Dive into Canadian Geography
Answer as many of the following questions about Canada that you can. If you run into
difficulty skip the question and then use your resources – atlas, internet, family and friends to
answer the remaining questions.
1. What is the current population of Canada?
2. What is the current population of the town or city you live in?
3. What is the name of Canada’s newest territory?
4. Name the 5 Great Lakes.
5. Which Great Lake is found to the south of your town?
6. What is the largest city in Canada?
7. Name 2 provinces that do not touch salt water.
8. Which province/territory is the largest in area?
9. Where do you find the highest tides in the world?
10. What is the name of Canada’s capital city?
11. What is the name of the largest city found on Vancouver Island?
12. What is the largest island in Canada?
13. In which province/territory can you find a desert?
14. What is the highest peak in Canada?
15. What is the world status for Manitoulin Island?
16. What is the name of Canada’s oldest National Park?
17. Where do you find the Rideau Canal?
18. State the name of one Canadian National Park north of 60° latitude?
19. How many hours do you set your watch back after flying from St. John’s to Winnipeg?
20. Which Canadian physical feature attracts 10,000,000 tourists each year?
21. What is the name of the large lake on the Saskatchewan – Manitoba border?
22. What is the name of Canada’s longest river? Where is it located?
23. What is the name of Canada’s most northern settlement?
24. What percentage of Canada’s population lives in urban areas?
25. What is Canada’s number one export?
26. What is Hibernia?
27. What is the total land area of Canada?
28. Name two trading partners of Canada under the NAFTA agreement.
29. What is the name of Canada’s most southern point?
30. Where in Canada is the best soil located for agricultural purposes?
31. What is the name of the world’s longest recreational trail that runs across Canada?
32. In which 2 hemispheres is Canada located in?
33. State 4 minerals that are mined across Canada?
34. How many continents are there on the Earth?
35. To drive to Niagara Falls which direction would you go? N S E W then N S E W
36. Name 4 natural resources found in Canada that are considered renewable?
37. How many time zones are there in Canada?
38. Over half the area of the Prairie Provinces is drained by what river system into what body of
water?