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120 Canadian Trivia Questions and Answers

Reviewed by Aleesha Rubinstein, Editor·Updated Oct 2026·15 min read

120 Canadian trivia questions and answers on provinces and capitals, geography, history, national symbols, famous Canadians, hockey, food and inventions, with easy, medium and hard questions.

Canadian Trivia

Here are 120 Canadian trivia questions and answers, from Confederation in 1867 to the Raptors' 2019 title. They run in rounds: provinces and capitals, geography, history, symbols, famous Canadians, hockey and sports, then food and inventions, so you can pull a themed round or mix them up.

Every question is tagged easy, medium or hard. The easy ones (poutine, the loonie, The Great One) work for anyone; the hard ones (the capital of Nunavut, Laura Secord's walk, the deepest lake in North America) will test even the proudest Canadian. Answers are in the key at the bottom.

  1. 1What is the capital city of Canada?

  2. 2How many provinces does Canada have?

  3. 3Which is Canada's largest province by area?

  4. 4What is Canada's most populous province?

  5. 5Which is Canada's smallest province by land area?

  6. 6Which city, the capital of Ontario, is home to the CN Tower?

  7. 7What is the capital of British Columbia?

  8. 8What is the capital of Alberta?

  9. 9What is the capital of Saskatchewan?

  10. 10What is the capital of Manitoba?

  11. 11Which provincial capital, known for its Old Town of Le Vieux-Québec, is the only city north of Mexico that still has its original fortified walls?

  12. 12What is the capital of New Brunswick?

  13. 13Which provincial capital is the most easterly city in North America?

  14. 14Which city is the capital of Yukon?

  15. 15What is the capital of the Northwest Territories?

  16. 16What is the capital of Nunavut?

  17. 17Which territory, carved out of the Northwest Territories in 1999, has a mostly Inuit population?

  18. 18Which is the only officially bilingual province in Canada?

  19. 19The Rocky Mountains run along much of the border between British Columbia and which province?

  20. 20Which two provinces both joined Confederation in 1905?

  21. 21In what year did Newfoundland become Canada's last province to join Confederation?

  22. 22Which three provinces make up the Maritimes?

  23. 23Which province is nicknamed the 'Land of 100,000 Lakes'?

  24. 24Canada is the world's second-largest country by total area. Which country is larger?

  25. 25Canada shares the world's longest international land border with which country?

  26. 26Which US state shares the longest border with Canada?

  27. 27What is the highest mountain in Canada?

  28. 28What is Canada's longest river?

  29. 29What huge inland sea dominates the map of northern Canada, named after an English explorer?

  30. 30Which bay between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia has the highest tides in the world?

  31. 31What is the largest lake entirely within Canada?

  32. 32Which Northwest Territories lake is the deepest lake in North America?

  33. 33Niagara Falls sits on the border between Ontario and which US state?

  34. 34Which Canadian city lies directly south of Detroit, across the Detroit River?

  35. 35What 8-mile bridge links Prince Edward Island to New Brunswick?

  36. 36Established in 1885, what is Canada's oldest national park?

  37. 37What colorful light display is often visible in the night sky over northern Canada?

  38. 38In what year did Canada become a country through Confederation?

  39. 39Who was the first prime minister of Canada?

  40. 40What British law created the Dominion of Canada in 1867?

  41. 41Which city hosted the 1864 conference that led to Confederation, earning it the title 'Birthplace of Confederation'?

  42. 42Before 1982, Canada Day was officially known by what name?

  43. 43Canada Day is celebrated on which date?

  44. 44Norse explorers built a settlement around the year 1000 at L'Anse aux Meadows in which present-day province?

  45. 45Sailing for England in 1497, which Italian-born explorer reached the coast of Newfoundland or Cape Breton?

  46. 46Which French explorer claimed the Gaspé Peninsula for France in 1534?

  47. 47Who founded Quebec City in 1608 and is called the 'Father of New France'?

  48. 48Founded in 1670, which fur-trading company was long called the oldest company in North America?

  49. 49Which 1759 battle outside Quebec City decided British control of New France?

  50. 50In 1814, in retaliation for York, British troops burned which American city?

  51. 51Which woman walked about 20 miles in 1813 to warn British troops of an American attack?

  52. 52Harriet Tubman lived in the 1850s in which Ontario town, a terminus of the Underground Railroad?

  53. 53The 1896-99 Klondike Gold Rush took place in which territory?

  54. 54In 1917, a munitions ship collision caused a devastating explosion in which harbor city?

  55. 55The 1917 Battle of Vimy Ridge, a defining moment for Canadian troops, was fought in which country?

  56. 56Who became Canada's first female prime minister in 1993?

  57. 57Who is Canada's longest-serving prime minister?

  58. 58Which prime minister brought Canada's constitution home from Britain in 1982?

  59. 59Which prime minister, in office from 2015 to 2025, is the son of a former prime minister?

  60. 60Which leaf appears in the center of Canada's flag?

  61. 61Which two colors make up the Canadian flag?

  62. 62In what year was Canada's Maple Leaf flag adopted?

  63. 63What is the title of Canada's national anthem?

  64. 64Which animal became an official symbol of Canada in 1975, honoring the fur trade?

  65. 65What bird on the one-dollar coin gave the coin its nickname?

  66. 66Which animal appears on Canada's two-dollar 'toonie' coin?

  67. 67Which animal appears on the Canadian quarter?

  68. 68Which famous Nova Scotia racing schooner appears on the Canadian dime?

  69. 69In what year did the Royal Canadian Mint stop distributing pennies?

  70. 70Canada's national police force is commonly called the Mounties. What is its full name?

  71. 71What are Canada's two official languages?

  72. 72What is the appointed upper house of Canada's Parliament called?

  73. 73Canada's motto, 'A mari usque ad mare,' means what in English?

  74. 74Which bird is the official provincial bird of Alberta?

  75. 75Which Canadian singer was discovered on YouTube and released 'Baby' in 2010?

  76. 76Which Quebec-born singer recorded 'My Heart Will Go On' for the movie Titanic?

  77. 77Which Toronto rapper released 'Hotline Bling' in 2015?

  78. 78Which Toronto-born singer headlined the Super Bowl LV halftime show in 2021?

  79. 79Which Ontario-born country star sang 'Man! I Feel Like a Woman!'?

  80. 80Which Ottawa-born singer's 1995 album Jagged Little Pill included 'You Oughta Know'?

  81. 81Which Canadian rocker sang 'Summer of '69'?

  82. 82Which Canadian singer-songwriter wrote 'Big Yellow Taxi' and 'Both Sides Now'?

  83. 83Which Edmonton-born actor played Marty McFly in Back to the Future?

  84. 84Which Vancouver-born actor plays Deadpool?

  85. 85Which Montreal-born actor played Captain Kirk in the original Star Trek?

  86. 86Which Sudbury-born host presented Jeopardy! for more than 36 years?

  87. 87Which Canadian author wrote The Handmaid's Tale?

  88. 88Which 1908 novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery is set on Prince Edward Island?

  89. 89Which Canadian sitcom swept the seven major comedy categories at the 2020 Emmys?

  90. 90Which runner, who had lost a leg to cancer, ran the 1980 Marathon of Hope across Canada?

  91. 91Which hockey player is known as 'The Great One'?

  92. 92In 1988, Wayne Gretzky was traded from the Edmonton Oilers to which team?

  93. 93Which hockey legend from Saskatchewan was nicknamed 'Mr. Hockey'?

  94. 94What trophy, donated by a Governor General in 1892, goes to the NHL champion?

  95. 95Which NHL team has won the most Stanley Cups in history?

  96. 96Under the 1994 National Sports of Canada Act, what is Canada's national winter sport?

  97. 97Under the 1994 National Sports of Canada Act, what is Canada's national summer sport?

  98. 98Who scored the overtime 'Golden Goal' to win men's hockey gold for Canada at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics?

  99. 99Whose late goal won the 1972 Summit Series for Canada against the Soviet Union?

  100. 100Which 1976 Summer Olympics host city is the only Canadian city to host the Summer Games?

  101. 101Which Canadian city hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics?

  102. 102Which Canadian city hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics?

  103. 103What 10-day rodeo and exhibition takes over Calgary every July?

  104. 104In which sport do players slide granite stones toward a target called the house?

  105. 105What trophy goes to the champion of the Canadian Football League?

  106. 106Which Canadian-born PE teacher invented basketball in 1891?

  107. 107Which team won Canada's first NBA championship in 2019?

  108. 108In 1992, which became the first team based outside the US to win the World Series?

  109. 109Which Canadian sprinter set a world record winning 100-meter gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics?

  110. 110Which Quebec dish combines french fries, cheese curds and gravy?

  111. 111Quebec produces roughly 70% of the world's supply of which sweet product?

  112. 112Which no-bake layered dessert bar is named after a city in British Columbia?

  113. 113What do Canadians call the cornmeal-rolled cured pork loin often sold as 'Canadian bacon' in the US?

  114. 114What are Tim Hortons' bite-sized doughnut holes called?

  115. 115What cocktail, invented in Calgary in 1969, mixes vodka with Clamato juice?

  116. 116Which pizza, topped with ham and pineapple, was invented in Chatham, Ontario, in 1962?

  117. 117Frederick Banting of Ontario shared the 1923 Nobel Prize for the discovery of which hormone?

  118. 118Which board game was invented in Montreal in 1979 by Chris Haney and Scott Abbott?

  119. 119Which Quebec inventor's company created the Ski-Doo snowmobile?

  120. 120Which Canadian engineer proposed the worldwide system of standard time zones?

Answer Key

  1. 1. Ottawa
  2. 2. Ten
  3. 3. Quebec
  4. 4. Ontario
  5. 5. Prince Edward Island
  6. 6. Toronto
  7. 7. Victoria
  8. 8. Edmonton
  9. 9. Regina
  10. 10. Winnipeg
  11. 11. Quebec City
  12. 12. Fredericton
  13. 13. St. John's
  14. 14. Whitehorse
  15. 15. Yellowknife
  16. 16. Iqaluit
  17. 17. Nunavut
  18. 18. New Brunswick
  19. 19. Alberta
  20. 20. Alberta and Saskatchewan
  21. 21. 1949
  22. 22. New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island
  23. 23. Manitoba
  24. 24. Russia
  25. 25. United States
  26. 26. Alaska
  27. 27. Mount Logan
  28. 28. Mackenzie River
  29. 29. Hudson Bay
  30. 30. Bay of Fundy
  31. 31. Great Bear Lake
  32. 32. Great Slave Lake
  33. 33. New York
  34. 34. Windsor
  35. 35. Confederation Bridge
  36. 36. Banff National Park
  37. 37. Aurora borealis
  38. 38. 1867
  39. 39. Sir John A. Macdonald
  40. 40. British North America Act
  41. 41. Charlottetown
  42. 42. Dominion Day
  43. 43. July 1
  44. 44. Newfoundland and Labrador
  45. 45. John Cabot
  46. 46. Jacques Cartier
  47. 47. Samuel de Champlain
  48. 48. Hudson's Bay Company
  49. 49. Battle of the Plains of Abraham
  50. 50. Washington, D.C.
  51. 51. Laura Secord
  52. 52. St. Catharines
  53. 53. Yukon
  54. 54. Halifax
  55. 55. France
  56. 56. Kim Campbell
  57. 57. William Lyon Mackenzie King
  58. 58. Pierre Trudeau
  59. 59. Justin Trudeau
  60. 60. Maple leaf
  61. 61. Red and white
  62. 62. 1965
  63. 63. O Canada
  64. 64. Beaver
  65. 65. Loon
  66. 66. Polar bear
  67. 67. Caribou
  68. 68. Bluenose
  69. 69. 2013
  70. 70. Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  71. 71. English and French
  72. 72. Senate
  73. 73. From sea to sea
  74. 74. Great horned owl
  75. 75. Justin Bieber
  76. 76. Céline Dion
  77. 77. Drake
  78. 78. The Weeknd
  79. 79. Shania Twain
  80. 80. Alanis Morissette
  81. 81. Bryan Adams
  82. 82. Joni Mitchell
  83. 83. Michael J. Fox
  84. 84. Ryan Reynolds
  85. 85. William Shatner
  86. 86. Alex Trebek
  87. 87. Margaret Atwood
  88. 88. Anne of Green Gables
  89. 89. Schitt's Creek
  90. 90. Terry Fox
  91. 91. Wayne Gretzky
  92. 92. Los Angeles Kings
  93. 93. Gordie Howe
  94. 94. Stanley Cup
  95. 95. Montreal Canadiens
  96. 96. Ice hockey
  97. 97. Lacrosse
  98. 98. Sidney Crosby
  99. 99. Paul Henderson
  100. 100. Montreal
  101. 101. Vancouver
  102. 102. Calgary
  103. 103. Calgary Stampede
  104. 104. Curling
  105. 105. Grey Cup
  106. 106. James Naismith
  107. 107. Toronto Raptors
  108. 108. Toronto Blue Jays
  109. 109. Donovan Bailey
  110. 110. Poutine
  111. 111. Maple syrup
  112. 112. Nanaimo bar
  113. 113. Peameal bacon
  114. 114. Timbits
  115. 115. Caesar
  116. 116. Hawaiian pizza
  117. 117. Insulin
  118. 118. Trivial Pursuit
  119. 119. Joseph-Armand Bombardier
  120. 120. Sandford Fleming

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