Canada’s Regions

6 free practice questions from the chapter Canada’s Regions of Discover Canada, each with the answer and its source. The app and the workbook have all 49.

What is Canada’s North often called?

  1. The Land of the Midnight Sun
  2. The Land of the Northern Lights
  3. The Land of the Endless Winter
  4. The Land of the Frozen Tide
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A. The Land of the Midnight Sun
At the height of summer, daylight in the North can last up to 24 hours. In winter the sun disappears and darkness sets in for three months.
Source, Discover Canada, chapter Canada’s Regions

Who wrote Anne of Green Gables, set on Prince Edward Island?

  1. Margaret Atwood
  2. Lucy Maud Montgomery
  3. Alice Munro
  4. Gabrielle Roy
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B. Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery set her much-loved novel on the island. It follows the adventures of a little red-headed orphan girl.
Source, Discover Canada, chapter Canada’s Regions

Which city is the largest in Canada and the country’s main financial centre?

  1. Ottawa
  2. Montreal
  3. Vancouver
  4. Toronto
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D. Toronto
Toronto, capital of Ontario, leads Canadian cities in both size and finance. Its province is home to more than one-third of all Canadians.
Source, Discover Canada, chapter Canada’s Regions

Quebec is Canada’s main producer of what?

  1. Uranium and potash
  2. Oil and gas
  3. Grains and oilseeds
  4. Pulp and paper
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D. Pulp and paper
Drawing on the resources of the Canadian Shield, Quebec leads the country in pulp and paper. Its huge supply of fresh water also makes it the largest producer of hydro-electricity.
Source, Discover Canada, chapter Canada’s Regions

Which province has the largest French-speaking population outside Quebec?

  1. New Brunswick
  2. Ontario
  3. Manitoba
  4. Nova Scotia
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B. Ontario
Ontario, founded by United Empire Loyalists, is home to the largest Francophone population outside Quebec, a community proud of preserving its language and culture.
Source, Discover Canada, chapter Canada’s Regions

Which poet celebrated the Yukon Gold Rush of the 1890s?

  1. Lucy Maud Montgomery
  2. Stephen Leacock
  3. Mordecai Richler
  4. Robert W. Service
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D. Robert W. Service
Thousands of miners poured into the Yukon in the 1890s, and Robert W. Service turned the Gold Rush into poetry. Mining remains a significant part of the territory’s economy.
Source, Discover Canada, chapter Canada’s Regions

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