Time

Question 1

In what year did King Charles II give the Hudson’s Bay Company exclusive trading rights over the Hudson Bay Area?

Answer 1

1670

Question 2

Around what time did the word Canada first begin appearing?

Answer 2

1550s

Question 3

Upper Canada became the first province of the British Empire to start to introduce abolition of slavery in what year?

Answer 3

1793

Question 4

In what year did the British Parliament pass the Quebec act?

Answer 4

1774

Question 5

Samuel de Champlain and Pierre de Monts established the first European settlement north of Florida in which year?

Answer 5

1604

Question 6

In what year were the majority of female Canadian citizens aged 21 or over given the right to vote in federal elections?

Answer 6

1918

Question 7

In which Year did the French make peace with the Iroquois?

Answer 7

1701

Question 8

Canada became an official title in what year?

Answer 8

1791

Question 9

In what year did the Montreal stock exchange open?

Answer 9

1832

Question 10

In what year did the Americans attempt to invade Quebec?

Answer 10

1775

Question 11

In what period did French settlers first established communities on the St Lawrence River?

Answer 11

Early 1600s

Question 12

When did thousands of miners first come to Yukon?

Answer 12

1890s

Question 13

The Canadian government stopped trying to force aboriginal children to integrate into mainstream Canadian culture in what decade?

Answer 13

1980s

Question 14

In what year was it recognized by the House of Commons that Quebec are a distinct nation within United Canada?

Answer 14

2006

Question 15

When we’re territorial rights for Canada’s aboriginal people first established?

Answer 15

1763

Question 16

When was the Canadian Pension Plan introduced?

Answer 16

1965

Question 17

In which Year did Canada pass the threshold that more than 50 percent of its population had adequate food, shell and clothing?

Answer 17

1951

Question 18

When was La Francophone founded? In which Year Aboriginal people were given the name ‘First Nation’?

Answer 18

1970

Question 19

In what year was an Act passed which guarantees equal access to French and English federal government services?

Answer 19

1969

Question 20

Federal government unemployment insurance was introduced in Canada in which Year?

Answer 20

1940

Question 21

In which Year did Donovan Bailey of Canada break the 100m world record and become a double Olympic gold medallist?

Answer 21

1996

Question 22

In which Year did French colonists begin to settle in the Maritime provinces?

Answer 22

1604

Question 23

When did the United Empire Loyalists come to Canada?

Answer 23

Late 1700s

Question 24

In what year were Upper and Lower Canada united as the Province of Canada?

Answer 24

1840

Question 25

Red and white have been the national colours of Canada since when?

Answer 25

1921

Question 26

The current Canadian flag has been in use since when? A new Canadian flag was raised for the first time in what year?

Answer 26

1965

Question 27

The Maple Leaf has appeared on Canadian military uniforms since when?

Answer 27

1850s

Question 28

The last Canadian up to the present day to the awarded the Victoria Cross was in which Year?

Answer 28

1945

Question 29

When did English settlement begin in Canada?

Answer 29

1610

Question 30

When did the British Parliament abolish slavery throughout the Empire?

Answer 30

1833

Question 31

Which Act granted for the first time in Canada, legislative assemblies elected by the people?

Answer 31

The Constitutional Act of 1791

Question 32

In which period did Canada’s economy and industry experience a boom?

Answer 32

1890s and early 1900s

Question 33

In what year were the Aboriginal peoples granted the right to vote?/ Which Year is associated by many with Quebec’s quiet revolution?

Answer 33

1960

Question 34

O Canada was sung for over a century before becoming Canada’s national anthem. In which year was the song officially designated by Parliament as our national anthem?

Answer 34

1980

Question 35

What year women got rights to vote in Manitoba?

Answer 35

1916

Question 36

In which Year Aboriginal people were given the name ‘First Nation’?

Answer 36

1970s