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Product of Canada Trivia Quiz

How familiar are you with these products of Canada?

A multiple-choice quiz by akajw. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
akajw

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
348,969

Updated
Nov 28 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
327

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Did you know that sugar is made in Canada? While the majority of sugar comes from processing imported raw sugar cane, it is also produced from a crop grown in Southern Alberta. What is this crop? Hint

sugar beets

barley

corn

sugar cane

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Question 2 of 10

2. While wheat is grown across most of Canada, the main provinces for wheat production are Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. What are the wheat producing prairies (mainly Saskatchewan) often referred to as? Hint

Canada's Breadbox

Canada's Breadbasket

Canada's Cerealbowl

Canada's Wheatland

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Question 3 of 10

3. Canada is the leading producer of Ice wine which is grown in the Niagara Region, Okanagan Valley, Quebec and Nova Scotia. Ice wine is made from grapes that have been left on the vine until they freeze. To qualify for ice wine, by law, which temperature does it have to reach before the grapes can be picked?
Hint

-4 to -7 degrees Celsius

0 degrees Celsius

-8 degrees Celsius or colder

-1 to -3 degrees Celsius

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Question 4 of 10

4. Honey is an important product of Canada; with nearly 7,000 beekeepers managing approximately 600,000 bee colonies. Which of the following provinces are the major honey producers? Hint

Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, P.E.I.

Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut

New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario

Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba

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Question 5 of 10

5. Canada produces about 80% of the world's maple syrup. While Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and P.E.I. all produce maple syrup, which province produces the most? Hint

Ontario

Quebec

New Brunswick

Nova Scotia

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Question 6 of 10

6. Canada is the largest single producer of canola. Grown primarily in western Canada, it is valued for its seed, meal and oil; much of which is exported. What colour is the flower of the canola plant? Hint

red

yellow

pink

white

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Question 7 of 10

7. Canada is now the third largest producer of diamonds with diamond mines in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Ontario. In which decade was the first diamond mine opened in Canada? Hint

2000s

1970s

1980s

1990s

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Question 8 of 10

8. There are approximately 2,500 apple growers across Canada located mainly in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. There are fifty different varieties of apples grown in Canada; but which of the following is a Canadian original? Hint

Braeburn

Northern Spy

MacIntosh

Idared

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Question 9 of 10

9. The Athabasca Oil sands are located in northeastern Alberta. What is the name given to the "substance" that is extracted by either an in-situ recovery method or surface mining to be processed into oil? Hint

cerium

bismuth

zirconium

bitumen

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Question 10 of 10

10. Canada has 397.3 million hectares of forests, which consists of coniferous, broad leaf and mixed wood. By law, any forests on public land that are harvested must be successfully regenerated. What percent of forests are harvested each year? Hint

two percent

five percent

three percent

less than one percent

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: sugar beets

Alberta is Canada's only province that produces sugar from sugar beets. 35,000 acres of sugar beets are grown and harvested each fall which are then sent to Taber, Alberta. Here the sugar beets are processed in the only plant of its kind in Canada into granulated and powdered sugar as well as liquid sucrose and liquid invert sugar.

Answer: Canada's Breadbasket

There is enough wheat in one acre of prairie farmland to make 1,650 loaves of bread! Much of the wheat grown in Canada is exported to over 70 countries.

Answer: -8 degrees Celsius or colder

Leaving mature grapes on the vine and waiting for the correct cold temperatures before picking the grapes, can result in losing crops to to predatory birds, wind, and rot. As a result, Ice wine is risky to make and is therefore more expensive than regular wine. A 375 ml bottle usually sells for $45.00.

4. Honey is an important product of Canada; with nearly 7,000 beekeepers managing approximately 600,000 bee colonies. Which of the following provinces are the major honey producers?

Answer: Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba

Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are responsible for producing 80% of Canada's honey. Of the seventy five million pounds of honey produced; half of that is exported, much of this to the United States.

5. Canada produces about 80% of the world's maple syrup. While Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and P.E.I. all produce maple syrup, which province produces the most?

Answer: Quebec

Quebec produces approximately 90% of Canada's maple syrup. Sap is collected from the maple trees and then boiled down; it takes about forty liters of sap to make one liter of maple syrup.

Answer: yellow

The yellow flower of the canola plant matures into seed filled pods. It is these seeds that are processed to produce canola oil while the remaining portion is made into meal for livestock feed.

7. Canada is now the third largest producer of diamonds with diamond mines in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Ontario. In which decade was the first diamond mine opened in Canada?

Answer: 1990s

In 1998, Canada's first diamond mine (Ekati) was opened. It is located on Lac de Gras in the Northwest Territories.

Answer: MacIntosh

John MacIntosh, a Scottish Canadian cultivated a wild apple seedling he found on on his property near Morrisburg, Ontario in 1811; a few years later it started producing apples which soon become known as "MacIntosh" apples.

Answer: bitumen

Oil sands are comprised of sand, clay, water and bitumen; which is a semi solid petroleum. It takes approximately 2 tons of oil sands to make one barrel of oil.

Answer: less than one percent

The forest industry contributes approximately 1.8% to Canada's GDP (gross domestic product) and is by value, a world leader in exports of softwood lumber, pulp and paper.

Source: Author akajw

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