Canadian Symbols

6 free practice questions from the chapter Canadian Symbols of Discover Canada, each with the answer and its source. The app and the workbook have all 40.

True or false? The Victoria Cross is the highest honour available to Canadians.?

  1. True
  2. False
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A. True
The Victoria Cross is awarded for the most conspicuous bravery, a daring act of valour or self-sacrifice, or extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy.
Source, Discover Canada, chapter Canadian Symbols

Which four countries’ symbols appear on Canada’s coat of arms?

  1. England, France, Scotland and Ireland
  2. England, France, Germany and Ireland
  3. France, Spain, Scotland and Ireland
  4. England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland
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A. England, France, Scotland and Ireland
The arms combine symbols of England, France, Scotland and Ireland with red maple leaves. Wales is not among them.
Source, Discover Canada, chapter Canadian Symbols

In what year is the fleur-de-lys said to have been adopted by the French king?

  1. 496
  2. 1648
  3. 1215
  4. 800
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A. 496
Tradition places its adoption by the French king in 496. The lily then remained the emblem of French royalty for more than a thousand years, New France included.
Source, Discover Canada, chapter Canadian Symbols

On which Canadian coin does the beaver appear?

  1. the ten-cent coin
  2. the five-cent coin
  3. the twenty-five-cent coin
  4. the one-dollar coin
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B. the five-cent coin
The beaver is on the nickel, the five-cent coin. It also features on the coats of arms of Saskatchewan and Alberta, and of cities such as Montreal and Toronto.
Source, Discover Canada, chapter Canadian Symbols

In what year was O Canada proclaimed the National Anthem?

  1. 1980
  2. 1967
  3. 1880
  4. 1969
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A. 1980
O Canada became the official National Anthem in 1980. French and English Canadians sing it with different words.
Source, Discover Canada, chapter Canadian Symbols

What is Canada’s official Royal Flag?

  1. the Royal Military College flag
  2. the Canadian Red Ensign
  3. the Maple Leaf flag
  4. the Union Jack
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D. the Union Jack
The Union Jack is the official Royal Flag. The maple leaf flag, raised in 1965, is the national flag.
Source, Discover Canada, chapter Canadian Symbols

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