C anadian Trivia Q uestions Grade 5 Name: _____________________________
What continent is Canada a part of?
What year was Canada officially formed?
What is the motto of Canada?
What 2 European empires (countries) were responsible for the birth of Canada?
Which 4 provinces were the first to enter Confederation?
In which province was the first conference held that led to Confederation?
Which was the 10th or last province to join Confederation?
When did Ontario join Confederation?
Which city is Canada’s capital city?
Which city was Canada's first capital?
How old is Canada?
What year did “O Canada” officially become Canada's national anthem?
How many time zones are there across Canada?
On any day in which Canadian province would you see the sun set first?
On any day in which Canadian province would you see the sun rise last?
Which three provinces do not border on the United States?
Name the 3 prairie provinces in order from west to east.
Which is the only province to NOT observe daylight savings time?
What is the official motto of Ontario?
What island in Ontario is the world’s largest inland island in a lake?
How many time zones are there in Ontario?
Which bridge is the longest bridge in Canada?
Which provinces does the Confederation Bridge connect?
How long is the Confederation Bridge?
Canada has the world’s longest national highway. What is the name of this highway?
How long is this highway?
How long is the border between Canada & the United States?
Name the province whose flag shows three maple leaves joined together at the base.
Name the province or territory whose flag shows an Inukshuk.
This territory’s flag shows the river, which the territory is named after, flowing between two mountains.
Name the province whose flag shows a ship sailing on the ocean.
This small province’s flag shows three small saplings protected by a great oak tree. Name the province.
Name the province whose flag shows golden wheat, bright blue sky, and mountains.
Name the province or territory whose flag shows the sun setting into the Pacific Ocean.
Four symbols, each representing a flower, are found on the flag of Québec. What are these symbols called?
A large orange prairie lily appears on the green and yellow flag of this province. Name the province.
This large mammal shown on the flag of Manitoba was saved from extinction in the 1880’s. What is the name of this mammal?
Where in Canada is the “Lobster Capital of the World”?
Oak Island, Nova Scotia is famous for …?
What year did Ottawa’s Royal Mint make the first Canadian coin?
Where is the Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa?
What year did loonies replace $1.00 bills?
Whose face is on the Canadian $100.00 bill?
Whose face is on the Canadian $20.00 bill?
Whose face is on the Canadian $10.00 bill?
In 2004, the Royal Canadian Mint issued the world's first coloured circulation coin?
What type of coin was it and what was the colour feature?
How tall is the CN Tower in Toronto?
How many stair steps do you have to take in the CN Tower to reach the Sky Pod?
Which provincial park in Ontario is the oldest and largest?
Before the coming of the railways, what was the most important form of transportation in eastern Canada?
What year was the Canadian Pacific Railway finished?
From what country were 15, 000 workers brought to help build the Canadian Pacific Railway?
Voyageurs were important workers in this early Canadian industry. Name the industry.
During the fur trade which Canadian animal was hunted almost to extinction?
What powerful trading company was formed on May 2, 1670 and is still in business in Canada today?
What was the network of people and shelters that assisted slaves in escaping slavery in the United States?
In 1793 the first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada passed this act. What was the name of this act?
What was the “drinking gourd” that escaping slaves followed to Canada?
What heroine of the War of 1812 crossed swamps to warn the British of an American attack?
These white whales live in the St. Lawrence River. What type of whales are they?
What caused Niagara Falls to run dry on the night of March 29, 1848?
What is the name of the elusive monster said to live in Okanagan Lake, British Columbia?
Another name for Aurora Borealis is?
In the story “The Paper Bag Princess” by Robert Munsch, what is the princess's name?
Barbara Reid, Canadian children's book illustrator makes her illustrations using what?
Which Canadian author has written a popular novel series about a bat named Shade?
Which Canadian author has written books about a squirrel who is scared?
Which Canadian author wrote the poem "Alligator Pie"?
What are “The Group of Seven” famous for?
Name 3 artists that were part of the original group of seven
Which Canadian invented the snowmobile?
Which Canadian doctor was responsible for the discovery of insulin?
Who was Canada’s first man in space?
Who was Canada's first female doctor in 1867?
Who was Canada's great flying ace of World War 1?
From which Ontario city did Alexander Graham Bell make the first long distance phone call?
What did Jacques Plante invent?
What was the date of the Halifax Explosion?
What were the names of the two ships that caused the Halifax Explosion?
In what Canadian harbor did 2 ships collide & explode on the morning of Dec 6, 1917?
What is the name of the mountain involved in the legendary Frank Slide on April 29, 1903?
Which Canadian cities have hosted the Winter Olympics?
Which Canadian city has hosted the Summer Olympics?
In the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, what was secretly buried in the ice at center ice?
Which person from Ontario invented basketball?
Where in Ontario was the inventor of basketball born?
What were the original basketball hoops made of?
What year did the Toronto & Vancouver basketball teams join the NBA?
This sports star is known as “Number 99”. Who is he?
What sport did Tim Horton play?
What is Tim Horton’s real name?
What year was the first Tim Horton’s opened?
Who is the Mayor of Ottawa today?
Who is the Prime Minister today?
What government official lives at 24 Sussex Drive?
Who was Canada’s first Prime Minister?
In what city is John A. MacDonald buried?
Who does the Governor General represent?
Who is Canada's Governor General?
What is the name of the residence of the Governor General?
What year and who built the Governor General’s residence?
Who was the first Lieutenant Governor for the Province of Upper Canada?
What are the 3 levels of government in Canada?
What are the 3 levels of provincial government in Canada?
How old do you have to be to vote in Canada?
Which was the first province to grants women the right to vote and when?
On what street will you find the Parliament Buildings?
What material are the Parliament building roofs made out of?
What are the 3 blocks of Parliament Hill?
Which river does Parliament Hill look over?
Which province is directly across the river from Parliament Hill?
What event happened on February 3rd, 1916 in Ottawa?
Only one building did not burn during the first Parliament fire. Which building remains to the present day?
What is the name of the flame situated right in front of the Parliament Buildings?
What year was the Centennial Flame lit?
The Centennial Flame was lit to celebrate what important event in Canada’s history?
The Peace Tower on Parliament Hill was built to remember what event?
What mythological creatures can be found perched on the Peace Tower?
The Carillon in the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill has how many bells?
Which books are kept inside the Memorial Chamber in the Peace Tower?
Which time zone is Ottawa in?
Who were the first peoples to live in the Ottawa area?
What did the Algonquin people call the Ottawa River and what did the name mean?
Who chose Ottawa to be Canada’s capital?
It was once called “Barrack Hill”. What is it called now?
What year was Ottawa chosen to be Canada's capital?
What was the name of Ottawa before it became Ottawa?
Colonel By Day is what day this year in Ottawa?
What year did Ottawa officially become Ottawa?
What was the first major industry in Bytown?
Who managed the construction of the Rideau Canal?
Where in Ottawa does the statue of Colonel By stand?
How long did it take to build the Rideau Canal?
How long is the Rideau Canal?
The Rideau Canal is connected by a series of locks. What is a lock?
The “Ottawa Locks” are a series of locks in the Rideau Canal that are at the entrance from the Ottawa River to. How many locks make up this series?
Which museum is found by the “Ottawa Locks”?
Which hotel is found next to the “Ottawa Locks”?
Who laid the first stone of the Rideau Canal?
The Rideau Canal connects Ottawa to what other city?
The Rideau Canal connects to which Great Lake?
What disease carried by mosquitoes killed many of the workers of the Rideau Canal?
Teddy from the book "A Bear in War" now is on display where in Ottawa?
Where in Ottawa will you find Canada’s National War Memorial?
In what kind of building is Canada's Museum of Nature?
There is a large statue outside the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. What kind of animal does this statue represent?
What is the name of the statue outside the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa?
Which museum in Ottawa has a light house in front of it?
What is Canada's Cold War Museum in Ottawa called?
In November 1997 a strange bird was seen wading in the Ottawa River. People called her Elisha. What kind of bird was she?
What happened on April 22, 1932 in Elgin, Manitoba?
If you are eating “poutine” what are you eating?
In which Canadian province did poutine originate?
This Canadian made cough medicine says “it tastes awful, and it works”. What is the person’s name who made the medicine and what is the name of the medicine?
What are the dates for Winterlude this year (2014) in Ottawa?
What year did Winterlude start?
During Winterlude, where will you find the “Snowflake Kingdom”?
Where do people skate during Winterlude?