Who We Are

Question 1

Who speaks the dialect known as Michif?

Answer 1

The Métis

Question 2

Who is John Buchan?

Answer 2

Governor General of Canada from 1935-1940

Question 3

Where did the Acadians mainly settle in 1604?

Answer 3

The Maritime provinces (today)

Question 4

The majority of Francophones live in the Province of:

Answer 4

Quebec

Question 5

Who are the Aboriginal peoples of Canada?
- The first people to live in Canada
- The first settlers of Quebec
- The first European settlers in Canada
- The first French settlers in Canada

Answer 5

The first people to live in Canada

Question 6

What is Canada’s largest religious affiliation?

Answer 6

Catholic

Question 7

Poets and songwriters have hailed Canada as:

Answer 7

The Great Dominion

Question 8

Where do the majority of the Inuit live?

Answer 8

In scattered communities across the Arctic

Question 9

What was Canada’s original constitutional document of 1867 known as?

Answer 9

The British North American Act

Question 10

Where do about half of the First Nation people live?

Answer 10

On reserve land

Question 11

Who are the Métis?

Answer 11

People of mixed Aboriginal and European ancestry

Question 12

Who is Marjorie Turner-Bailey?

Answer 12

An Olympic sprinter who is a descendant of black Loyalists

Question 13

What is known as the Great Upheaval, and when did it occur?

Answer 13

When Acadians were deported during the war between Britain and France, between 1755 and 1763

Question 14

What key phrase in the British North American Act of 1867 do institutions uphold a commitment to?

Answer 14

Peace, order and good government

Question 15

Who are the Acadians?

Answer 15

Descendants of French colonists

Question 16

Define “Francophones”.

Answer 16

People who speak French as their first language

Question 17

Where do the majority of the Métis live?

Answer 17

In the Prairie provinces

Question 18

Population wise, which group of Aboriginals is the largest in Canada?

Answer 18

The First Nations

Question 19

What does the word “Inuit” mean?

Answer 19

“The People” in the Inuktitut language

Question 20

Which is the only officially bilingual province?

Answer 20

New Brunswick

Question 21

Define “Anglophones”.

Answer 21

People who speak English as their first language

Question 22

What do the terms “Indian” and “First Nations” refer to?

Answer 22

All Aboriginal people who are not Inuit or Métis

Question 23

Since the 1970s, where have the majority of immigrants to Canada come from?

Answer 23

Asian countries

Question 24

What does the term “Aboriginal peoples” refer to?

Answer 24

The combined group of First Nations, Intuit, and Métis peoples

Question 25

The majority of Aboriginal people are part of what group?

Answer 25

First Nations

Question 26

What recognition was given in 2006 by the House of Commons for its unique identity and culture?

Answer 26

To the Quebecois that form a nation within a united Canada

Question 27

True/False: gay and lesbian Canadians civil marriages are allowed in Canada.

Answer 27

True

Question 28

Which languages are the federal government required by law to provide services in?

Answer 28

English and French

Question 29

Who were the black Loyalists?

Answer 29

Escaped slaves and freed men and women of African origin who in the 1780’s fled to Canada from America, where slavery remained legal until 1863

Question 30

Which peoples were the founding peoples of Canada?

Answer 30

Aboriginal, British, French