Who We Are

Question 1

What is Canada’s form of government?

Answer 1

Canada is a constitutional monarchy

Question 2

From which year dates the British North America Act?

Answer 2

1867

Question 3

What was the name of Canada’s original constitutional document?

Answer 3

The British North American Act

Question 4

What does the British North America Act entail?

Answer 4

A belief in ordered liberty, enterprise, hard work and fair play

Question 5

What is another name for Canada?

Answer 5

The “Great Dominion”

Question 6

Who are the founding peoples of Canada?

Answer 6

1. Aboriginal
2. French
3. British

Question 7

What does the Royal Proclamation entail?

Answer 7

Territorial rights (aboriginal an treaty rights) established the basis for negotiating treaties with the newcomers

Question 8

From which year dates the Royal Proclamation?

Answer 8

1763

Question 9

By whom was the Royal Proclamation made?

Answer 9

King George III

Question 10

What does the term “Aboriginal peoples” refer to?

Answer 10

1. Indian (First Nations)
2. Inuit
3. Métis

Question 11

Who are the Inuit?

Answer 11

Means: “the people” in the Inuktitut language. They live in small scattered communities across the Arctic

Question 12

Who are the Métis?

Answer 12

The Métis are a distinct people of mixed aboriginal and European ancestry, the majority of whom live in the Prairie provinces. They come from both French- and English-speaking backgrounds and speak their own dialect, Michif.

Question 13

What is the distribution of the three groups of Aboriginal peoples?

Answer 13

65% First Nations
30% Métis
4% Inuit

Question 14

Who was John Buchan?

Answer 14

The 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, a popular Governor General of Canada (1935-1940), proponent of immigrant groups retaining their individuality.

Question 15

What are the two official languages of Canada?

Answer 15

1. English (18 million Anglophones)
2. French (7 million Francophones)

Question 16

Where do the majority of Francophones live?

Answer 16

Quebec (1 million in Ontario, New Brunswick, and Manitoba)

Question 17

Who are the Acadians?

Answer 17

Descendants of French colonists who began settling in what are now the Maritime provinces in 1604.

Question 18

What is the “Great Upheaval”?

Answer 18

The deportation of more than two-thirds of the Acadians from their homeland, between 1755 and 1763, during the war between Britain and France.

Question 19

Who are Quebecers?

Answer 19

Quebecers are the people of Quebec. Most are descendants of 8,500 French settlers from the 1600s and 1700s.

Question 20

When did the House of Commons recognize that the Quebecois form a nation within a united Canada?

Answer 20

2006

Question 21

How was the basic way of life in English-speaking areas established?

Answer 21

By hundreds of thousands of English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish settlers, soldiers and migrants from the 1600s to the 20th century.