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The 3 provinces that border Montana

"ALBERTA, SASKATCHEWAN, BRITISH COLUMBIA"

"If you're a Shakespeare fan, don't miss Canada's most famous dramatic festival, held each year in this city"

"STRATFORD, ONTARIO"

"An underwater tunnel connecting Detroit and this Canadian city opened in Nov., 1930"

"WINDSOR, ONTARIO"

This Canadian provincial capital lies about halfway between Vancouver and Montreal

"WINNIPEG, MANITOBA"

The cup representing Canadian football supremacy has this colorful name; a descendent of the tea guy donated it

GREY CUP

The Canadian province of Prince Edward Island lies within this gulf

GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE

"The site of a major Canadian air force training base, this city sounds like the mandible of a large deer"

MOOSE JAW

In 1874 lt. Colonel George Arthur French became the first Commissioner of this law enforcement agency

MOUNTIES

"Canadian author of ""Deptford Trilogy"""

ROBERTSON DAVIES

Talks began in 1995 to include Chile in this Canadian-US-Mexican agreement

NAFTA

2 of these marine mammals adorn the coat of arms of Canada's Northwest Territories

NARWALS

"This military alliance was formed in 1949 by Canada, the US and 10 European countries"

NATO

In 2005 guard Steve Nash became the first Canadian to be named MVP of this league

NBA

"Singing in English, Portuguese, and Hindi, this Canadian knows how to ""say it right"""

NELLY FURTADO

Never do this was Canadian Farley Mowat's tale of living in the north to see what was killing caribou

NEVER CRY WOLF

"Fredericton, the capital of this Canadian province, is named for a son of King George III"

NEW BRUNSWICK

"The 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty fixed Maine's border with this ""new"" province"

NEW BRUNSWICK

Fredericton has been the capital of this Atlantic province since 1785

NEW BRUNSWICK

Fundy national park is on the Bay of Fundy in this Canadian province

NEW BRUNSWICK

It's called the Loyalist Province because during the American Revolution many loyalists fled there

NEW BRUNSWICK

This province bordering Maine is 90% forest

NEW BRUNSWICK

"If you studied Latin, you'll know that Nova Scotia's name is latin for this"

NEW SCOTLAND

"In 1956 the first transatlantic telephone cable was laid between Oban, Scotland and Clareville in this Canadian province"

NEWFOUNDLAND

"It's been called ""Britain's oldest colony"", but it's Canada's ""new""est province"

NEWFOUNDLAND

"Viking artifacts have been found on this large ""new"" Canadian island"

NEWFOUNDLAND

St. John's is the capital city of this province

NEWFOUNDLAND

The Vikings visited L'anse aux Meadows in this province

NEWFOUNDLAND

This Canadian island is separated from the mainland by the Strait Of Belle Isle and the Gulf Of St. Lawrence

NEWFOUNDLAND

This newest province didn't become part of Canada until 1949

NEWFOUNDLAND

When the Vikings settled in this Canadian province around 1000 AD they called the natives there Skraelings

NEWFOUNDLAND

"The 2 ""new"" Canadian provinces"

NEWFOUNDLAND & NEW BRUNSWICK

The Canadian and US cities connected by the Rainbow Bridge share this name

NIAGARA FALLS

The thunderous waters of this world famous tourist attraction border Canada's Victoria Park

NIAGARA FALLS

"Igniting a new rush, in 1989 Charles Fipke discovered diamonds in these barren ""territories"""

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

"Only incorporated as a city in 1970, Yellowknife is the capital of this vast Canadian administrative region"

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

This deli name for cold-smoked salmon refers to a Canadian province

NOVA

"Celtic languages are still spoken in parts of Ireland and this ""new"" Canadian province that includes Cape Breton Sound"

NOVA SCOTIA

"If you visit this province in July, you may enjoy the Festival Of The Tartans in New Glasgow"

NOVA SCOTIA

"St. Ann's in this province is home to the Gaelic mod, an annual festival celebrating Scottish culture"

NOVA SCOTIA

"The annual games in Antigonish, a town in this Canadian province, are similar to those in Braemar, Scotland"

NOVA SCOTIA

"This Canadian province's largest lake is Bras D'or, a saltwater lake lying on Cape Breton Island"

NOVA SCOTIA

"Towns in this province include Sydney, Dartmouth, and New Glasgow"

NOVA SCOTIA

2-word Latin name of an eastern Canadian province

NOVA SCOTIA

Cape Breton Island forms the northeastern tip of this Atlantic province

NOVA SCOTIA

Cape Breton Island is part of this Canadian province

NOVA SCOTIA

Its flag has the royal arms of Scotland and is the reverse colors of the Scottish flag

NOVA SCOTIA

Place names in this province include Inverness and Caledonia

NOVA SCOTIA

This Canadian maritime province was named after the native land of England's James I

NOVA SCOTIA

You'll find Inverness in this Canadian province along with Liverpool

NOVA SCOTIA

In 1999 this territory split from the Northwest Territories

NUNAVUT

"This title precedes ""our home and native land..."""

O CANADA

"On D-day, the Americans landed on these 2 beaches"

OMAHA & UTAH

"Robertson Davies' ""Deptford Trilogy"" concerns a small-town tragedy in this most populous Canadian province"

ONTARIO

"Towns in this province include Big Beaver House, Sault St. Marie, & London"

ONTARIO

"Unlike its Stratford Festival, this Canadian province's Blyth Festival focuses on more recent plays"

ONTARIO

"With 6, it's the province with the greatest number of area codes"

ONTARIO

"With about 10 million people, it has Canada's largest population"

ONTARIO

A British officer who drowned in the Thames River nearby haunts Eldon House in this Canadian province

ONTARIO

Southernmost Canadian province

ONTARIO

The 5 great lakes border 8 US states but only this one Canadian province

ONTARIO

The picturesque town of Niagara-On-The-Lake is found in this Canadian province

ONTARIO

The southernmost point of Canada lies in this province

ONTARIO

This province is home to one-third of all Canadians

ONTARIO

This province's southernmost tip lies farther south than Boston

ONTARIO

You'll find Santa's village and Ruldoph's Funland about 100 miles north of Toronto in this province

ONTARIO

Some citizens in this Canadian capital get their news from the Citizen Newspaper

OTTAWA

The Chateau Laurier is an elegant hotel near the parliament buildings in this Canadian city

OTTAWA

"It's great, it's gray, it's nocturnal, it's the provincial bird of Manitoba"

OWL

"French for ""red"", it's the term used for the point that is scored if a punt goes out of the end zone untouched"

ROUGE

This military group abbreviated RCAF developed the 5bx program of calisthenics

ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE

"Canadian group portrayed in ""Rose Marie"", ""Sergeant Preston"", and ""Dudley Do-Right"""

ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE

'Scarlet riders' is a collection of pulp tales about this Canadian group

ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE

Sgt. Preston worked for the northwest mounted police; Inspector Renfrew worked for this later version

ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE

"Regina, this Canadian province's capital, was originally called Pile O' Bones"

SASKATCHEWAN

"Saskatoon is this province's ""City Of Bridges"""

SASKATCHEWAN

"The Seas of Neptune are long gone, replaced by the prairies near its capital, Regina, in this Canadian province"

SASKATCHEWAN

Regina is the capital of this province

SASKATCHEWAN

The Cypress Hills extend across SE Alberta and the SW part of this province

SASKATCHEWAN

Gordie Howe got his first pair of skates growing up in this Canadian city

SASKATOON

Canadian business executive Samuel Bronfman was the founder & chief operating officer of this distilling company

SEAGRAM'S

Each year English-speaking Canadians honor this saint on April 23

ST. GEORGE

"Commercial cod fishing, long a mainstay of this Newfoundland capital, declined to almost nothing by 1990"

ST. JOHN'S

It's the provincial capital closest to Europe

ST. JOHN'S

"A sports trophy is named for the Canadian baron who donated it, Frederick Arthur, who was Lord [this] of Preston"

STANLEY

Some of the plays in this Ontario city's famous theatre festival are presented in the Avon Theatre

STRATFORD

Canadians observe it the second Monday in October; the USA celebrates it on a Thursday in November

THANKSGIVING

This 1992 Michael Ondaatje novel became a Ralph Fiennes movie that won the best picture Oscar

THE ENGLISH PATIENT

"In English, Montreal's Hotel Quatre Saisons, is known as this"

THE FOUR SEASONS

"Carol shields of Illinois and Manitoba won the Pulitzer and the Governor General's Award for these ""diaries"""

THE STONE DIARIES

These lingual organs of cod are so popular in Newfoundland that St. John's has a contest for eating them

TONGUES

"From 1793-1834, this now-largest Canadian city was known as York"

TORONTO

"The name of this Ontario capital means ""place of meeting"" in the Huron Indian language"

TORONTO

"This Canadian city, ""the 3rd-largest theatre centre in the English-speaking world"", is home to the Dora awards"

TORONTO

"Victoria St., Queen St., and Queen's Park Circle are all found in this Canadian city"

TORONTO

Bay Street is the heart of this Canadian city's financial district

TORONTO

George Brown founded this Canadian city's Globe Newspaper in 1844

TORONTO

In North America this city's stock exchange is second in size only to the New York Stock Exchange

TORONTO

It's the only provincial capital that lies on the shore of one of the great lakes

TORONTO

The top 2 Canadian newspapers in circulation are based in this city

TORONTO

This Canadian city's largest park occupies 4 islands in Lake Ontario

TORONTO

This Ontario city's underground walkway system can get you from Eaton Centre to Union Station

TORONTO

"This highway extends almost 5,000 miles from St. John's, Newfoundland to Victoria, British Columbia"

TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY

In 1873 Canadian Prime Minister John A MacDonald was accused of corruption in giving the contract to build this to the pacific

TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD

This British Columbia capital was the capital of the colony of Vancouver Island 1848-1866

VICTORIA

"A Canadian war memorial stands atop this French ridge where fighting raged in April, 1917"

VIMY RIDGE

This purple flower that grows throughout most of the world is the floral emblem of New Brunswick

VIOLET

Canadian territorial capital a Lady in Banbury Cross might like to ride

WHITEHORSE

The Aransas Wildlife Refuge in Texas is the main winter home for these large noisy birds from Canada

WHOOPING CRANES

William Lyon Mackenzie led a failed 1837 revolt; this grandson of his was Canada's longest-serving prime minister

WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE KING

"This Manitoba capital's name is derived from 2 Cree Indian words meaning ""murky water"""

WINNIPEG

Sites of interest in this city include the Old Market Square and the Manitoba Legislative Building

WINNIPEG

This Manitoba capital annexed the adjacent community of Saint Boniface in 1972

WINNIPEG

In 1917 & 1918 Ontario's Billy Bishop claimed 72 aerial victories as an ace in this war

WW I

"From work using hypothermia for heart surgery, Wilfred Bigelow helped develop this implanted stimulator"

PACEMAKER

"British Columbia's flag shows the sun setting over wavy stripes, which symbolize this ocean"

PACIFIC

We were 'scared' to tell you that this formerly organic substance is Alberta's official stone

PETRIFIED WOOD

"He lost the prime minister's job in 1979, but had it back in 1980"

PIERRE TRUDEAU

Conservative Joe Clark was Canadian prime minister between this man's 2 nonconsecutive terms

PIERRE TRUDEAU

"French Canadians ""pig out"" on toutiere, a pie traditionally filled with this meat"

PORK

"Manitoba is the smallest & easternmost of the 3 Canadian provinces known by this ""grassy"" name. AB & SK are the other two provinces."

PRAIRIE PROVINCES

"Queen Elizabeth II's third son, or a Canadian island"

PRINCE EDWARD

"Canada's most densely populated province, it's known to locals as ""the island"""

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

"Charlottetown, the capital of this island province, is named for the wife of King George III"

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

"Green Gables, the home made famous in ""Anne Of Green Gables"", is a major attraction in this island province"

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

"It's not only the smallest province in area, it's the smallest in population as well"

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

"Its song is ""the island hymn"""

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

"Lady Slipper Drive, a scenic route in this tiny island province, is named for the province's official flower"

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

"The Micmac Indians called it Abegweit, which means ""cradled on the waves"""

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

"This island province has three counties: King's, Queen's, and Prince"

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Canada's 8-mile-long Confederation Bridge links this province to New Brunswick

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

It's the smallest of the Canadian provinces

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Malpeque bay oysters are a taste treat from this small island province

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Miminegash in this tiny island province is home to the Irish Moss Interpretive Centre

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

The lady's slipper is the official flower of this Canadian island province

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

This Canadian province is in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Canadian area of an 1890s gold rush

KLONDIKE

"Clarence Birdseye discovered his freezing method for food on a trading expedition to this ""canine"" Canadian location"

LABRADOR

This Canadian peninsula is shared by Newfoundland and Quebec

LABRADOR

"Middle island, Canada's southernmost point, is found in this eastern great lake"

LAKE ERIE

"Noted for its turquoise waters, it's the pearl of the Canadian Rockies"

LAKE LOUISE

"This 1,800-square-mile Canadian lake sits entirely within a prairie province of the same name"

LAKE MANITOBA

"A part of Minnesota, the northernmost point in the lower 48 states, juts into this US-Canadian lake"

LAKE OF THE WOODS

The northernmost point in the contiguous 48 states lies on the northwest angle in this US-Canadian lake

LAKE OF THE WOODS

This Great Lake has the same name as a Canadian province

LAKE ONTARIO

"The first Canadian to win the Nobel Prize (1957), he retired as p.m. in 1968"

LESTER PEARSON

"As crazy as it sounds, Ontario's official bird is the common this"

LOON

This common bird of North America is featured on a Canadian coin

LOON

"North America's 2nd-longest river, it flows into the sea in the Northwest Territories"

MACKENZIE

This Canadian news magazine publishes a Chinese edition 6 times a year

MACLEANS

Between 1812 & 1815 the Scots & Irish founded the Red River Settlement in this Canadian prairie province

MANITOBA

Each February the northern trapper's festival held north of Winnipeg in this province celebrates early Canadian pioneers

MANITOBA

In 1812 the Earl of Selkirk established the Red River Colony in this Canadian province to begin settling the west

MANITOBA

Lake Winnipeg in this province is the largest body of water entirely within any Canadian province

MANITOBA

This Canadian province's largest lake is Lake Winnipeg

MANITOBA

"Derided as the ""Pearson Pennant"" after the prime minister, it was adopted in 1964"

MAPLE LEAF FLAG

"French Canadians didn't like the Union Jack on the old flag, so in 1965 this new design was unfurled"

MAPLE LEAF FLAG

"At a sugaring off party, you may eat tire sur la neige, which is this syrup poured over snow"

MAPLE SYRUP

"Eudora Welty wrote ""The Robber Bridegroom"" and this Canadian woman wrote ""The Robber Bride"""

MARGARET ATWOOD

Life before man is by this Torontonian feminist

MARGARET ATWOOD

"This adjective means ""connected to the sea"", like some Canadian provinces"

MARITIME

Adjective for 3 Canadian provinces on the Gulf of St. Lawrence

MARITIME

North America's oldest beer brand still being made; founded in Canada in 1786

MOLSON

This Canadian brewer founded in 1786 builds recreational facilities and gives suds and funds to aids benefits

MOLSON

"Appointed military governor of this Canadian city in 1760, Thomas Gage was made a major general in 1761"

MONTREAL

"Built in 1771, Notre-Dame-de-bon-Secours is one of the oldest churches in this Canadian city"

MONTREAL

"In this Canadian city's Olympic Stadium, pitchers are lanceurs and the shortstop is the arret-court"

MONTREAL

"McGill University in this Canadian city is known as the ""Harvard of the North"""

MONTREAL

763' Mount Royal stands in the center of this Canadian city

MONTREAL

English is also widely spoken in this largest French-speaking city outside of Paris

MONTREAL

Le Devoir & La Presse are leading newspapers in this Canadian city

MONTREAL

"Victoria Day is celebrated with a week of festivities in Victoria, the capital of this province"

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Dozens of species of butterflies flit around Victoria butterfly gardens in this province

BRITISH COLUMBIA

It's the only Canadian province on the pacific ocean

BRITISH COLUMBIA

The Canadian Football League's Lions play in Vancouver but represent this entire province

BRITISH COLUMBIA

The Haida are a native people from islands off this Canadian province

BRITISH COLUMBIA

This province's flag depicts a setting sun over wavy blue stripes that symbolize the Pacific Ocean

BRITISH COLUMBIA

This west coast province is third largest in both area & population

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Tofino in this Canadian province celebrates the migration of whales during its Pacific Rim Whale Festival

BRITISH COLUMBIA

"In 1988 Brisbane, Australia hosted a world expo and this Canadian city hosted the Winter Olympics"

CALGARY

"Once the Canadian Pacific Railway reached this Alberta city in 1883, settlers began a ""stampede"" to live there"

CALGARY

"This ""stampede"" city lies in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, so it's nicknamed the ""Foothills City"""

CALGARY

This largest Alberta city is called Canada's oil and gas capital

CALGARY

"Wawa is Ojibwa for this wild bird and the town of Wawa, Ontario, a migration stop, boasts a giant statue of one"

CANADA GOOSE

In the 1880s Ontario-brewed club whiskey got this new national name

CANADIAN CLUB

The Canadian version of this sport has 12 men on a side and the field is 110 yards long

CANADIAN FOOTBALL

Toronto's CN Tower was built by this railway

CANADIAN NATIONAL

"The last spike of this transcontinental railroad was driven on Nov. 7, 1885"

CANADIAN PACIFIC

The large region known as the Laurentian Plateau is also known as the Canadian ___________

CANADIAN SHIELD

"The name of this oil was changed from ""rapeseed oil"" by the Canadian oil-seed industry"

CANOLA OIL

"A slang term for a French Canadian, or an NHL player from the other side of the country"

CANUCK

"Some Canadians cook this reindeer relative whose name is from the Algonquin for ""pawer"""

CARIBOU

"The word ""Canada"" first appeared in 1535 in this French explorer's journal"

CARTIER

In 1534 this Frenchman became the first European to set foot on the Gaspe Peninsula and sail up the St. Lawrence River

CARTIER

"This vice president from whom an Alaskan city is named, was involved in Canadian-Alaskan border negotiations"

CHARLES FAIRBANKS

"Named for a queen, this capital of Prince Edward Island is the seat of Queens County"

CHARLOTTETOWN

This handsome Canadian ensnared a lot of hearts as Captian Von Trapp

CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER

The Canadian government has blamed the decline of this Atlantic food fish partly on the harp seal

COD

"Since 1867 all the PM's except for 2 unionists, have been from 1 of these 2 parties"

CONSERVATIVE OR LIBERAL

Nova Scotia's Samuel Cunard founded the famous Cunard Line of these in 1838

CRUISERS (SHIPS)

"Lying about 175 miles north of Calgary, it's known as the ""gateway to the north"""

EDMONTON

Capital of Alberta

EDMONTON

In 1947 huge oil deposits were discovered in this city 175 miles north of Calgary; it's now Canada's oil capital

EDMONTON

The North Saskatchewan River divides this Albertan capital in half

EDMONTON

This Alberta capital is called the Gateway To The North

EDMONTON

"Led by "The Great One," this Canadian team wins its first Stanley Cup in 1984"

EDMONTON OILERS

"Canada's northernmost point lies on this large island a ""mere"" 6 degrees, 92 minutes from the North Pole"

ELLESMERE ISLAND

In 1670 Hudson's Bay Co was chartered in this country and given rights to land draining into the bay

ENGLAND

"One US dollar equals 1.13 Canadian dollars, for example"

EXCHANGE RATE

A narrow passage separates Canada's Ellesmere island from this large Danish island

GREENLAND

The 1967 World's Fair held in this city celebrated the city's 325th anniversary and Canada's Centennial

MONTREAL

This Canadian city's metro was the first subway in the western hemisphere to use rubber tires

MONTREAL

This surgeon who discovered insulin with Charles Best served with the Canadian army as a Major in WWII

FREDERICK BANTING

Capital of New Brunswick

FREDERICTON

"In the Treaty of Paris of 1763, which ended this war, France surrendered most of New France to Britain"

FRENCH & INDIAN WAR

Minimum age to vote in Canadian national elections

18

Toronto-born journalist Morley Safer began hosting this Sunday TV news magazine way back in 1970

60 MINUTES

"It's Michael J. Fox's real middle initial, but he thought it sounded too Canadian"

A.

The Cajuns of Louisiana are descended from French settlers of this Canadian region

ACADIA

This flamboyant female evangelist wasn't American but Canadian; she was born in Ontario in 1890

AIMEE SEMPLE MCPHERSON

"Edmontosaurus, discovered in this Canadian province in 1917, was almost defenseless and was preyed upon by the t-rex"

ALBERTA

"Towns in this province include Vulcan, Medicine Hat, and Red Deer"

ALBERTA

"You can ride the Jasper Tramway to over 7,500 feet up in this Canadian province"

ALBERTA

Petrified wood is the official stone of this province whose capital is Edmonton

ALBERTA

The 1947 discovery of the Leduc fields began an oil boom in this western province

ALBERTA

The 625' Calgary Tower in this Canadian province features a revolving restaurant

ALBERTA

The town of Jasper is in Jasper National Park in this Canadian province

ALBERTA

This Canadian prairie province was named for a daughter of Queen Victoria

ALBERTA

"Once part of Alcoa, this Canadian company with a 5-letter name, is a giant in world aluminum manufacturing"

ALCAN

The Nova Scotia museum named for this man features early experimental models of his telephones

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL

Canada's Mackenzie River flows into this ocean

ARCTIC

This Canadian island across from Greenland is the world's 5th-largest island

BAFFIN ISLAND

"Known for great skiing, this Alberta resort is ""Canada's highest town"" at 4,537 feet"

BANFF

Chateau Lake Louise is a famous resort in this Canadian national park

BANFF

This resort town in the Canadian Rockies is famous for its hot sulfur-water swimming pools

BANFF

"Maine's west Quoddy Lighthouse, noted for its distinct red & white candy stripes, overlooks this Canadian bay"

BAY OF FUNDY

This rodent is considered a national symbol of Canada

BEAVER

"A tasty pastry named for this beaver appendage is a specialty of Hooker's, an Ottawa eatery"

BEAVER TAIL

"Canadian province where you'll most likely spot Trowbridge's shrew, which enjoys Douglas fir seeds"

BRITISH COLUMBIA

"Columbia Lake, the source of the Columbia River, is found in this Canadian province"

BRITISH COLUMBIA

"It's the Canadian province that borders the state of Washington, eh"

BRITISH COLUMBIA

"The Rocky Mountains run through part of this Canadian province that begins with a ""b"""

BRITISH COLUMBIA

"Towns in this province include Prince George, Prince Rupert, and Victoria"

BRITISH COLUMBIA

"I want to thank the Canadian people who came out to wave, with all five fingers, for their hospitality"

GEORGE W. BUSH

"National days, including Canada day, are proclaimed by the person in this post, not by the prime minister"

GOVERNOR-GENERAL

Vincent Massey was Canada's first minister to the US and later the first non-Brit to hold this post

GOVERNOR-GENERAL

"This ""great"" Canadian lake lies on the Arctic Circle"

GREAT BEAR LAKE

"One of the 2 largest lakes solely within Canada; both are ""great"""

GREAT BEAR LAKE & GREAT SLAVE LAKE

"This 11,000-square-mile Canadian lake is actually named for a tribe of native americans"

GREAT SLAVE LAKE

"A ferry and 2 suspension bridges connect Dartmouth, Nova Scotia with this capital"

HALIFAX

"A provincial capital was named for George Monteau Dunk, 2nd Earl of this"

HALIFAX

"On some weekdays in July & August, you can have tea with the mayor in this Nova Scotia capital"

HALIFAX

"Province house, Canada's oldest legislative building, was completed in 1818 in this Nova Scotia city"

HALIFAX

This capital's harbor is spanned by the Angus l. Macdonald & a. Murray MacKay suspension bridges

HALIFAX

"Founded in 1949, this company was publishing romance novels exclusively by 1964"

HARLEQUIN

This sport's first trading cards were issued by Canadian cigarette companies in the 1910s

HOCKEY

"It was the Mckenzie Brothers term for a beer-swilling, tuque-wearing, down-home type of guy"

HOSER

"The Canadian legislature has 2 houses: the Upper House, or Senate, and the Lower House called this"

HOUSE OF COMMONS

"Although it was discovered in 1610, this Canadian bay's west coast wasn't mapped until about 210 years later"

HUDSON BAY

"Churchill, Manitoba is the chief port on this Canadian bay"

HUDSON BAY

"In area, this Canadian bay is more than 3 times as large as all the great lakes combined"

HUDSON BAY

The Foxe Channel connects the Arctic Ocean with this huge Canadian bay

HUDSON BAY

This Canadian bay covers more than 3 times the area of the great lakes combined

HUDSON BAY

In 1670 this British firm was granted the charter to establish fur trading posts in Canada

HUDSON BAY CO.

"This Canadian company, formerly British, is the oldest chartered company in the world"

HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY

Britannica calls this John McCrae poem the only important Canadian verse related to WWI

IN FLANDERS FIELDS

"Co-discoverer of this pancreatic hormone, Ontario's Frederick Banting won a 1923 Nobel Prize"

INSULIN

"It means ""people"" in the Eskimo language, and it's what most Canadian Eskimos call themselves"

INUIT

In 1692 a 14-year-old girl defended a Canadian fort against warriors from this 5-nation Indian group

IROQUOIS

"Beginning in 1942, Canada moved 21,000 people of this background to internment camps"

JAPANESE-CANADIANS

James Gosling helped create this computer language that shares its name with a breakfast beverage

JAVA

"This world-famous Montreal Comedy Festival is known in French as ""Juste Pour Rire"""

JUST FOR LAUGHS

"General Richard Montgomery was killed dec. 31, 1775 leading a hopeless attack on this Canadian city"

QUEBEC

"On December 31, 1775 American General Montgomery was killed in the assault on this Canadian city"

QUEBEC

"On a tour of Canada in 1967, French president Charles de Gaulle called for the independence of this province"

QUEBEC

"Pierre Laporte was kidnapped in 1970 by the FLZ, who sought independence for this Canadian province"

QUEBEC

"The Charlottetown accord recognizing this province as a ""distinct society"" failed a 1992 vote"

QUEBEC

"The Meech Lake Accord, which recognized this province as a distinct society, failed to win approval in 1990"

QUEBEC

"This province's motto is je me souviens, ""i remember"""

QUEBEC

"This province's official flower is the white Madonna lily, not the fleur-de-lis"

QUEBEC

"Towns in this province include Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Sept-Iles, and Trois-Rivieres"

QUEBEC

"With an area of 594,860 square miles, it's Canada's largest province"

QUEBEC

Canada's oldest city

QUEBEC

Every province except this one has a majority population whose ancestors came from the British Isles

QUEBEC

In 1759 General James Wolfe sailed up the St. Lawrence river to capture this Canadian city

QUEBEC

In august 1998 Canada's highest court ruled this province cannot secede simply by majority vote

QUEBEC

The flag of this Canadian province features 4 white fleur-de-lis on a blue background

QUEBEC

There are 4 white fleur-de-lis depicted on the flag of this province

QUEBEC

This province's postal abbreviation is QC

QUEBEC

You'll find the Catholic diocese of Rimouski in this quite Catholic eastern Canadian province

QUEBEC

"A snowman known as Bonhomme is the symbol of le Carnaval D'hiver, the winter carnival in this Canadian city"

QUEBEC CITY

"It's been called the 'Gibraltar of America' because of the citadel, a fort overlooking the St. Lawrence River"

QUEBEC CITY

"Now a provincial capital, it was once the capital of New France"

QUEBEC CITY

"This Canadian city's most famous landmark, the Citadel, overlooks the city from Cape Diamond"

QUEBEC CITY

You can see Canadian soldiers in British uniforms march to French music in this city's citadel

QUEBEC CITY

"In 1876 Montreal's Mount Royal Park was officially inaugurated on May 24, a Canadian holiday because it's her birthday"

QUEEN VICTORIA

"It was capital of the Northwest Territories from 1882 to 1905, when it became the provincial capital of Saskatchewan"

REGINA

"When the province of Saskatchewan was created in 1905, this city became its capital"

REGINA

This other flag is depicted on the flags of Ontario and Manitoba

UNION JACK

"Each year this British Columbia city hosts the symphony of fire, a 4-day fireworks extravaganza"

VANCOUVER

Canadian city that hosted the 1986 World Expo

VANCOUVER

The CFL's BC lions play their home games in this city

VANCOUVER

The Juan de Fuca Strait separates Washington State from this Canadian island that shares its name with a BC city

VANCOUVER

"In 1778 James Cook became the first European to land on this island, the largest on Canada's west coast"

VANCOUVER ISLAND

"Afternoon tea at the Empress Hotel is a treasured tradition in this ""regal"" British Columbian city"

VICTORIA

"In the mid-1880s, it was the capital of the crown colony of Vancouver Island"

VICTORIA

"Vancouver isn't on Vancouver Island, but this capital is"

VICTORIA

In 1934 gold was discovered in this capital of the Northwest Territories; in 1991 diamonds were discovered there

YELLOWKNIFE

"Sharing a border with Alaska, it's the Canadian territory that had a record low of -81 Fahrenheit in 1947"

YUKON

"Turkey and these, the first Canadian-bred potatoes marketed by name; their skin and flesh are buttery yellow"

YUKON GOLD

The flag of this territory includes a malamute

YUKON TERRITORY

Whitehorse replaced Dawson as capital of this territory in 1953

YUKON TERRITORY

"The name of this provincial capital means ""queen"" in Latin"

"REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN"

Number of Canadian provinces that border the great lakes

1

"Unlike the NFL, a CFL team gets this many downs in a series to advance the ball 10 yards"

3

"It includes 3 present Atlantic provinces, and in the 18th-c., 4,000 inhabitants of it took an (unwilling) long trip southwest"

ACADIA

Banff National Park is in this province

ALBERTA

The only 2 Canadian provinces that do not border a saltwater ocean or bay

ALBERTA & SASKATCHEWAN

"A river is named for this man born in Scotland in 1764, the first European known to have crossed Canada"

ALEXANDER MACKENZIE

"This 1908 literary work that was followed by several sequels, is the bestselling book ever written by a Canadian, Lucy Maud Montgomery."

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

The songs on 'Under My Skin' are...deeper than those on 'Let Go' said this Canadian on Radio Disney's website

AVRIL LAVIGNE

Former NHL Canadian right winger and scoring giant Brett...

BOBBY HULL

The flag & coat of arms of this Canadian province feature a setting sun

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Vancouver is in this province

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Victoria is the capital of this Pacific Coast province

BRITISH COLUMBIA

The Canadian province & the territory that border Alaska

BRITISH COLUMBIA & YUKON TERRITORY

Ontario in this state was named by Canadian settlers around 1882

CALIFORNIA

"After moving across the Detroit River, this brand was forced by the USA to put its country of origin in its name"

CANADIAN CLUB

Capital of Prince Edward Island

CHARLOTTETOWN

"Older Canadians sometimes slip up and refer to Canada day, July 1, by this former name"

DOMINION DAY

This former Boston College and New England Patriots QB was the CFL's most outstanding player 6 times

DOUG FLUTIE

"This Iowa city was named for a French Canadian, the first white man to settle permanently in what is now Iowa"

DUBUQUE

Lake Hazen on this Canadian island is the world's largest lake entirely north of the arctic circle

ELLESMERE ISLAND

"The Smithsonian has the alkaline battery Lewis Urry created for Eveready, which named it this"

ENERGIZER

"A WWI poem by Canadian John McCrae ends, ""we shall not sleep, though poppies grow in..."" these ""fields"""

FLANDERS

"We don't have ""thirty two short films about"" this Canadian pianist who learned to play at age 3, just 1 short clue"

GLENN GOULD

On D-day the British landed on these 2 beaches

GOLD & SWORD

Uranium mined from this Canadian arctic lake with an animal name was used to make the WWII atomic bombs

GREAT BEAR LAKE

Ursine Canadian lake (Ursine means "bear" in Latin)

GREAT BEAR LAKE

"North America's deepest lake, is this Canadian one with a servile-sounding name"

GREAT SLAVE LAKE

This gulf of the Atlantic is between Newfoundland and the Canadian mainland

Gulf of ST. LAWRENCE

Capital of Nova Scotia

HALIFAX

Goat Island splits Niagara Falls into the American falls & this waterfall on the Canadian side

HORSESHOE FALLS

Nick Nolte plays a colonel based on heroic Canadian Romeo Dallaire in this Africa-set 2004 film

HOTEL RWANDA

Capital of Nunavut

IQALUIT

"This 2000 Medal of Freedom winning economist & advisor to JFK wrote ""the affluent society"""

JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH

"Alberta ballet's ""the fiddle and the drum"" is set to the songs of this female singer born in Alberta"

JONI MITCHELL

"On D-day, the Canadians landed on this beach"

JUNO

It's paired with Newfoundland in the name of a Canadian province

LABRADOR

We believe the only Canadian political wife to make the cover of 'people' magazine was this one linked in the '70s to players like Mick Jagger

MARGARET TRUDEAU

The Alouettes play their home games at Molson Stadium on the campus of this Montreal university

MCGILL

Second-largest Canadian city

MONTREAL

The only time the host country failed to win a gold medal was at the Olympics held in this western hemisphere city

MONTREAL (1976)

"French traders & natives dubbed these large antlered animals ""orignal"", a name still used by French Canadians"

MOOSE

"Just as ""shavian"" refers to the works of Shaw, this is the term for a person from Moose Jaw"

MOOSE JAVIAN

Moncton in this Canadian province was the cultural center of the Acadians

NEW BRUNSWICK

St. John and Newcastle are towns in this Canadian province

NEW BRUNSWICK

Not Wanted on the Voyage rewrites the story of this biblical vessel

NOAH'S ARK

"Appropriately, New Glasgow is in this Canadian province"

NOVA SCOTIA

"Halifax, the capital of this province, is the home port of the Canadian Atlantic fleet"

NOVA SCOTIA

Both the flag and the coat of arms of this eastern Canadian province bear the cross of St. Andrew

NOVA SCOTIA

Inverness on Cape Breton Island is found in this province

NOVA SCOTIA

"Iqaluit, the capital of this territory created in 1999, means ""place of fish"" in the Inuktitut language"

NUNAVUT

"The hamlets of Igluigaarjuk, Qamani'tuaq, & Ikaluktutiak are in this territory"

NUNAVUT

"The TD Centre and its 21,000 workers is found in this province"

ONTARIO

"This province has the longest border, including water, with the United States"

ONTARIO

It's the only Canadian province or territory whose 2-letter postal abbreviation is a preposition

ONTARIO

Niagara Falls is shared by the USA and this province

ONTARIO

The most populous Canadian province

ONTARIO

The only Canadian province that touches the great lakes

ONTARIO

"Hugh MacLennan's ""two solitudes"" is set in this province, site of linguistic & cultural conflict"

QUEBEC

"New Hampshire is bounded to the north by this Canadian province, the country's largest in area"

QUEBEC

Capital of Quebec

QUEBEC

McGill University is in this province

QUEBEC

Capital of Saskatchewan

REGINA

"The Blackberry Bold 9000 by R.I.M., this Canadian company, has a 624 MHz processor"

RESEARCH IN MOTION

"With its tributaries, this eastern Canadian river is navigable for more than 1,900 miles"

SAINT LAWRENCE

"Starting in 1978 on this Canadian comedy TV series, Eugene Levy began spoofing Alex Trebek as a wacky game show host called Alex Trebell"

SCTV

This 105 member Canadian body has a mandatory retirement age of 75; Strom Thurmond would have protested

SENATE

"At the 2010 Olympics, this Pittsburgh Penguin and Nova Scotia native scored the gold medal-winning goal for Canada. What a kid!

SIDNEY CROSBY

Capital of Newfoundland

ST. JOHN'S

"As of 2010, he was Canada's prime minister"

STEPHEN HARPER

It was only in the spring that Izzy Sharp created this luxury chain by opening his first hotel in Toronto in 1961

THE FOUR SEASONS

"In 1985 Margaret Atwood published this ""tale"" of women stripped of all rights in a post-US country"

THE HANDMAID'S TALE

Capital of Ontario

TORONTO

In 1976 baseball's American League voted to award its first Canadian franchise to this city

TORONTO

"To find out who was the better game player, Chris Haney and Scott Abbot created this '80s phenomenon"

TRIVIAL PURSUIT

"It's the warship where British Admiral Fraser, Canadian army Col. Cosgrave, and Japanese general Umezu all stood on Sept. 2, 1945 for Japan's surrender in WW2"

USS MISSOURI

"Of the top 5 Canadian cities in population, it's the one closest to the pacific ocean"

VANCOUVER

Capital of British Columbia

VICTORIA

Capital of Yukon Territory

WHITEHORSE

Capital of Manitoba

WINNIPEG

This city is home to the blue bombers of the Canadian Football League

WINNIPEG

Winnie-the-pooh was named after a bear owned by a WWI soldier from this Manitoba city

WINNIPEG

Capital of Northwest Territories

YELLOWKNIFE

"Mount Logan, Canada's highest peak, is found in this territory"

YUKON TERRITORY

Relive the gold rush days at Diamond Tooth Gertie's in this Canadian territory

YUKON TERRITORY


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