Canada’s History

When did Canadian medical officer Lt. Col. John McCrae composed the poem “In Flanders Fields” that is often recited on Remembrance Day?

Who composed the poem “In Flanders Fields” that is often recited on Remembrance Day?

How many Canadians have died in all wars up to the present day?

Who was a champion of French language rights?

Who defeated Napoleon in 1815, and therefore played a direct role in founding the national capital?

Who defended the rights of the Canadiens and defeated an American military invasion of Quebec in 1775?

What was Pierre Le Moyne famous for?

Who refused to surrender Quebec to the English in 1690?

When did the Montreal Stock Exchange open?

What was the Underground Railroad?

Who was Upper Canada’s first Lieutenant Governor and founder of the City of York (now Toronto)?

What did Lower Canada mainly consist of?

What did Upper Canada mainly consist of?

In Canada, how did democratic institutions develop?

What are leaders like Jean Talon, Bishop Laval, and Count Frontenac famous for?

What was driving the vast fur trade economy?

What is the significance of "l'Anse aux Meadows"?

Who was the first European to explore the St. Lawrence River?

Regarding the European - Aboriginal relationship, which of the following statements is false?

How did the native people live when the first European arrive in Canada?

At the end of the Second World War, Canada's navy was:

Who contributed more to the Allied air effort than any other Commonwealth country during the Second World War?

How many Canadians served in the Second World War?

During the Second World War, what was the ratio of Canadians in the Allied forces on D-Day?

In the epic invasion of Normandy in northern France in 1944, known as D-Day, which beach did the Canadians capture?

What led to the Great Depression in the 1930s?

When was the Bank of Canada created?

What was the name of the free association of states that the British Empire had evolved into after the First World War?

What do Canadians wear on Remembrance Day?

What do Canadians remember on Remembrance Day?

What is the meaning of the Remembrance Day poppy?

When is Remembrance Day?

Who was the founder of the women's suffrage movement?

When were most Canadian female citizens, aged 21 and over, granted the right to vote in federal elections?

What is known as the women's suffrage movement?

Who was Canada's greatest soldier during the First World War?

Who had the reputation of being the "shock troops of the British Empire"?

How many Canadians served in the First World War?

What made it possible for immigrants to settle in Western Canada?

Whose portrait is on the $5 bill?

Who became the first French-Canadian prime minister since Confederation?

The British territories in the Caribbean Sea are part of Canada.

What is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police?

What does "RCMP" stand for?

When was the RCMP created?

When did Canada take over the vast northwest region from the Hudson's Bay Company?

Who was the key architect of Confederation from Quebec?

Whose portrait is on the Canadian $10 bill?

Who was Canada's First Prime Minister?

In which year was Canada's first Prime Minister elected?

Which phrase embodied the vision for the Dominion of Canada?

Who suggested the term, "Dominion of Canada" in 1864?

Who assigned Canada's national colours (white and red) in 1921?

When is Canada Day?

Why is the British North America Act important in Canadian history?

When did the British Parliament pass the British North America Act?

What is the "Dominion of Canada"?

What level of government did the Fathers of Confederation create?

What does "Confederation" mean?

Which four provinces formed the new country called the Dominion of Canada?

What were the men who worked together to establish Canada called?

What is the system "if the government loses a confidence vote in the assembly it must resign" called?

Who became the first leader of a responsible government in the Canadas?

Which British North American colony was the first to attain full responsible government?

In what year were Upper and Lower Canada united?

Name 3 fathers of Confederation

What was the name of the new country formed by the Fathers of Confederation?

In what year did Canada become a country?

What is a "responsible government"?

For what is Laura Secord known?

Who defeated Napoleon in 1815?

In which year did the American attempt to conquer Canada fail?

Why was the war of 1812 important to Canada?

Which countries fought in the War of 1812?

When did the United States launch an invasion on Canada?

What did the Battle of Trafalgar (1805) represent?

For centuries, on what was Canada's economy based?

When did the first financial institutions open in Canada?

Who dominated the fur trade in the North West during the French and British regimes?

For what did the first companies in Canada compete?

When were the first companies in Canada formed?

When did the British Parliament abolish slavery throughout the Empire?

Who was Mary Ann (Shadd) Carey?

Which British Empire province was the first to abolish slavery?

Who made Upper Canada the first province in the British Empire to abolish slavery?

Who was Lieutenant Colonel John Graves Simcoe?

What were the Atlantic colonies and the two Canadas known collectively as in 1791?

What was known as "British North America" in 1791?

When did the name "Canada" become official?

Which current provinces came out from the Constitutional Act?

When was the Constitutional Act passed?

Which Act granted to the Canadas, for the first time, legislative assemblies elected by the people?

Where was the first representative assembly elected?

When was the first representative assembly in Canada elected?

Where was the new British colony for freed slaves?

Who led thousands of Loyalist Mohawk Indians into Canada in 1776?

Who were the Loyalists?

Who declared independence in 1776 and formed the United States?

How were the laws impacted by the Quebec Act of 1774?

What is the significance of the Quebec Act of 1774?

Who passed the Quebec Act of 1774?

Who were known as "habitants" or "Canadiens"?

What did Great Britain rename the French colony of the 1700s?

What marked the end of France's empire in America in the 1700s?

Who gained control over North America in the 1700s?

When did France and Great Britain battle for control of North America?

Who battled for control of North America in the 1700s?

When did English colonies appear along the Atlantic seaboard?

Who were the "voyageurs" and "coureurs des bois"?

Who granted the Hudson's Bay Company exclusive trading rights?

What was the main economy of the early Europeans settlers?

When did the French and the Iroquois make peace?

Who battled with the French settlements for a century?

What is the current name of the fortress that Samuel de Champlain built in 1608?

Who established the first European settlements?

Who established the first European settlement north of Florida in 1604?

Where does the name "Canada" come from?

When did the name of "Canada" begin appearing on maps?

Who was the first European to see present-day Quebec City and Montreal?

Who claimed Canadian land for King Francis I of France between 1534 and 1542?

With whose expedition did European exploration begin in Canada?

When did European exploration begin in Canada?

Who were the first Europeans to reach Canada?

When did English settlement begin in Canada?

Who was the first to map Canada's Atlantic shore?

The arrival of Europeans in Canada changed the native way of life forever

What type of bond did Aboriginals and Europeans form in the first 200 years of coexistence?

Which natives preserved fish by drying and smoking?

Which natives lived off Arctic wildlife?

Which natives were nomadic, following the bison (buffalo) herds?

Which natives were hunter-gatherers?

Which natives were farmers and hunters?

How did the native people live when the first European arrived in Canada?

Why did the first European explorers call the native peoples "Indians"?