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To what ocean is Newfoundland closest?
Atlantic
What is known as the effort by women to achieve the right to vote?
The women's suffrage movement
How can a party in power be defeated in parliament?
If a majority of the MPs vote against a major government decision.
Which province is the biggest producer of metals in Canada
Ontario
Which Territory shares a border with a another territory
Yukon Territory
Who invented the snowmobile?
Joseph-Armand Bombardier
What of transportation did Aboriginal peoples and fur traders use?
Waterways
What party is the Official Opposition at federal level?
The NDP
Who were the group of seven in modern Canada?
A group of Canadian landscape painters in the 1920s
Which party is the official opposition party of Ontario?
Progressive Conservative party
When was the Canadian Pacific Railway completed?
Late 1800s
When did the United Empire Loyalists come to Canada?
Late 1700s
What document made Confederation legal?
The British North America Act
Which province is known as the "Land of 100,00 lakes"?
Manitoba
What is a majority government?
The party in power holds at least half of the seats in the house of commons
Which two are Great Lakes?
Huron and Eerie
Which two provinces are on the Atlantic coast of Canada?
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
Which province has the most valuable forest industry in Canada?
British Columbia
Which animal is an official symbol of Canada?
The Beaver
What unique art form was developed by first nations people on the west coast?
Totem poles
What is a minority government?
The party in power holds less than of the seats in the house of commons
More than half of Canada's aeronautics and space industry are located in which province?
Quebec
Why did early explorers first come to Atlantic Canada?
To fish and trade with First Nations people
Who do Canadians vote for in a federal election?
A candidate whom they want to represent them in Parliament