Canada’s Regions
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Canada’s Regions
Canada, the second largest country on earth, covers roughly how many square kilometres?
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At 10 million square kilometres, Canada is the second largest country in the world, bordered by three oceans — the Pacific in the west, the Atlantic in the east and the Arctic to the north — with the Canada-United States boundary along its southern edge. Its ten provinces and three territories fall into five distinct regions, and about 34 million people call it home. Expect to be asked the capital of Canada, the capital of your own province or territory, and what sets each region apart.
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Sample questions
Over half of all Canadians live close to the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River, in southern Ontario and Quebec.
Answer: True
Alberta is the most populous province in Canada.
Answer: False
The Prairie Provinces contain farmland ranked among the most fertile on earth.
Answer: True
Which is Canada’s largest and busiest port?
Answer: The Port of Vancouver
About one-third of Canada’s population lives in the three northern territories.
Answer: False
Mining remains a significant part of Yukon’s economy.
Answer: True
Which peoples make up more than half the population of the Northwest Territories?
Answer: Dene, Inuit and Métis
Nunavut was created in 1999 from the eastern part of which territory?
Answer: The Northwest Territories
The Canadian Rangers draw on indigenous knowledge and experience in their work.
Answer: True
Halifax is the capital of New Brunswick.
Answer: False