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  1. Complete the sentence about Toronto with the correct year: During the War of ______, the town was the site of the Battle of York, resulting in heavy damage and a two-week occupation by American troops…
  2. Complete the sentence about Toronto with the correct year: York was renamed and incorporated in ______ as the City of Toronto.
  3. Complete the sentence about Montreal with the correct year: Founded in ______ as Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", it now takes its name from Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the ear…
  4. Complete the sentence about Montreal with the correct year: Montreal is the location of the headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization, and was named a UNESCO City of Design in ____…
  5. Complete the sentence about Vancouver with the correct year: The Greater Vancouver area had a population of 2.6 million in ______, making it the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada after Toronto…
  6. Complete the sentence about Vancouver with the correct year: The city was renamed "Vancouver" in ______ through a deal with the Canadian Pacific Railway.
  7. Complete the sentence about Calgary with the correct year: In ______, it became the first Canadian city to host the Olympic Winter Games, at the Scotiabank Saddledome, Olympic Oval, McMahon Stadium, a…
  8. Complete the sentence about Calgary with the correct year: In ______, shortly after returning to Canada, he suggested its name for what became "Fort Calgary".
  9. Complete the sentence about Edmonton with the correct year: By ______, these lots numbered about 44, after which they were displaced and integrated into the expanding city of Edmonton.
  10. Complete the sentence about Edmonton with the correct year: By ______, after some changes in location, Fort Edmonton was established in the area of what is now Rossdale, beginning Edmonton's start as…
  11. Complete the sentence about Ottawa with the correct year: The city name "Ottawa" was chosen in ______ in reference to the Ottawa River, whose name is itself derived from the Algonquin adawe, meaning "…
  12. Complete the sentence about Winnipeg with the correct year: French traders built the first fort, Fort Rouge, on the site in ______.
  13. Complete the sentence about Winnipeg with the correct year: Winnipeg was the first Canadian host of the Pan American Games in ______.
  14. Complete the sentence about Winnipeg with the correct year: English explorer Henry Kelsey may have been the first European to see the lake in ______.
  15. Complete the sentence about Quebec City with the correct year: Explorer Samuel de Champlain founded a French settlement here in ______, and adopted the Algonquin name.
  16. Complete the sentence about Quebec City with the correct year: Quebec was founded by Samuel de Champlain, a French explorer and diplomat, on 3 July ______, and at the site of a long abandoned St.
  17. Complete the sentence about Hamilton, Ontario with the correct year: The hamlet of Westover was built in an area that was originally a Seneca Haudenosaunee tribal village, Tinawatawa, which was first…
  18. Complete the sentence about Hamilton, Ontario with the correct year: During the War of ______, British regulars and local militia defeated invading American troops at the Battle of Stoney Creek, fough…
  19. Complete the sentence about Kitchener, Ontario with the correct year: Kitchener was known as Berlin until a ______ referendum changed its name.
  20. Complete the sentence about Kitchener, Ontario with the correct year: The finds include the remains of a First Nations village, estimated to be 500 years old, discovered in ______ in the Strasburg Cre…
  21. Complete the sentence about London, Ontario with the correct year: London and the Thames were named after the English city and river in ______ by John Graves Simcoe, who proposed the site for the capi…
  22. Complete the sentence about London, Ontario with the correct year: The first dwelling in London, a tavern, was erected by Peter MacGregor in ______.
  23. Complete the sentence about Halifax, Nova Scotia with the correct year: The area was called "Chebucto" until Halifax was established by Governor Edward Cornwallis in ______, named in honour of George…
  24. Complete the sentence about Halifax, Nova Scotia with the correct year: Equipped with 13 transports and a sloop of war, Cornwallis founded the Town of Halifax on what is now known as the Halifax Penin…
  25. Complete the sentence about Victoria, British Columbia with the correct year: Named for Queen Victoria, the city is one of the oldest in the Pacific Northwest, with British settlement beginning in ___…
  26. Complete the sentence about Victoria, British Columbia with the correct year: In ______, James Douglas was charged with the duty of setting up a trading post on the southern tip of Vancouver Island.
  27. Complete the sentence about Saskatoon with the correct year: Sutherland was a rail town beyond the University of Saskatchewan lands, annexed by the city in ______.
  28. Complete the sentence about Regina, Saskatchewan with the correct year: Regina's importance was further secured when the federal government designated Regina as the seat of government for the new prov…
  29. Complete the sentence about St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador with the correct year: Indicated as São João on a Portuguese map from ______, it is one of the oldest cities in North America.
  30. Complete the sentence about St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador with the correct year: The city has a rich history, having played a role in the Seven Years' War, the American Revolutionary War, and…
  31. Complete the sentence about St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador with the correct year: Sebastian Cabot declared in a handwritten Latin text in his original ______ map that St.
  32. Complete the sentence about Windsor, Ontario with the correct year: A French agricultural settlement was established at the site of Windsor in ______.
  33. Complete the sentence about Windsor, Ontario with the correct year: In ______, after the American Revolution, the settlement of "Sandwich" was established.
  34. Complete the sentence about Brampton with the correct year: By ______, John Elliott laid out the area in lots for sale, calling it "Brampton", which was soon adopted by others.
  35. Complete the sentence about Brampton with the correct year: In ______, a small agricultural fair was set up by the newly initiated County Agricultural Society of the County of Peel and was held at the…
  36. Complete the sentence about Surrey, British Columbia with the correct year: Once the Pattullo Bridge was erected in ______, the way was open for Surrey to expand.
  37. Complete the sentence about Laval, Quebec with the correct year: The first European Settlers in Laval were Jesuits, who were granted a seigneury there in ______.
  38. Complete the sentence about Laval, Quebec with the correct year: In ______, François de Montmorency-Laval gained control of the seigneury.
  39. Complete the sentence about Laval, Quebec with the correct year: The only built-up area on the island, Sainte-Rose, was incorporated as a village in ______, and it remained the main community for the…
  40. Complete the sentence about Sherbrooke with the correct year: The city was named in ______ for John Coape Sherbrooke, a governor general of British North America.
  41. Complete the sentence about Sherbrooke with the correct year: The first non-native settler was the farmer Jean-Baptiste Nolain, in ______.
  42. Complete the sentence about Kelowna with the correct year: In ______, David Stuart travelled to the Okanagan Valley, becoming the first European to do so.
  43. Complete the sentence about Kelowna with the correct year: Despite this, it was not until ______ that Father Pandosy, a French Roman Catholic Oblate missionary, became the first European to settle the…
  44. Complete the sentence about Kelowna with the correct year: Kelowna was officially incorporated on May 4, ______, with a population of 600.
  45. Complete the sentence about Kelowna with the correct year: Although agriculture had become an important mark of Kelowna in the surrounding region, the town relied entirely on transportation over Okana…
  46. Complete the sentence about Moncton with the correct year: Initially an agricultural settlement, Moncton was incorporated in ______.
  47. Complete the sentence about Moncton with the correct year: In ______, the Intercolonial Railway of Canada chose Moncton as its headquarters.
  48. Complete the sentence about Moncton with the correct year: The first reference to the "Petcoucoyer River" was on the De Meulles map of ______.
  49. Complete the sentence about Fredericton with the correct year: In ______, Acadians escaping the British takeover of Nova Scotia settled the site, naming it Pointe Ste-Anne.
  50. Complete the sentence about Charlottetown with the correct year: Named after Queen Charlotte, Charlottetown was an unincorporated town until it was incorporated as a city in ______.
  51. Complete the sentence about Charlottetown with the correct year: Prince Edward Island, however, did not join Confederation until ______.
  52. Complete the sentence about Charlottetown with the correct year: Charlottetown was selected as the site for the county seat of Queens County in the colonial survey of ______ by Captain Samuel Holland…
  53. Complete the sentence about Whitehorse with the correct year: The surrounding area had seasonal fish camps and Frederick Schwatka, in ______, observed the presence of a portage trail used to bypass Mi…
  54. Complete the sentence about Whitehorse with the correct year: Early prospectors used the Chilkoot Pass, but by July ______, crowds of neophyte prospectors had arrived via steamship and were camping at…
  55. Complete the sentence about Yellowknife with the correct year: Yellowknife quickly became the centre of economic activity in the NWT, and was named the capital of the Northwest Territories in ______.
  56. Complete the sentence about Iqaluit with the correct year: In ______, Iqaluit was designated the capital of Nunavut after the division of the Northwest Territories into two separate territories.
  57. Complete the sentence about Thunder Bay with the correct year: On 1 January ______, the City of Thunder Bay was formed through the merger of the cities of Fort William, Port Arthur, and the geographic…
  58. Complete the sentence about Thunder Bay with the correct year: In ______, the Montreal-based North West Company established Fort William as its mid-continent entrepôt.
  59. Complete the sentence about Thunder Bay with the correct year: The Province of Canada negotiated the Robinson Treaty in ______ with the Ojibwa of Lake Superior.
  60. Complete the sentence about Kingston, Ontario with the correct year: Kingston was named the first capital of the United Province of Canada on February 10, ______.
  61. Complete the sentence about Kingston, Ontario with the correct year: Kingston was the county seat of Frontenac County until ______.
  62. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Cataraqui was referred to as "the King's Town" or "King's Town" by ______, in honour of King George III.
  63. Complete the sentence about Niagara Falls, Ontario with the correct year: In ______, the Town of Clifton was incorporated by Ogden Creighton after Clifton, Bristol.
  64. Complete the sentence about Banff, Alberta with the correct year: The area was named Banff in ______ by George Stephen, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, recalling his birthplace near Banff…
  65. Complete the sentence about Banff, Alberta with the correct year: In ______, three Canadian Pacific Railway workers stumbled upon a series of natural hot springs on the side of Sulphur Mountain.
  66. Complete the sentence about Jasper, Alberta with the correct year: The Canadian Northern Railway began service to its Jasper Park station in ______, about 700 m from GTP's Fitzhugh station.
  67. Complete the sentence about Jasper, Alberta with the correct year: Jasper Forest Park was renamed Jasper National Park in ______.
  68. Complete the sentence about Jasper, Alberta with the correct year: In ______, the scenic Icefields Parkway opened, connecting Jasper to Lake Louise and Banff in Banff National Park.
  69. Complete the sentence about Jasper, Alberta with the correct year: The improvement district was subsequently incorporated as a specialized municipality under the name of the Municipality of Jasper on…
  70. Complete the sentence about Lake Louise, Alberta with the correct year: A Nakoda guide took CPR workman Tom Wilson to the site in ______, and Wilson named it 'Emerald Lake'.
  71. Complete the sentence about Churchill, Manitoba with the correct year: The Thule people arrived around the year ______ from the west, the ancestors of the present-day Inuit.
  72. Complete the sentence about Churchill, Manitoba with the correct year: Europeans first arrived in the area in ______ when a Danish expedition led by Jens Munk wintered near where Churchill would later…
  73. Complete the sentence about Churchill, Manitoba with the correct year: Danish archaeologists in ______ discovered remains of the abandoned ship, the frigate Unicorn, in the tidal flats some kilometres…
  74. Complete the sentence about Dawson City with the correct year: The current settlement was founded by Joseph Ladue in January ______.
  75. Complete the sentence about Niagara Falls with the correct year: The Native American word Ongiara means thundering water; The New York Times used it as such in ______.
  76. Complete the sentence about Niagara Falls with the correct year: In ______, an Iroquois interpreter stated that the name came from Jaonniaka-re, meaning "noisy point or portage".
  77. Complete the sentence about Niagara Falls with the correct year: Mason wrote this in his book Niagara: A Guide to the Niagara Frontier With Maps and Photographs: "The word 'Onguiaahra' appears on maps…
  78. Complete the sentence about Mount Logan with the correct year: In ______, a geologist approached the Alpine Club of Canada with the suggestion that the club send a team to the mountain to reach the su…
  79. Complete the sentence about Appalachian Mountains with the correct year: Pánfilo de Narváez's expedition first entered Apalachee territory on June 15, ______, and applied the name.
  80. Complete the sentence about Appalachian Mountains with the correct year: After the ______ expedition of Hernando de Soto, Spanish cartographers began to apply the name of the tribe to the mountains th…
  81. Complete the sentence about Lake Superior with the correct year: The regulating structure is known as the Compensating Works and is operated according to a regulation plan known as Plan ______-A.
  82. Complete the sentence about Lake Ontario with the correct year: During the War of ______, the ice cover was stable enough the American naval commander stationed at Sackets Harbor feared a British atta…
  83. Complete the sentence about Lake Erie with the correct year: René de Bréhant de Galinée recorded the name of the lake as Lac Érié around ______.
  84. Complete the sentence about Great Bear Lake with the correct year: In ______, Gilbert LaBine discovered uranium deposits in the Great Bear Lake region.
  85. Complete the sentence about Great Slave Lake with the correct year: On 24 January ______, a Soviet Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite named Kosmos 954, which contained an onboard nuclear reactor, fe…
  86. Complete the sentence about Lake Winnipeg with the correct year: White bass were first recorded from the lake in ______, ten years after being introduced into Lake Ashtabula in North Dakota.
  87. Complete the sentence about Yukon River with the correct year: In ______, the Holikachuks had told the Russian-American Company that their name for the river was Yukkhana and that this name meant big…
  88. Complete the sentence about Fraser River with the correct year: Simon Fraser was forced to portage the gorge on his trip through the canyon in June ______.
  89. Complete the sentence about Fraser River with the correct year: The existence of the river, but not its location, had been deduced during the ______ voyage of José María Narváez, under Francisco de El…
  90. Complete the sentence about Fraser River with the correct year: The lower Fraser was revisited in ______ when the Hudson's Bay Company sent a crew across Puget Sound from its Fort George southern post…
  91. Complete the sentence about Columbia River with the correct year: The first documented European discovery of the Columbia River occurred when Spanish explorer Bruno de Heceta sighted the river's mouth…
  92. Complete the sentence about Columbia River with the correct year: On May 11, ______, a private American ship, Columbia Rediviva, under Captain Robert Gray from Boston became the first non-indigenous v…
  93. Complete the sentence about Nelson River with the correct year: Lythans, Glamorganshire, who wintered at its mouth in ______, after Robert Nelson, a ship's master who died there.
  94. Complete the sentence about Hudson Bay with the correct year: English explorers and colonists named Hudson Bay after Sir Henry Hudson who explored the bay beginning 2 August ______, on his ship Discov…
  95. Complete the sentence about Hudson Bay with the correct year: In May ______, Sir Thomas Button sailed from England with two ships to look for Henry Hudson, and to continue the search for the Northwest…
  96. Complete the sentence about Hudson Bay with the correct year: In ______, the English Crown granted a charter to facilitate fur trading within the Hudson Bay drainage basin.
  97. Complete the sentence about Hudson Bay with the correct year: The Treaty of Utrecht, signed on 11 April ______, marked a significant agreement between Britain and France.
  98. Complete the sentence about James Bay with the correct year: Henry Hudson is believed to have been the first European to enter the bay, when he explored it in ______ as part of his exploration of the…
  99. Complete the sentence about Baffin Island with the correct year: In ______, English seaman Martin Frobisher, the namesake of Frobisher Bay, made landfall on the island, naming it "Queen Elizabeth's Fo…
  100. Complete the sentence about Baffin Island with the correct year: The island's present name refers to English explorer William Baffin, who charted Baffin Bay in ______.

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