Only in Canada Trivia Quiz

Answer: Fish

Quebec is the place to go to find the copper redhorse. It lives only in the St. Lawrence River and its tributaries in that province. It is a large fish that lives in the marshy edges of islands and spawns in the Richelieu River. Threats to this species include water pollution, habitat loss, and dams.

Answer: The Pacific Steller's jay is larger and darker

The Steller's jay, carlottae subspecies, or Pacific Steller's jay, is found only on Haida Gwaii on the west coast of British Columbia. Many endemic species can be found in this area due to its isolation and because some ice free areas remained during the last period of glaciation.

This subspecies is larger and darker blue than the Steller's jay found throughout other areas of western North America.

Answer: Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador, specifically the island of Newfoundland, is home to this subspecies, perhaps because of the isolated island habitat. The American marten (Newfoundland population) primarily eats small mammals, including snowshoe hare. Once listed as endangered, its numbers have increased thanks to habitat protection.

Answer: Franklin expedition

Hairy braya is a small white wildflower that was first collected during the Franklin expedition in 1826. Journals from the expedition were used to re-locate this wildflower more than 150 years after its discovery. It is restricted to a small area along the northern coast of the Northwest Territories. The main threats to this species are climate change and rising sea levels.

Answer: Salt marsh copper

This small butterfly is also known as the maritime copper. It occurs only in salt marshes along the Gulf of St. Lawrence coasts of Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and PEI. It can be locally common, especially where sea lavender grows. However, some sites are threatened by coastal development and rising sea levels.

Answer: Annual

The St. Lawrence aster is a tiny annual plant that lives only along moist sandy shores and salt marshes of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It is, in fact, restricted to just a few sites. Its numbers can vary greatly each year depending on habitat conditions. However, it is threatened by coastal development and sea level rise.

Answer: Algonquin Provincial Park

At one time, the eastern wolf ranged into northeastern United States, but the main population is now located in Algonquin Park. The park hosts annual public wolf howls so that members of the public can listen to its eerie howl.

Answer: It was once a saltwater fish but is now a freshwater fish

The Atlantic whitefish was once an ocean dweller that entered freshwater to spawn before heading back out to sea. However, the range of the Atlantic whitefish is now restricted to the Petite Rivière watershed because the movement of this fish has been cut off by dams.

Answer: Yellow

The Lake Louise arnica is a wildflower that only grows in Alberta and British Volumbia. It is an imperilled yellow wildflower found only in the Canadian Rockies. It is also known as snow arnica, and grows only at high elevations on exposed alpine slopes and rockslides.

Answer: Nunavut

Peary caribou are the smallest of all caribou subspecies. They live in herds in Canada's high Arctic islands and migrate up to 300 kilometres (186 miles) each year. They can also be found in the Northwest Territories. They are threatened by climate change, which is rapidly altering their environment.