Meridian Source - June 29, 2023

How well do you know Canada’s provinces and territories?

True or false?

1. Nearly one-fifth of the world’s freshwater is in Ontario.

2. Saskatchewan has approximately 20 per cent of Canada’s agricultural land.

3. New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, is known as the Tuna Capital of the World.

4. The West Edmonton Mall in Alberta receives around 30 million visitors annually.

5. The Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick has the highest tides in the world.

6. The people of Halifax, Nova Scotia, are called Halifanians.

7. The largest ski resort in North America is in British Columbia.

8. Newfoundland and Labrador is Canada’s youngest province.

9. The first national museum built outside of Ottawa is in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

10. Quebec City is the only fortified city in Canada.

11. The smallest desert in the world is in the Yukon.

12. Great Slave Lake, the deepest lake in Canada, is in New Brunswick.

13. Inuit people make up 99 per cent of the population of Nunavut.

ANSWERS

1. True. Ontario has more than 250,00 0 lakes.

2. False. It’s closer to 40 per cent.

3. False. North Lake, Prince Edward Island, holds this title.

4. True. More than 20,00 0 people work there.

5. True. The tide can rise as high as 16 metres.

6. False. They’re called Haligonians.

7. True. It’s called Whistler Blackcomb.

8. True. It joined Confederation in 1949.

9. True. It’s the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

10. True. It still has more than 4.5 kilometres of walls.

11. True The Carcross Desert is less than three square kilometres.

12. False. It’s in the Northwest Territories.

13. False. They account for 85 per cent of inhabitants.

IN HONOUR OF CANADA DAY, PUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST BY ANSWERING THESE 13 QUESTIONS.