Canada's Regions Flashcards
What ranking is Canada in terms of largest countries on Earth?
Second
How many square km is Canada in size?
10 million square km
What three oceans border Canada?
Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic
What ranking does Canada have in terms of largest countries?
Second
How many square km is Canada?
10 million square kms
What 3 oceans border Canada?
Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific
What are the regions of Canada?
The Atlantic Provinces, Central Canada, The Prairie Provinces, The West Coast, The Northern Territories,
Where is the National Capital?
Ottawa, ON
When was Ottawa chosen as capital and by whom?
1857 by Queen Victoria
How many provinces and territories does Canada have?
Ten provinces and 3 Territories
Name all the Provinces
BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick
Name all the Territories
Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut
What is the population of Canada?
34 Million People
Where do the majority of Canadians live?
Cities
What have made the atlantic provinces important to Canada’s history and development?
natural resources, including fishing, farming, forestry and mining
What is the most easternly province?
Newfoundland and Laborador
Which province was the oldest colony of the British Empire?
Newfoundland and Laborador
What has Newfoundland and Laborador long been known for?
Fisheries, coastal villages and distinct culture
What are some substantial parts of the economy of Newfoundland and Laborador besides fishing?
Offshore oil and gas extration and hydroelectric resources
What is the smallest province?
PEI
What is PEI known for?
beaches, red soil and agriculture (especially potatoes)
What province was the birthplace of Confederation?
PEI
What province is connected to Canada by one of the largest continuous multi-span bridges in the world? And what is its name?
PEI, Confederation bridge
Where was Anne of Green Gables set?
PEI
What is the most populous Atlantic Province?
Nova Scotia
Where are the world’s highest tides?
Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia
What industries are linked to the identify of Nova Scotia
shipbuilding, fisheries and shipping, mining, forestry and agriculture, offshore oil and gas
Where is Canada’s largest east coast port?
Halifax, NS
Where is canada’s largest Naval Base?
Halifax, NS
What cultures define Nova Scotia?
Celtic and Gaelic
How many annual festivals is Nova Scotia home to?
Over 700, including the military tattoo in Halifax
Who founded the province of New Brunswick
United Empire Loyalist
What province features the second largest river system in North America’s atlantic coastline, and what is it?
New Brunswick, The St. John River
What are the principal industries of New Brunswick?
Forestry, agriculture, fisheries, mining, food processing and tourism
What city is the largest in New Brunswick?
Saint John
What city is the principal Fracophone Acadian centre in New Brunswick?
Moncton
What is the only official bilingual province?
New Brunswick
How much of the population of New Brunswick lives and works in French?
1/3
Where do more than half of Canadians live?
Cities and towns near the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence river in Quebec and Ontario
What is the region of Canada that contains Quebec and Ontario referred to?
Central Canada
What provinces combined produce more than 3/4 of all Canadian goods?
Quebec and Ontario
How many people live in Quebec?
8 million
How many people in Quebec speak French as their first language?
3/4
What are some important industries of Quebec?
forestry, energy and mining
What province is Canada’s main producer of pulp and paper?
Quebec
What province is Canada’s largest producer of hydroelectricity?
Quebec
What is Canada’s second largest city?
Montreal
How many people live in Ontario?
12 million
What is Canada’s largest city and main financial centre?
Toronto
What are some industries from Ontario?
Service, Manufacturing, vineyards, fruits, agriculture
What group founded Ontario?
United Empire Loyalists
What province has the largest french-speaking population outside of Quebec?
Ontario
How many great lakes sit between the USA and Canada?
5
What is Manitoba’s economy based on?
ag, mining and hydro-electric power generation
What is Manitoba’s most populous city?
Winnipeg
What is the most famous street intersection in Canada?
Portage and Main, in Winnipeg
Where is western Canada’s largest french community?
Manitoba, 45,000
What culture is important to Manitoba?
Ukranian
What province has the largest Aboriginal population, at over 15%
Manitoba
What province was known as the ‘breadbasket of the world”
Saskatchewan
What province was known as the “wheat province”
Saskatchewan
What province boasts the world’s richest deposits of uranium and potash
Saskatchewan
Where is the training academy for the RCMP located?
Regina, Saskatchewan
What is the largest city in Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
What is the most populous prairie province?
Alberta
Who was Alberta named after?
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria
How many National Parks does Alberta have?
5
When was Banff establisehd?
1885
Where are some of the world’s richest prehistoric fossils located?
Badlands in Alberta
What province is the largest producer of oil and gas?
Alberta
What other industry is Alberta known for besides oil?
Agriculture, including vast cattle ranches
What is canada’s largest and busiest port?
Port of Vancouver
How many people live in BC?
4 million
What makes up about 1/2 of all goods produced in BC?
forestry, including lumber, newsprint, pulp and paper
What industries are BC known for?
forestry, mining, fishing, fruit and wineh
What province has the most extensive park system in Canada?
BC with approx 500 provincial parks
What are the most spoken languages in Cities in BC besides english?
Chinese and Punjabi
Where is the headquarters of the pacific navy fleet?
Victoria, BC
What is the population of the NWT, Yukon and Nunavut combined?
100,000
What kind of mines are located in Northern Canada?
gold, lead, copper, diamond and zinc
What is a phrase that refers to the North?
“The Land of The Midnight Sun”
What kind of terrain is much of the North made of?
Tundra
What are some traditional ways that some in the North continue to make a living?
hunting, fishing and trapping
What years were the Yukon gold rush?
1890s
What poet celebrated the Yukon Gold Rush?
Robert W. Service
What industry is Yukon known for?
mining
What province holds the record for coldest temperature ever recorded in Canada? (-63C)
Yukon
What is the highest mountain in Canada and where is it located?
Mount Logan, Yukon
Who is Mount Logan named for?
Sir William Logan, world famous geologist born in Montreal in 1798
Who founded the Geological Survey of Canada from 1842-1969
Sir William Logan
What city is known as the “diamond capital of North America”
Yellowknife, NWT
What is the second longest river system in North America and what province does it exist in?
The Mackenzie River, NWT
What does Nunavut mean?
“Our Land” in Inuktitut
When was Nunuvut established?
1999
Who are the Canadian Rangers?
part of the Canadian Reserves (militia) and play a role in protecting the canadian north
