Answer: Nunavut
Iqaluit is the capital city of Nunavut. Since everything needs to be flown there,a $1 carton of milk that you might buy in Ontario is $13.49 in Nunavut. Nunavut is a territory, not a province.
From Quiz: Canadian Cities
Answer: Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is also home to L'Anse aux Meadows, a Norse or Viking settlement that has been dated back to the year 1000. It was discovered in 1960 and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The capital of the province was St. John's, and Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949. Labrador is also part of the province, but is part of the Canadian mainland, located northeast of Quebec.
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Answer: Saskatchewan
The answer is Saskatchewan. British Columbia lies on the west coast of Canada and is on the Pacific Ocean. Nova Scotia has coastline on the Atlantic Ocean. Some might think that Ontario has no ocean coastline, but it borders Hudson Bay in the north and the St. Lawrence River in the south which are considered part of the Atlantic Ocean seaboard. The same can be said for Manitoba, which borders part of Hudson Bay as well.
From Quiz: The Country of Canada for Kids
Answer: North America
Canada is located at the top of the North American continent. Part of it is considered arctic because it is so cold. Canada has a relatively small population for a country of its size.
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Answer: Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is a beautiful province with many natural phenomena. It was the site of the first European settlement in the Americas, by the Vikings at L'Anse aux Meadows, around 1000 AD.
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Answer: Ottawa
Ottawa is in Ontario.
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Answer: British Columbia
Surrey is in British Columbia. In September 1983 Surrey became a city.
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Answer: Manitoba
The capital of the central province, Winnipeg, is the "Slurpee Capital of the World", as 400,000 slurpees are enjoyed each month. Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba are all that remains of a large glacier that once covered most of the nearly 650,000 sq. km (250,000 sq. mi) of the province. The Royal Canadian Mint, located in Winnipeg, has not only produces money for Canada, but for 60 other nations.
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Answer: It's famous for its potatoes, also known as "spuds".
Prince Edward Island grows over 1.3 billion kilograms of potatoes every year, so it is known by many as "Spud Island". The word "spud" has been used to describe a small potato since the 16th century, but the origin of the word is unknown. Of course the people who live there don't use "spuds" as money, nor are most of them named "Spud", but with the amount of potatoes grown on there, I'd bet the whole island could, indeed, float on "spuds".
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Answer: USA
On a map, Canada is located mostly above the USA (Alaska borders Canada to the west). Mexico is underneath them, and England and France are in Europe, on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. Canada is often overshadowed by its southern neighbor.
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Answer: Quebec
Canada was first settled by both the French and the English, and although English is the main language for most of Canada, French is one of the two official languages. The capital of Quebec is Quebec City.
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Answer: 10
If you add the territories there are 13.
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Answer: Alberta
There are tons of deers in Red Deer. Red Deer's official cookie is caramel surprise.
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Answer: New Brunswick
The Bay of Fundy, on the eastern shores of New Brunswick, has some of the highest tides in the world, rising at about 1 meter (3.3 feet) per hour between low tide and high tide. Because of the tide change, the Saint John River flows backward twice a day! Magnetic Hill in the province is also a tourist destination, as objects seemingly roll UPHILL on it. The province has two official languages, English and French.
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Answer: Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean provides Canada with its most lucrative ocean fishery. There are nearly ten thousand lobster enterprises that give employment to almost thirty thousand lobster fisherman, known better by the title "lobster harvesters".
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Answer: 3
The Pacific to the west, the Arctic to the North, and the Atlantic to the East. Canada is the only country to be bordered by three of the four oceans.
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Answer: Toronto
Toronto is the largest city in Canada, and is home to the CN (Canadian National) Tower. It lies on Lake Ontario, one of the five Great Lakes of North America.
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Answer: Ontario
Toronto is the capital city of Ontario. Toronto's "birthday" is on March 8th.
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Answer: Alberta
Alberta is one of the three "prairie provinces", along with Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The town of Lloydminister can be found in both Alberta and Saskatchewan, as the centre of the town lies right on the provincial border. Alberta has a large population of Ukrainians, and the town of Vegreville is home to a 9 meter tall (30 feet) Ukrainian Easter Egg. The eastern side of the province is where you can find the Rocky Mountains, and the world-famous Banff National Park. Alberta's second largest city, Calgary, hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics.
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Answer: Toronto, Ontario
Toronto has a population of nearly 2.7 million people. As of a 2006 census, the entire metropolitan Toronto area, also known as the Greater Toronto Area or GTA, has a population over 5.5 million. The GTA is considered a part of the Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario, whose population is over 8.1 million people. Amazingly, that represents over one-quarter of the entire population of Canada which means that 1 of every 4 Canadians live in this area of Southern Ontario.
From Quiz: The Country of Canada for Kids
Answer: 13
There are ten provinces: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. The three territories are Yukon, Nunavut, and Northwest Territories.
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Answer: Nunavut
Nunavut entered in 1999.
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Answer: British Columbia
Great old Kelowna. Kelowna's international airport is the 10th busiest airport in the world.
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Answer: Ontario
Behind Quebec, Ontario is Canada's second largest province, and larger than Spain and France combined! Yonge Street, starting in Toronto and going north to the Ontario-Minnesota border in Rainy River at 1896 km (1178 miles). Built in 1975, the CN Tower in Toronto was once the world's tallest free-standing building, measuring in at 554 meters (1815 feet). In Sudbury, you can find the Big Nickel, a giant reproduction of a 1951 Canadian nickel that is 9 meters (30 feet) wide!
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Answer: Quebec
Quebec is also mostly French speaking. Its capital is Quebec City, but many people think it is Montreal because Montreal is bigger and more well known.
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Answer: British Columbia
British Columbia is famous for its high mountains and ski resorts. Its capital is Victoria, on Vancouver island, just off the coast of the mainland.
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Answer: Victoria
Victoria is on Vancouver Island.
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Answer: Yukon
We Canadians call Whitehorse the garage sale capital of Canada. Yukon is a territory, not a province.
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Answer: Prince Edward Island
PEI is Canada's smallest province, and is well known as the home of Anne in the story "Anne of Green Gables", written by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The red soil of the island gets its colour from the high amounts of iron in it. Almost 1/3 of potato production in Canada is based on the island. The capital Charlottetown was where the Charlottetown Conference was held in 1864 to discuss Canadian Confederation. The city is now known as the "Birthplace of Confederation".
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Answer: Pacific
British Columbia is in the far west of Canada. It has the country's biggest port (Vancouver), and is well known for its salmon. Victoria (on Vancouver Island) is BC's capital.
From Quiz: Cool Canada
Answer: Beaver
The beaver is found throughout most of Canada, and is important in its history. The first permanent European settlers in Canada were trappers, and used the beaver pelts to send back to Europe to make hats and other items of clothing.
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Answer: Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland is an island, Labrador is not. Their time zone is Newfoundland time.
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Answer: British Columbia
Found on the west side of the Rocky Mountains, British Columbia is the far west province in Canada. 75% of the province is mountainous, and the province has over 40,000 islands throughout it. Vancouver, the largest city in BC, is known as "Hollywood North", and is the third largest film and TV production centre, behind New York and Los Angeles. Movies such as the "Twilight" and "The Incredible Hulk" were filmed in BC, mostly in the Vancouver area.
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Answer: It is the longest place name in Canada.
I hope some of the choices didn't trick you from picking the obvious one, which is the lake has the longest name of any place in Canada at thirty-one letters long. Of course, killer whales don't live in inland lakes, a body of water that measures four feet by three feet wouldn't be considered a lake, and how can "ocean ships" sink in a "lake"? The Cree natives called it that name which means; "where the wild trout are caught by fishing with hooks".
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Answer: 1999
Nunavut was a part of the Northwest Territories until 1999. Its capital is Iqualit, in the far north. Nunavut has the lowest population of all the territories and provinces in Canada. It is mostly Inuit who live there.
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Answer: Nova Scotia
Halifax is the largest city in the Maritimes, a region made up of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island. Halifax is a port city on the Atlantic ocean, and is famous for its fish.
From Quiz: A Very Canadian Quiz
Answer: Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick,
They are the oldest provinces in Canada!
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Answer: Nova Scotia
Halifax is the capital of Nova Scotia. Their time zone is Atlantic time.
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Answer: Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia has an official song with a rather odd title, "Farewell to Nova Scotia". Sounds like they want you to leave! The crest of Nova Scotia also features a mythical unicorn! However, Nova Scotia is home to Canada's first working railway, one that opened in 1838. Canada's first newspaper was the Halifax Gazette, first published back in 1752! The Halifax Explosion of 1917 killed over 2,000 people after two warships collided in Halifax Harbour, and was the worst man-made disaster before the atomic bomb.
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Answer: inukshuk
The mysterious stone figure is known as an 'inukshuk' (plural: inuksuit). They are most often found throughout the circumpolar world. Inuksuit are made of unworked stones, and are used by the Inuit for communication and survival. The traditional meaning of the inukshuk is "Someone was here" or "You are on the right path." These sculptural forms are among the oldest and most important objects placed by humans upon the vast Arctic landscape.
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