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Which Canadian brand did Burger King merge with in 2014?

Tim Hortons Click to see the answer

Which city hosted the Winter Olympics in 1988?

Calgary

What was found at Leduc, Alberta in 1947?

Oil

Edward Cornwallis founded which settlement in 1749?

Halifax

John Molson founded which sort of company in 1786?

Brewing

The 2016 La Loche shootings took place in which province?

Saskatchewan

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Tim Hortons was acquired by which other chain in 2014?

Burger King Click to see the answer

Canada boycotted the Olympics in which country in 1980?

Soviet Union

How often is a census taken in Canada?

5 years

Conrad Black made his fortune in which industry?

Newspapers

Which new Canadian territory was created in 1999?

Nunavut

Which coin was discontinued in Canada in 2013?

Penny

Inventor Alexander Graham Bell was born in which country?

Scotland

Which city hosted the Olympics in 1976?

Montreal

In which month of 2010 did Canada host the Olympics?

February

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Which country invaded Canada in 1812?

United States Click to see the answer

In which decade was Cirque Du Soleil established?

1980s

Which city hosted the Winter Olympics in 2010?

Vancouver

6 people were shot outside a mosque in which city in 2017?

Quebec

Oil was discovered in which Canadian Province in 1947?

Alberta

In which decade was Tim Horton's founded?

1960s

Harrison McCain made his name growing which vegetable?

Potatoes

In which month do Canadians celebrate Canada Day?

July

The CN Tower was built in which city in the 1970s?

Toronto

In which year did Canada replace 1 dollar bills with coins?

1989

How long was the CN Tower the world's tallest building?

32 years

Which Canadian broke the 100m record in 1997?

Donovan Bailey

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What was Dominion Day renamed as in 1981?

Canada Day Click to see the answer

Canada's largest mall opened near which city in 1981?

Edmonton

Which other brewer did Molson merge with in 2005?

Coors

In which century did the British start settling in Canada?

17th

Wildfires spread through La Ronge in which province in 2015?

Saskatchewan

What was the name of Canada's first female Prime Minister?

Kim Campbell

The Klondike Gold Rush took place in which part of Canada?

Yukon

West Edmonton Mall first opened in which year?

1981

Sidney Altman won the 1989 Nobel Prize in which field?

Chemistry

Which province joined Canada in 1949?

Newfoundland

Expo '86 World Fair was held in which Canadian city?

Vancouver

Linda Evangelista made her name in which field?

Modelling

The Expo 67 World Fair was held in which city in 1967?

Montreal

In which century was the first Canadian census taken?

19th

Canada's maple leaf flag was adopted in which decade?

1960s

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In which year was Justin Trudeau born?

1971 Click to see the answer

A ban on catching which fish came into effect in 1992?

Cod

What was introduced to the Tim Hortton's menu in 1976?

Timbit

Which city did Halifax replace as capital of Nova Scotia?

Annapolis Royal

People from which first Nation attacked Lachine in 1689?

Iroquois

How many people were killed in shootings at La Loche in 2016?

4

Nunavut was created out of which province in the 1980s?

Northwest Territory

Justin Trudeau is what number Prime Minister of Canada?

23rd

Marc Garneau had which occupation before entering politics?

Astronaut

In which decade did the St Lawrence Seaway open?

1950s

Which game did Scott Abbott invent in 1979?

Trivial Pursuit

Wayne Gretzky made his name in which sport?

Ice Hockey

In which decade was the Canadian Pacific Railway completed?

1880s

Which singer faced assault charges in 2014?

Justin Bieber

Loyalist refugees fled to Canada in 1783 from which country?

United States

Which province was created at the same time as Saskatchewan?

Alberta

Which Royals toured Canada in 2011?

William and Kate

Who succeeded George VI as Head of State in Canada in 1952?

Elizabeth II

Pierre Berton made his name in which field?

Writing

In which century did Europeans first start exploring Canada?

15th

In which decade was the CN Tower built?

1970s

O Canada was officially adopted as the anthem in which year?

1980

Cirque Du Soleil was established in which Canadian province?

Quebec

Which birthday did the Canadian flag celebrate in 2015?

50th

The Canadian Space Agency was established in which decade?

1980s

What did Alexander Graham Bell invent?

Telephone

In which Canadian city did Molson open their first brewery?

Montreal

Gold was discovered on a tributary of which river in 1896?

Klondike

The Great Depression hit Canada in which decade?

1930s

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The first case of which virus was reported in Canada in January 2016?

Zika Click to see the answer

What did Champlain discover in 1615?

Great Lakes

How long after Britain and France did Canada declare war on Germany in 1939?

7

How many Canadians served in the Second World War?

1 million

Tim Hortons opened its first outlet outside Canada in which country?

United States

Samuel de Champlain formed a colony on behalf of which nation in 1608?

France

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Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve founded which city, originally called Ville-Marie?

Montreal Click to see the answer

Jacques Cartier claimed some Canadian land for the king of which country in 1534?

France

What did Simon McTavish trade between Canada and Europe in the 18th century?

Furs

In which decade was Ben Johnson exposed as an athletics drug cheat?

1980s

What was the first name of Mr Riel, who led the Red River rebellion in 1869?

Louis

A man stole a truck and rammed it into pedestrians in which city in 2017?

Edmonton

The 1759 Battle of the Plains of Abraham happened near which city?

Quebec

Chief Tecumseh was the head of which nation?

Shawnee

What was Tim Horton's profession before going intp the coffee shop business?

Hockey Player

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In which century was the Hudson Bay Company given exclusive trading rights?

17th Click to see the answer

Wildfires in which state required the evacuation of 33,000 in 2107?

British Columbia

In which year was minister Pierre Laporte kidnapped by terrorists?

1970s

War hero Laura Secord has a company making which food named after her?

Chocolate

What was the three letter abbreviation of the terrorist group in Quebec in the 1960s?

FLQ

Brad Wall announced that he was retiring from which field in 2017?

Politics

Maurice Duplessis was premier of which province?

Quebec

Which became the 10th Canadian province in 1949?

Newfoundland

In which decade did Alberta and Saskatchewan become part of Canada?

1900s

The Social Credit Party was founded in which province in the 1930s?

Alberta

Quebec was split into how many colonies in 1972?

2

Canada expelled three workers accused of spying from the embassy of which country in 1980?

Soviet Union

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A bridge linking Prince Edward Island with which other province opened in 1997?

New Brunswick Click to see the answer

Linda Evangelista once said she didn't get out of bed for less than which sum?

$10,000

The Red River Resistance resulted in the creation of which province?

Manitoba

In which decade was Linda Evangelista a staple of top fashion shows?

1980s

How many people living in Saskatchewan had to be evacuated due to fires in 2015?

13,000

Timothy Eaton started which sort of business in the 19th century?

Department Store

Who defeated the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759?

British

What was the first name of Laporte, minister kidnapped by the FLQ?

Pierre

A tower in which city replaced the CN Tower as the world's tallest building?

Dubai

In the 1790s, Alexander Mackenzie travelled overland to reach which body of water?

Pacific Ocean

Native Canadian chief Obwandiyag was called what by the British?

Pontiac

How many referendums have there been on the sovereignty of Quebec?

2

What was the name of the Toronto-based actor who married Prince Harry in 2018?

Meghan

Canada signed a free trade agreement with which country in 1989?

United States

The St Lawrence Seaway linked which Great Lake with the Atlantic?

Ontario

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What was the first name of Mr Garneau, first Canadian in space?

Marc Click to see the answer

The boundary between the US and Canada was fixed at which parallel?

49th

How many Canadians were killed during World War 2?

40,000

Marc Lepine killed fourteen female engineering students in 1989 in which city?

Montreal

Pelts from what creature were the main trade in the early days of Canada?

Beaver

What anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic was commemorated in 2012?

100th

18th century fur trader Simon McTavish was born in which country?

Scotland

In which year was the first referendum on independence for Quebec held?

1980

How many people did Clifford Olson confess to killing in the early 1980s?

11

The Quebec Act was passed in which decade?

1770s

How old was the person charged with the La Loche shootings of 2016?

17

Which disease did Terry Fox contract as a child?

Cancer

Which group of Europeans first reached Canada 1000 years ago?

Vikings

Which programming language was developed by Canadian James Gosling write in 1995?

Java

In which year did British Columbia join Canada?

1871

Which modern Canadian city was founded by Samuel de Champlain in 1608?

Quebec

Who discovered the North West Passage?

Amundsen

How many times in a row did the Blue Jays win the World Series in the early 90s?

2

John Cabot, early explorer of Canada, was from which country?

Italy

What disaster near McBride in 2016 killed five people on snowmobiles?

Avalanche

What American President attended the opening of the St Lawrence Seaway in 1959?

Eisenhower

A new Canadian flag was designed in 1960s and featured which type of leaf?

Maple

Which country battled the British at the Battle of Queenston Heights?

United States

Timothy Eaton opened a department store in which city in 1869?

Toronto

In which branch of the military did Colonel Chris Hadfield serve before joining NASA?

Airforce

The 1960s design of Canada's flag was which color with white?

Red

How many provinces formed the first Canadian Confederation in 1867?

4

In which decade did Pierre Trudeau first become Canadian Prime Minister?

1960s

Pierre Trudeau represented which political party?

Liberal

Frederick Banting and Charles Best received the Nobel Prize for work on which disease?

Diabetes

The Oregon Treaty fixed the border between Canada and which country?

United States

Joey Smallwood was premier of which province?

Newfoundland

John Cabot was the first man to draw a map of which Canadian coast?

East

How many Iroquois nation formed the Confederacy of the Longhouse?

5

Canadian troops were part of the D Day landings to liberate France in which year?

1944

Marie-Joseph Angélique was accused of starting a 1734 in which city?

Montreal

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Which was the first province of Canada to embrace democratic government?

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Colonel Chris Hadfield commanded the International Space Station in which year?

2012

When was the second referendum on independence for Quebec?

1995

In which year did Chris Hadfield become the first Canadian to walk in space?

2001

Who did Justin Trudeau replace as Canadian prime minister?

Stephen Harper

In which decade did the US and British sign the Oregon Boundary Treaty?

1840s

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How many Iroquois attacked the village of Lachine in 1689?

1,500 Click to see the answer

What was the name of the 10th century Norse settlement in Canada?

Vinland

Which beach was stormed by Canadian troops during the D-Day landings?

Juno

Banting and Best, Nobel Prize winners for work on insulin, worked at a University in which city?

Toronto

Explorer Verrazzano from which country explored Canada's coast in 1524?

France

How long did Oliver Mowat spend as leader of Ontario?

24 years

In which century did the Iroquois found the Confederacy of the Longhouse?

7th

Conrad Black was sentenced to how many years in prison for fraud in 2005?

6

The Progressive Conservatives merged with which party in 2003?

Canadian Alliance

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Opened in 2013, the Musee Grevin in Montreal is which type of museum?

Wax Click to see the answer

The 1871 Treaty of Washington gave Americans the right to do what in Canadian territory?

Fish

Pauline Marois became the first female premier of which province in 2012?

Quebec

William Cornelius Van Horne made his fortune in which industry?

Railways

Gaspar de Corte-Real first sailed around which part of Canada?

Newfoundland

How many people lost their jobs with the end of cod fishing in the 1990s?

38,000

In which year did Prince Edward Island join Canada?

1873

What was the name of the Lord who founded the colony at Red River?

Lord Selkirk

How many people were killed in a sea collision near Halifax in 1917?

1,600

Founded in 1931, the Social Credit party dominated Alberta politics until which decade?

1970s

In which year did Justin Trudeau become Prime Minister?

2015

Which Canadian province first gave voting rights to women?

Manitoba

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Sir Guy Carleton was an early British governor of which part of Canada?

Quebec Click to see the answer

In which year were native Canadians given the vote?

1960

Canada's first theatre performance was in which century?

17th

The Marquis de Montcalm faced General Wolfe at which battle?

Plains of Abraham

Marie-Joseph Angélique was an enslaved black woman from which country?

Portugal

In which decade did Canada establish a central police force?

1870s

What was the name of the British General who fought the French at the Plains of Abraham?

Wolfe

The island named after which Prince became part of Canada in 1873?

Edward

An estimated how many people joined the Gold Ruch in the 1890s?

100,000

What was the first name of Ms Marois, first female leader of Quebec?

Pauline

What was the occupation of the 'Bluebirds' during the first world war?

Nurses

What was the first name of Ms McPhail, first woman elected to the Canadian parliament?

Agnes

In which year did Wayne Gretsky play his last hockey game?

1999

John Graves Simcoe passed an Act againsr which practise in 1793?

Slavery

1,000 year old Viking settlements were found in which part of Canada?

Newfoundland

Charles Edward Saunders developed a revolutionary type of what crop in 1907?

Wheat

Louis Riel was hanged for treason at a jail in which city in 1885?

Regina

The Famous Five were a group of women's rights activists from which province?

Alberta

What type of creature was Quatchi, mascot of the 2010 Winter Olympics?

Sasquatch

How many were in the 1920s group of artists, interested in Canadian themes?

7

The Count de Frontenac was governor of which part of Canada in the 17th century?

New France

Sir James Douglas was the founder of which province of Canada?

British Columbia

Which monarch gave the mounted police the 'royal' prefix?

Edward VII

Which British king gave the Hudson Bay company exclusive trading rights?

Charles II

Opened in 1829, the Welland Canal linked which Great Lake to Erie?

Ontario

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