Canadian Provinces for Kids Trivia Quiz

Answer: By ferry

British Columbia (BC) has a lot of ferries. Most of them travel between Vancouver Island and the mainland in southern BC, but there are also some that service smaller islands in the north. The Strait of Juan de Fuca lies between the southern portion of Vancouver Island and mainland Canada and the United States. Ferries are used to carry vehicles across the strait each day. Travellers simply drive onto the lower decks of the boats so that they are facing their destination. The ferry then takes them across the water where they simply drive off because they are headed in the right direction. The process is then reversed to travel back in the other direction.

Victoria is the capital of BC, but it is not the largest city. That is Vancouver, BC that sits across the strait from the island. Having two large and important cities across from one another may explain why the BC ferries are very busy each day.

Answer: Flat

Alberta is a province that changes from mountains on its far western edge, to foothills, then very quickly into prairie land. Most of the province is made up of prairie land. The prairies are mostly flat with very few trees. Farming is very popular in Alberta where ranchers have beef cattle, and farmers grow crops like wheat, barley, oats, and canola.

Answer: An indigenous word

The province of Saskatchewan has a major river that runs through it from west to east called the Saskatchewan River. It is about 1,939 kilometres (1,205 miles) long and stretches across the Canadian prairies. The Cree native people of the prairies named it "Kisiskatchewanisipi" or "swift-flowing river".

It was noted on a map from 1760 as the "Kish-stock-ewen" river. That sounded like "Saskatchewan", which is the name that was chosen for the area in 1895. When the area became an official province in 1905, the name became the official name of the province.

Answer: Over 110,000

Manitoba is in the centre of Canada. It is the easternmost prairie province, and is home to over 110,000 freshwater lakes! The lakes in Manitoba cover about 15.6% of the surface area of the province. The largest lake in the province is Lake Winnipeg, which is the sixth largest freshwater lake in Canada.

Answer: Niagara Falls

The city of Niagara Falls, Ontario shares the Horseshoe Falls with the state of New York in the United States (US). The falls were formed at the end of the last ice age as the glaciers melted. There are actually three falls that make up Niagara Falls - the Horseshoe Falls (pictured), and the American and Bridal Veil Falls, both of which lie in the US.

The Horseshoe Falls are the most powerful falls in North America as measured by the amount of water that passes from them at their base.

Answer: Rocks

Over 95% of the province of Quebec lies in the Canadian Shield. The Canadian Shield covers a huge area and extends from Greenland in the east, to northeastern Alberta in the west, and Canada's northern territories in the north, down to parts of the northern US in the south.

The Canadian Shield is over 3.96 billion years old, and is made up of hard rocks that were exposed by the glaciers during the ice age. Now, the rocks form rolling hills that are covered with thin layers of dirt that can support some plants in the north, as well as some trees in the south.

Answer: The high tides in the Bay of Fundy

The St. John River travels through New Brunswick (NB) and empties into the Bay of Fundy. The Bay of Fundy has the highest tides in the world, with tides that can reach 16 meters, or 53 feet. The Reversing Falls is actually a series of rapids on the river in the city of St. John, NB.

When the tide is low, the flow of the river is out toward the bay. However when the tide is high, the water is forced up the river from the Bay of Fundy into the river. This causes the flow of the river to be reversed in the other direction.

When the reversed water travels over the rapids, the falls go from flowing down in one direction to flowing down in the other direction.

Answer: Yes

Cape Breton is a large island on the east end of the province of Nova Scotia. It is about 100 km wide and 150 km long. This means that it is over 10,300 square kilometres (3,900 sq mi). To get to Cape Breton Island from the mainland part of Nova Scotia, drivers travel along a causeway. The causeway is a road that is built on top of a pile of rocks that is 1,385 m (4,544 ft) long.

Answer: Red

Prince Edward Island is the smallest province in Canada. It can be found north of Nova Scotia and east of New Brunswick. Much of the soil on the island has a very high iron content. When the damp iron in the soil is exposed to the air, it rusts and causes the soil to turn red. This happens both inland, and on beaches where the sand is damp much of the time.

Answer: Triangle

The province of Newfoundland and Labrador is Canada's easternmost province. Labrador is the portion of the province that is on the mainland of Canada, east of Quebec. Newfoundland is the island portion of the province. It is roughly shaped like a triangle, with the sides each being about 500 km (310 mi) long.

The entire area of Newfoundland takes up 111,390 square kilometres (43,010 sq mi). The Strait of Belle Isle lies between Newfoundland and Labrador. It ranges from 15 km (9.3 mi) to 60 km (37.3 mi) wide, and can only be crossed by ferries and other boats.

There are no bridges or tunnels between Newfoundland and the mainland.