Canada has been around for 150 years now and I wonder if this site will ever reach that mature old age. But I do know one thing – some of the trivia questions below will definitely stump you. Enjoy our country’s 150th and this trivia quiz!
Round 1 – The Basics
- On what day does Canada celebrate its birthday? – July 1
- Which Quebec city does Canada’s capital border? – Gatineau
- What is the name of the highway that travels through all ten Canadian provinces? – Trans-Canada Highway, or Route Transcanadienne
- What river separates the cities of Detroit and Windsor? – The Detroit River
- What are Canada’s two official sports? – Ice hockey and lacrosse
- Which city is home to the Blue Jays baseball team? – Toronto
- What is Canada’s $1 coin commonly referred to as? – Loonie
- What is the name of the robotic arm used on some of NASA’s Space Shuttle flights? – Canadarm
- Musician Drake first gained popularity appearing on which teen TV show? – Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Which Toronto street was once thought to be the world’s longest street? – Yonge Street
Round 2 – Something More Advanced
- What is Canada’s motto? – From Sea to Sea
- For what period of time is the Governor General of Canada appointed? – Unfixed
- What was the last Province or Territory that joined Canada? – Nunavut
- What year did the last Province or Territory join Canada? – 1999
- What does the Calgary Stampede bills itself as? – The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth
- In which Canadian city would you find the largest mall in North America? – Edmonton
- Which region of Canada would you find Canada’s Technology Triangle? – Waterloo Region
- In what decade did Toronto surpass Montreal as the most populous city in Canada? – 1970s
- What are the names of the “Trailer Park Boys”? – Ricky, Julian and Bubbles
- What is Toronto’s Pearson International Airport code? – YYZ
Round 3 – The Hard Stuff
- What three provinces requested a single Dominion be formed in 1867, thus beginning to shape modern Canada? – New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and the Province of Canada
- What type of interchange, that is widely used in North America and in some parts of Europe, did the Ontario Ministry of Transportation invent? – Partial cloverleaf interchange, or Parclo
- Which event was Canada’s anthem, “O Canada”, originally commissioned for? – The 1880 St. Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony
- What year were the Juno Awards first awarded? 1970
- What distiller and entrepreneur founded the town of Walkerville, which is now a heritage neighborhood of Windsor, Ontario? – Hiram Walker
- Which large Canadian city is named after a fruit-bearing shrub native to western Canada, Alaska and northern United States? – Saskatoon
- What year was Hudson’s Bay Company founded? – 1670
- Which city became the first capital of the Province of Canada in 1841? – Kingston, Ontario
- Which popular musician did artist Feist, share a Queen West apartment with in the late 1990s? – Peaches
- What island is the most populous in Canada? – Island of Montreal
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