, in standard time. What time is it in Edmonton, also in standard time?

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