Political & Canadian Studies Department
Canada Quiz
• Do you believe you are a well-informed Canadian voter?
• Could you pass a Canadian citizenship exam?
• Can you name more of Santa’s reindeer or more of the Seven Dwarfs than you can ministers in the federal cabinet or judges on the Supreme Court of Canada?
• Can you pass the following Canada Quiz?
Try answering the following questions: (The correct answers are at the end)
1. Canada was first confederated in?
• 1840
• 1867
• 1949
2. What approximately is Canada's population?
• 30 million
• 20 million
• 25 million
3. What is the name of the new territory created on April 1, 1999?
• Nunavut
• Denedeh
• Inuktitut
4. What were the original initials of the RCMP?
• GRC
• NWMP
• RMP
5. Women were declared persons under the Canadian constitution in what year?
• 1917
• 1929
• 1982
6. How many judges sit on the Supreme Court of Canada?
• 12
• 9
• 7
7. What is the most common non-official mother tongue in the Atlantic region?
• Gaelic
• Mi'kmaq
• Italian
8. What is the most common family name in Canada?
• Macdonald
• Tremblay
• Smith
9. What is the highest waterfall in Canada?
• Della
• Niagara
• Grand Falls
10. The Magdalen Islands are part of what province?
• Newfoundland
• PEI
• Quebec
11. Whose portrait is on the five dollar bill?
• Laurier
• Macdonald
• Borden
12. In what year was the Canadian flag proclaimed?
• 1965
• 1867
• 1982
13. Which province has the largest percentage of Black indigenous peoples?
• Nova Scotia
• British Columbia
• Newfoundland
14. In what year were Status Indians enfranchised?
• 1900
• 1960
• 1945
15. An aboiteau is part of what?
• meat packing plant
• Acadian dyke
• sawmill
Canada Quiz Answers
1. 1867
2. 30 million
3. Nunavut
4. NWMP (North West Mounted Police)
5. 1929
6. 9
7. Mi'kmaq
8. Tremblay (1 in 50 persons in Quebec is a Tremblay)
9. Della (located in BC)
10. Quebec
11. Laurier
12. 1965
13. Nova Scotia
14. 1960
15. Acadian dyke (part of a system that helped Acadians to reclaim marshland for farming...it kept the tide waters out and let the drainage water out)