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Canada's Regions
What is the capital of New Brunswick?
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Canada's Regions is part 10 of Discover Canada, the Canadian citizenship test study guide. Some people call the Canadian citizenship test the Discover Canada test, because its questions come from this guide.
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Question 1. What is the capital of New Brunswick?
- A. Saint John
- B. Moncton
- C. Fredericton
- D. Charlottetown
Answer: C. Fredericton
Fredericton is the capital of New Brunswick. Saint John is its largest city.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Regions (Provinces, territories and capitals)
Question 2. About how large is Canada?
- A. 4,700 square kilometres
- B. 1 million square kilometres
- C. 10 million square kilometres
- D. 100 million square kilometres
Answer: C. 10 million square kilometres
Canada covers about 10 million square kilometres.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Regions
Question 3. Which province is farthest west?
- A. Alberta
- B. British Columbia
- C. Yukon
- D. Newfoundland and Labrador
Answer: B. British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost province.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Regions (The West Coast)
Question 4. Which province is known as the birthplace of Confederation?
- A. Ontario
- B. Quebec
- C. Prince Edward Island
- D. Newfoundland and Labrador
Answer: C. Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island is called the birthplace of Confederation.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Regions (The Atlantic Provinces)
Question 5. In what year was Banff National Park established?
- A. 1867
- B. 1885
- C. 1905
- D. 1927
Answer: B. 1885
Banff, one of Alberta's five national parks, was established in 1885.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Regions (The Prairie Provinces)
Question 6. What is the capital of Nova Scotia?
- A. Sydney
- B. Fredericton
- C. St. John's
- D. Halifax
Answer: D. Halifax
Halifax is the capital city of the province of Nova Scotia.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Regions (Provinces, territories and capitals)
Question 7. Which Prairie province has the most people?
- A. Manitoba
- B. Saskatchewan
- C. Alberta
- D. British Columbia
Answer: C. Alberta
Alberta has the most people of the three Prairie provinces.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Regions (The Prairie Provinces)
Question 8. Thanks to Alberta's huge cattle ranches, Canada is a leading world producer of what?
- A. Beef
- B. Wool
- C. Wheat
- D. Wine
Answer: A. Beef
Alberta's cattle ranches help make Canada a major beef producer.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Regions (The Prairie Provinces)
Question 9. Which three oceans border Canada?
- A. The Pacific, the Atlantic and the Indian
- B. The Pacific, the Atlantic and the Arctic
- C. The Atlantic, the Arctic and the Southern
- D. The Pacific, the Indian and the Arctic
Answer: B. The Pacific, the Atlantic and the Arctic
The Arctic Ocean lies to the north of Canada, the Atlantic to the east and the Pacific to the west.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Regions
Question 10. Which ocean is on Canada's west coast?
- A. The Pacific
- B. The Atlantic
- C. The Arctic
- D. The Indian
Answer: A. The Pacific
The Pacific Ocean is to the west of Canada.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Regions
Question 11. Which animal is a symbol of Canada's North and a popular game animal?
- A. The beaver
- B. The bison
- C. The caribou
- D. The moose
Answer: C. The caribou
The caribou, or reindeer, is hunted as game and stands as a symbol of Canada's North.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Regions (The Northern Territories)
Question 12. In which mountain range is New Brunswick located?
- A. The Appalachian Range
- B. The Rocky Mountains
- C. The Coast Mountains
- D. The Laurentians
Answer: A. The Appalachian Range
New Brunswick lies in the Appalachian Range.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Regions (The Atlantic Provinces)
Question 13. What is the capital of the Northwest Territories?
- A. Yellowknife
- B. Iqaluit
- C. Whitehorse
- D. Inuvik
Answer: A. Yellowknife
Yellowknife is the capital of the Northwest Territories.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Regions (Provinces, territories and capitals)
Question 14. Which province produces the most pulp and paper in Canada?
- A. Ontario
- B. Quebec
- C. Alberta
- D. Prince Edward Island
Answer: B. Quebec
Quebec leads Canada in making pulp and paper.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Regions (Central Canada)
Question 15. Canada's lowest recorded temperature, measured in Yukon, was what?
- A. −63°C
- B. −33°C
- C. −43°C
- D. −83°C
Answer: A. −63°C
The coldest reading ever taken in Canada, −63°C, was in Yukon.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Regions (The Northern Territories)
Question 16. About how large is the National Capital Region around Ottawa?
- A. 470 square kilometres
- B. 4,700 square kilometres
- C. 47,000 square kilometres
- D. 10 million square kilometres
Answer: B. 4,700 square kilometres
The National Capital Region covers 4,700 square kilometres and protects Ottawa's heritage and natural setting.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Regions
Question 17. What is the capital of Prince Edward Island?
- A. Charlottetown
- B. Fredericton
- C. Halifax
- D. Summerside
Answer: A. Charlottetown
Charlottetown is the capital of Prince Edward Island.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Regions (Provinces, territories and capitals)
Question 18. In 1857, who picked Ottawa to be the capital?
- A. Queen Victoria
- B. Sir John A. Macdonald
- C. Lord Durham
- D. Queen Elizabeth I
Answer: A. Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the capital in 1857.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Regions
Question 19. In which year did trains start running on the White Pass and Yukon Railway?
- A. 1885
- B. 1898
- C. 1900
- D. 1949
Answer: C. 1900
The railway opened in 1900, running from Skagway, Alaska, to Whitehorse.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Regions (The Northern Territories)
Question 20. What shaped the history and development of the Atlantic Provinces?
- A. Large car factories and steel mills in the cities
- B. Oil sands, oil wells and huge cattle ranches
- C. The sea and natural resources such as fish and timber
- D. Wheat farms and grain elevators on the plains
Answer: C. The sea and natural resources such as fish and timber
The sea and natural resources such as fishing, farming, forestry and mining shaped the Atlantic region.
In Discover Canada: Canada's Regions (The Atlantic Provinces)
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