Chapter 9: Canada's Regions

Quiz Test In Chapter 9: Canada's Regions

Chapter wise Citizenship Practice Test of Chapter 8 Canadian Regions There is total 131 question in this chapter.

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1. In the province of New Brunswick, what is the largest city? (Prior to 2016)

1. Saint John
2. Edmunston
3. Moncton
4. Fredericton

2. What is the capital of Saskatchewan?

1. Winnipeg
2. Halifax
3. Regina
4. Edmonton

3. Which is NOT a characteristic of the Prairie Provinces?

1. Rich in energy resources
2. Some of the most fertile farmland in the world
3. Beautiful beaches
4. Dry, with cold winters and hot summers

4. In what Prairie province is the most famous street intersection and its name?

1. Manitoba, Wine and Port
2. Saskatchewan, Portage and Wine
3. Alberta, Portage and Main 4. Manitoba, Portage and Main

5. Which province is the only officially bilingual province?

1. Quebec
2. New Brunswick
3. Toronto
4. Manitoba

6. What province is the known for being the most populous Atlantic province?

1. Nova Scotia
2. Newfoundland and Labrador
3. New Brunswick
4. Prince Edward Island

7. In which geographic region do more than half the people of Canada live?

1. Prairie Provinces
2. Atlantic Provinces
3. Central Canada.
4. Northern Canada

8. What province is known for its Gaelic and Celtic traditions?

1. New Brunswick
2. Newfoundland and Labrador
3. Nova Scotia.
4. Prince Edward Island

9. What is referred to as Central Canada?

1. Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba
2. Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia
3. Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick 4. Ontario, Quebec

10. What are the territories of Northern Canada?

1. Yukon Territory, Alaska Territory
2. Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, Nunavut
3. Northwest Territories, Nunavut
4. Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, British Columbia

11. What province is known for having the largest east coast port?

1. Nova Scotia
2. Prince Edward Island
3. Newfoundland and Labrador
4. New Brunswick

12. What province is home to the military tattoo festival as well as over 700 other annual festivals?

1. Newfoundland and Labrador
2. New Brunswick
3. Nova Scotia
4. Prince Edward Island

13. What city is Canada's second largest city?

1. Vancouver
2. Toronto
3. Montreal
4. Québec City

14. Of the five regions, which region in Canada is known for being rich in energy resources and fertile farmland?

1. Central Canada
2. Atlantic Provinces
3. West Coast 4. Prairie Provinces

15. What Canadian region is often referred to as the Land of the Midnight Sun?

1. West Coast
2. The North
3. Central Canada
4. Atlantic Provinces

16. Which province is the country's largest producer of grains and oilseeds?

1. Saskatchewan
2. New Brunswick
3. Quebec
4. British Columbia

17. What province is known for having played an important role in Atlantic trade and defence?

1. Prince Edward Island
2. Newfoundland and Labrador
3. Nova Scotia
4. New Brunswick

18. Where in Canada is the population about 85% Inuit?

1. Northwest Territories
2. Yukon
3. Nunavut
4. Rupert's Land

19. What province has a long history of coal mining, forestry and agriculture industries?

1. Prince Edward Island
2. Newfoundland and Labrador
3. New Brunswick 4. Nova Scotia

20. What is the largest city in Saskatchewan?

1. Moose Jaw
2. Saskatoon
3. Prince Albert
4. Regina

21. What province is known for having the largest naval base?

1. Nova Scotia
2. Prince Edward Island
3. Newfoundland and Labrador
4. New Brunswick

22. In terms of land area, Canada is the?

1. Second largest country on earth
2. Third largest country on earth
3. Fifth largest country on earth
4. The largest country on earth

23. Because of this province's large Asian communities, Chinese and Punjabi are the most spoken languages after English. Which province is it?

1. Ontario
2. New Brunswick
3. British Columbia
4. Alberta

24. In the province of New Brunswick, what percentage of the population lives and works in French?

1. Over half
2. Exactly half
3. About one-third
4. A quarter

25. What province is situated on the Appalachian Range?

1. Prince Edward Island
2. Yukon Territory
3. Alberta 4. New Brunswick

26. Which province has the largest Aboriginal population of any province?

1. Saskatchewan
2. Manitoba
3. Alberta
4. British Columbia

27. What Atlantic province relies on off-shore oil, gas extraction and has immense hydro-electric resources?

1. Newfoundland and Labrador
2. Nova Scotia
3. Prince Edward Island
4. New Brunswick

28. Which country borders Canada to the south?

1. Maine
2. Mexico
3. The United States
4. New York

29. The Great Lakes are located:

1. To the northeast of Quebec
2. To the west
3. In the Northern Territories 4. Between Ontario and the United States

30. What originally made up the Northwest Territories?

1. British Columbia and North-Western Territory
2. Rupert's Land and North-Western territory
3. Saskatchewan and the Yukon
4. Rupert's Land and Alberta

31. Where is the headquarters of the navy's Pacific fleet?

1. Victoria
2. Comox
3. Vancouver
4. Creston

32. Which province is known as the wheat province as it is known as Canada's largest producer of grains and oilseeds?

1. Ontario
2. New Brunswick
3. Saskatchewan
4. Manitoba

33. Which province has the second largest river system on North America's Atlantic coastline?

1. Newfoundland and Labrador
2. New Brunswick
3. Nova Scotia
4. Prince Edward Island

34. Which province is an important centre of Ukrainian culture at 14% reporting Ukrainian origins?

1. Manitoba
2. Saskatchewan
3. Alberta
4. British Columbia

35. What province is known for its identity being linked to shipping and ship building?

1. Newfoundland and Labrador
2. New Brunswick
3. Nova Scotia
4. Prince Edward Island

36. What province is known as the birthplace of Confederation?

1. Prince Edward Island
2. Newfoundland and Labrador
3. New Brunswick
4. Nova Scotia

37. Where does the 19-member Legislative Assembly chose a premier and ministers by consensus?

1. Nunavut
2. Yukon
3. Rupert's Land
4. Northwest Territories

38. Where is Canada's busiest and largest port located?

1. Edmonton
2. Yukon
3. Vancouver, B.C.
4. Regina

39. Which province is home to five national parks, including Banff National Park?

1. Ontario
2. British Columbia
3. Alberta
4. New Brunswick

40. Which of the Great Lakes is the largest freshwater lake in the world?

1. Lake Erie
2. Lake Ontario
3. Lake Huron 4. Lake Superior

41. What is the most populous city in Manitoba?

1. Winnipeg
2. Morden
3. Brandon
4. Nova Scotia

42. What province was founded by the United Empire Loyalists?

1. New Brunswick
2. Prince Edward Island
3. Newfoundland and Labrador
4. Nova Scotia

43. What province is known for being the setting of the book, 'Anne of Green Gables' by Lucy Montgomery?

1. Nova Scotia
2. Newfoundland and Labrador
3. Prince Edward Island
4. New Brunswick

44. What are the Prairie Provinces?

1. Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia
2. Manitoba, Alberta, British Columbia
3. Alberta, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick 4. Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta

45. OWhere was the coldest temperature ever recorded from (-63*)?

1. Northwest Territories
2. Yukon
3. Alberta
4. Nunavut

46. Which is the smallest province in land mass?

1. Prince Edward Island
2. Newfoundland and Labrador
3. Nova Scotia
4. New Brunswick

47. In the province of New Brunswick, what is the largest port and manufacturing centre?

1. Fredericton
2. Edmunston
3. Saint John
4. Moncton

48. What is the capital of Ontario?

1. Ottawa
2. Toronto
3. Halifax
4. Kitchener

49. Whose economy in the Prairie Provinces is based on mining, hydro-electric generation and agriculture?

1. Manitoba
2. Saskatchewan
3. Alberta
4. Nova Scotia

50. Which province has 40% of the arable land in Canada?

1. New Brunswick
2. Alberta
3. Saskatchewan
4. British Columbia

51. What province is known for its beautiful beaches?

1. Nova Scotia
2. Manitoba
3. Edmonton 4. Prince Edward Island

52. What is the capital of Prince Edward Island?

1. Halifax
2. Charlottetown
3. Fredericton
4. Saint John's

53. Which province is Canada's main producer of pulp and paper?

1. Quebec
2. Ontario
3. Alberta
4. Manitoba

54. Where is the home of the training academy for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police?

1. Toronto
2. Edmonton
3. Regina
4. Vancouver

55. Which province is the largest producer of oil and gas?

1. Manitoba
2. New Brunswick
3. Newfoundland and Labrador 4. Alberta

56. What is the capital of Nunavut?

1. Edmonton
2. Iqaluit
3. Yellowknife
4. Whitehorse

57. In what province or territory is Lake Louise?

1. Alberta
2. New Brunswick
3. Yukon
4. British Columbia

58. About how many people live in the province of Quebec?

1. Five million
2. Just over a million
3. Nearly eight million
4. Thirteen million

59. Which province is a leader in the pharmaceuticals and aeronautics industries?

1. Manitoba
2. Quebec
3. Ontario
4. Alberta

60. In what year did Nunavut become a territory?

1. 1999
2. 1975
3. 1980
4. 1990

61. What is the name of one of the longest continuous multispan bridge in the world?

1. Confederation Bridge
2. Bay of Fundy Bridge
3. Peace Bridge
4. Queen Elizabeth Bridge

62. What city is Canada's fiancial centre?

1. Montreal
2. Edmonton
3. Toronto
4. Vancouver

63. What is the capital of Quebec?

1. Montreal
2. Charlottetown
3. Québec City
4. Halifax

64. What is the capital of British Columbia?

1. Elizabeth
2. Edmonton
3. Regina 4. Victoria

65. Which province boasts the world's richest deposits in uranium and potash, used in fertilizer?

1. British Columbia
2. Saskatchewan
3. New Brunswick
4. Alberta

66. What is the capital of Alberta?

1. Edmonton
2. Regina
3. Halifax
4. Winnipeg

67. Canada has three territories and how many provinces?

1. 8
2. 7
3. 10
4. 9

68. In which province is Canada's most valuable forest industry, where about one-half of the goods produced are forestry products, such as lumber, paper and newsprint?

1. Manitoba
2. New Brunswick
3. British Columbia
4. Alberta

69. Which province is the most easterly point in North America?

1. New Brunswick
2. Nova Scotia
3. Prince Edward Island 4. Newfoundland and Labrador

70. In land area, Canada is how many square kilometres?

1. 5 million
2. 10 million
3. 1 million
4. 6 million

71. What is the approximate population of Canada?

1. 34 million
2. 20 million
3. 75 million
4. 50 million

72. In which province do more than one third of Canadian's live?

1. Manitoba
2. Alberta
3. Ontario
4. Quebec

73. What is NOT considered a characteristic of the Atlantic provinces?

1. Cool humid summers
2. Natural resources
3. Hot humid summers
4. Cool winters

74. In 2016, which city, in terms of population surpassed Saint John as the largest city in New Brunswick?

1. Edmunston
2. Bathurst
3. Fredericton 4. Moncton

75. Which Western province has Canada's largest Francophone community?

1. Saskatchewan
2. Manitoba
3. Alberta
4. British Columbia

76. What language(s) is (are) the official language of Nunavut and the first language in schools?

1. Inuktitut
2. Inuktitut and English
3. Inuktitut, English and French
4. English

77. What province is known as the gateway to Canada?

1. Prince Edward Island
2. Newfoundland and Labrador
3. Nova Scotia.
4. New Brunswick

78. In the province of New Brunswick, where is the principal Francophone Acadian centre?

1. Edmunston
2. Fredericton
3. Moncton
4. Saint John

79. What city is Canada's largest city?

1. Montreal
2. Edmonton
3. Vancouver 4. Toronto.

80. What is the capital of New Brunswick?

1. Halifax
2. Fredericton.
3. Saint John's
4. Charlottetown

81. About how many people live in the province of Ontario?

1. More than 12 million
2. Five million
3. Just over a million
4. Around eight million

82. What is the capital of Manitoba?

1. Winnipeg
2. Edmonton
3. Regina
4. Halifax

83. Who founded and directed the Geological Survey of Canada?

1. Sir John Alexander
2. Sir Leonard Tilley
3. Sir William Logan
4. Charles Best

84. What is the name of Winnipeg's French Quarter?

1. St. Lawrence
2. St. Boniventure
3. St. Boniface
4. St. Benedict

85. In what province or territory is the Mackenzie River-the second largest river system in North America?

1. British Columbia
2. Ontario
3. Prince Edward Island 4. Northwest Territories

86. Where is it known for its spectacular tourist excursion of a railway which crosses many passes and bridges?

1. Saskatchewan
2. Yukon
3. Alberta
4. British Columbia

87. Which Prairie province is renowned for its agriculture, especially their vast cattle ranches?

1. Alberta.
2. New Brunswick
3. Saskatchewan
4. British Columbia

88. Which province is known for being the main producer of hydro-electricity, pulp and paper?

1. Manitoba
2. Ontario
3. Quebec
4. Alberta

89. Which is incorrect concerning Ottawa?

1. It is surrounded by the National Capital Region of 4700 square kilometres
2. It is located on the Ottawa River
3. It became the capital in 1857 4. It was named by Queen Elizabeth I

90. Where did the miners come to during the Gold Rush of the 1890s?

1. Nunavut
2. Yukon
3. Alberta
4. British Columbia

91. What region, in land mass, covers one third of Canada?

1. Central Canada
2. Atlantic Provinces
3. North
4. West Coast

92. Which of these is NOT a Great Lake?

1. Lake Erie
2. Lake Ontario
3. Lake Louise
4. Lake Huron

93. Which is NOT a characteristic of the terrain of the Northern Territories?

1. It is a vast rocky Arctic plain
2. Most of the land is arable
3. The soil is permanently frozen
4. It is made up of tundra

94. Which province is Canada's largest producer of pulp and paper because of its huge supply of fresh water?

1. Quebec.
2. Ontario
3. Alberta
4. Nova Scotia

95. In what territory is more than half the population Aboriginal (Dene, Inuit, Métis)?

1. Whitehorse
2. Yukon
3. Northwest Territories
4. Nunavut

96. In whose honour is Mount Logan named for?

1. A famous geologist and great scientist
2. An athlete
3. A Father of Confederation
4. An Aboriginal

97. Of the five regions, which region in Canada is known as the industrial and manufacturing heartland?

1. Central Canada
2. Prairie Provinces
3. North
4. Atlantic Provinces

98. Who chose Ottawa as the capital of Canada?

1. Queen Elizabeth I
2. Queen Elizabeth II
3. Queen Victoria
4. The Fathers of Confederation

99. What is the capital of Nova Scotia?

1. Saint John's
2. Fredericton
3. Halifax
4. Charlottetown

100. What is the highest mountain in Canada?

1. Mount Columbia
2. Mount Fairweather
3. Mount Moresby 4. Mount Logan

101. Where is Mount Logan?

1. Alberta
1. Yukon
3. British Columbia
4. Saskatchewan

102. What province on the Atlantic Coast is known for its coastal fishing villages and fisheries?

1. Newfoundland and Labrador
2. Prince Edward Island
3. New Brunswick
4. Nova Scotia

103. What region is known for its vineyards, wines and fruit crops?

1. The Vancouver Region
2. Northern Quebec
3. The Niagara Region
4. Southern Alberta

104. Where is the wine industry Okanagan Valley located?

1. Quebec
2. Ontario
3. New Brunswick 4. British Columbia

105. Which province has the most extensive park system with approximately 600 provincial parks?

1. Alberta
2. British Columbia.
3. Saskatchewan
4. New Brunswick

106. Of Quebec's population, how many speak French as their first language?

1. More than three-quarters
2. Half
3. Under half
4. Nearly ninety percent

107. What are the five distinct regions of Canada?

1. Maritime, Midwest Provinces, Central Provinces, East Coast, Toronto
2. Ontario, North, East, South, Maritime
3. Atlantic Provinces, Central Canada, Prairie Provinces, West Coast, North
4. Prairies, Northwestern Territories, Maritime, Ontario, South

108. Which province is known as the breadbasket of the world?

1. British Columbia
2. Saskatchewan
3. Nova Scotia
4. Ontario

109. What is the national capital of Canada?

1. Ottawa
2. Toronto
3. Quebec City
4. Victoria

110. In what Atlantic province is the Bay of Fundy?

1. Newfoundland and Labrador
2. New Brunswick
3. Nova Scotia .
4. Prince Edward Island

111. What is known as the gateway to the Asia-Pacific?

1. Port of Thunder Bay
2. Saint John's Port
3. Windsor Port 4. Port of Vancouver

112. Which is the most populous Prairie province?

1. New Brunswick
2. Alberta .
3. Saskatchewan
4. British Columbia

113. What province has the largest French speaking population outside of Quebec?

1. Ontario .
2. New Brunswick
3. Nova Scotia
4. Manitoba

114. Where is the headquarters to the mining industry in Saskatchewan?

1. Moose Jaw
2. Prince Albert
3. Saskatoon
4. Vancouver

115. What province is known for the Bay of Fundy, a place where the world's highest tides are found?

1. Prince Edward Island
2. Newfoundland and Labrador
3. New Brunswick 4. Nova Scotia

116. What provinces are referred to as the Atlantic provinces?

1. Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island
2. Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick
3. Manitoba, Alberta, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador
4. British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, New Brunswick

117. What is the name of the second largest river system on North America's coastline?

1. Saint John River System
2. The Mississippi River System
3. The Missouri River System
4. St. Lawrence River System

118. Where is it called the 'diamond capital of North America'?

1. Keewatin
2. Whitehorse
3. Yellowknife.
4. Iqaluit

119. Which province is Canada's westernmost on the Pacific coast?

1. Yukon
2. British Columbia .
3. Ontario
4. Manitoba

120. What is NOT considered a characteristic of Central Canada?

1. It is considered the gateway to Canada
2. More than half the people live in cities and towns near the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River
3. The region produces more than three-quarters of all Canadian manufactured goods
4. It is known as the manufacturing and industrial heartland

121. What three oceans border Canada?

1. Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic
2. Bering, Arctic, Pacific
3. Pacific, Hudson, Atlantic
4. Arctic, Pacific, Indian

122. Who was Lake Louise and the Province of Alberta named after?

1. Queen Victoria's second daughter
2. Queen Victoria's third daughter
3. Queen Victoria's fourth daughter
4. Queen Elizabeth I's fourth daughter

123. What was the former capital of Nunavut known as?

1. Iqaluit
2. Keewatin
3. Whitehorse 4. Frobisher Bay

124. What province has its own time zone?

1. Nova Scotia
2. Newfoundland and Labrador .
3. Prince Edward Island
4. New Brunswick

125. Where are some of the world's richest deposits of prehistoric fossils and dinosaur finds?

1. Badlands, Alberta
2. Northwest Territories
3. Yukon
4. Saskatchewan

126. What province has one of the longest continuous multispan bridges in the world connecting to mainland Canada?

1. Nova Scotia
2. Newfoundland and Labrador
3. Prince Edward Island
4. New Brunswick

127. In the province of New Brunswick, what is the historic capital?

1. Moncton
2. Edmunston
3. Saint John 4. Fredericton

128. What province is known for its red soil and agriculture, especially potatoes?

1. Nova Scotia
2. Prince Edward Island.
3. Manitoba
4. New Brunswick

129. What is the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador?

1. Saint John's
2. Charlottetown
3. Halifax
4. Fredericton

130. What is the capital of the Northwest Territories?

1. Keewatin
2. Whitehorse
3. Yellowknife.
4. Iqaluit

131. What is the capital of the Yukon Territory?

1. Yukon
2. Whitehorse
3. Ontario
4. Yellowknife