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Let's dive into the iconic emblems that define the Great White North. From maple leaves to Mounties, get ready to explore the symbols that proudly represent Canada's rich heritage and cultural identity.
4 Canada Symbols quizzes and 50 Canada Symbols trivia questions.
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Moose Moose Pine and Spruce
  Moose, Moose, Pine and Spruce   great trivia quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
What words spring to mind when you think of Canada? Moose? Hockey? Beavers? They aren't the only plants or animals which represent Canada - each province has its own natural symbols. Here are some of them.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Mar 06 18
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  Canadian Provincial Symbols   popular trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Each of Canada's ten provinces has a set of official symbols. Can you match these provinces with their official birds, flowers and trees?
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  'Official' Birds of the Provinces & Territories   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
It's a semi sane, normal quiz compared to my 'Canadian Tidbits' quizzes... (Pay CLOSE attention to the question and you might get every one right!) So can you name the official bird emblem of the Canadian Province or Territory of...
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  Canada's Provincial and Territorial Floral Emblems   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Here are some questions about the official floral emblems of each of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada. So you are probably wondering how I got 15 questions? Only one way to find out..Triv On! Good luck!
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Canada Symbols Trivia Questions

1. Newfoundland and Labrador's flower is a carnivorous plant. This plant is found in bogs and marshlands, and likes insects for dinner. What is the plant's name?

From Quiz
Canada's Provincial and Territorial Floral Emblems

Answer: Pitcher Plant

The Pitcher Plant was named Newfoundland's flower in 1954. It has one reddish wine coloured flower, with hollow pitcher shape leaves that collect dew and water, and hopefully insects which then are trapped and drown, and the plant feeds off them. Newfie Screech is a alcoholic drink.

2. The tree is the Black Spruce, the Pitcher Plant is the flower, and the Atlantic Puffin is the official bird of what easternmost province which joined Canada in 1949?

From Quiz 'Official' Birds of the Provinces & Territories

Answer: Newfoundland and Labrador

The Atlantic Puffin has been the provincial bird since 1991. Over 90% of all North America's puffins breed around the Newfoundland and Labrador coasts. They live approximately 25 years.

3. The pilgrims that landed at Plymouth Rock would know the answer to this one. What would be the name of Nova Scotia's provincial flower?

From Quiz Canada's Provincial and Territorial Floral Emblems

Answer: Mayflower

The Mayflower was named the flower of Nova Scotia in 1906. It is pink in colour, blooming in the spring. Quite a popular flower, it has been on Nova Scotia coins, stamps, and on militia badges. It grows all along the eastern coast. The pilgrim's ship was called the Mayflower, and they named the pink flowers growing at their settlement after their ship.

4. Play Ball! If you have ever visited Toronto, you may have watched a Toronto baseball game. And if you visit Prince Edward Island you may have seen which provincial bird?

From Quiz 'Official' Birds of the Provinces & Territories

Answer: Blue Jay

The Blue Jay was officially named the provincial bird in 1977. It has a sky-blue head, wings and tail feathers. Its throat and breast are white, with some black feathers on the wing tips and long tail. Its diet is mostly vegetarian and it will quickly come to a bird feeder hanging outside your window.

5. The Lady's Slipper is the flower of Canada's smallest province. Which province would this be? Anne would know!

From Quiz Canada's Provincial and Territorial Floral Emblems

Answer: Prince Edward Island

I think Anne of Green Gables would know this. How did you do? Prince Edward Island is the smallest province or territory at roughly 2,184 square miles, a bit smaller than the size of the state of Delaware, USA. The Lady's Slipper gets its name from the flower's petals which form a sort of pouch that looks like a slipper. It grows in wet and shady woodlands. The Lady's Slipper was made the provincial flower in 1947.

6. A violet is the New Brunswick flower. The artist formally known as Prince might like this one! But which flower is it?

From Quiz Canada's Provincial and Territorial Floral Emblems

Answer: Purple violet

The purple violet flowers from May to July. The flowers have been used for jams and syrups, it's supposed to be good for your digestive system and great for coughs. At the request of New Brunswick Women's Institute, the flower was adopted as provincial symbol in 1936. The artist known as Prince (and by several other names) once did a song called 'Purple Rain'. So maybe it wasn't the greatest clue?

7. Besides being the provincial bird of New Brunswick I am also the state bird of Massachusetts and Maine. My distinctive sound should tip you off to who I am!

From Quiz 'Official' Birds of the Provinces & Territories

Answer: Black-Capped Chickadee

It became New Brunswick's official bird 1983. It's distinctive 'chickadee -dee-dee' sound can be heard throughout the year. The sounds the Chickadee makes are complex, and can communicate different types of information. It is a a fairly tame and common bird through much of North America. (If you are really steady and don't move you can feed one out of your hand, but it takes patience!)

8. Ah, Quebec, La Belle Province! Could you tell me the name of the provincial flower of the province of Quebec please?

From Quiz Canada's Provincial and Territorial Floral Emblems

Answer: Blue Flag Iris

The Quebec flower for almost 40 years was the Madonna lily, but it was not a native plant to Quebec. In 1999 it was changed to the Blue Flag Iris, which grows throughout the province. I would have put the Madonna Lily in here as a answer choice but as there are still some old (and new!) web sites listing it as the provincial flower, I didn't want any confusion!

9. Bonjour! I'm a wise old bird WHO was chosen as official bird of Quebec. Bonne chance!

From Quiz 'Official' Birds of the Provinces & Territories

Answer: Snowy Owl

The Snowy Owl was adopted as Quebec's provincial bird in 1987. A large owl of arctic and subarctic regions, it has snow-white feathers with dark markings. Unlike most owls it is active during the day as well as at night.

10. Ontario's provincial flower has three petals and three leaves and three of the answers listed here are incorrect! What is the correct one?

From Quiz Canada's Provincial and Territorial Floral Emblems

Answer: White Trillium

The White Trillium was adopted as Ontario's flower in 1937. It can be found in forests and woody areas of the province in spring. It has three white petals, and three leaves, and the flower turns a bit pink as it ages. Tri means three, threefold, thrice. Did I fool you with Trinitrotoluene, which covers the Tri or three part, but is better knows as TNT, a explosive compound?.

11. It is known by several other names, and is also the state flower of South Dakota, USA, but what does the prairie province of Manitoba call its official flower?

From Quiz Canada's Provincial and Territorial Floral Emblems

Answer: Prairie Crocus

The Prairie Crocus is an early spring bloomer and was chosen as Manitoba's flower in 1906. It is known by several other names, including pasque flower, prairie smoke and windflower. It will start growing as soon as the snow melts, with blueish or purple flowers. It is not really a crocus, but belongs to the buttercup family, and likes hot dry places. It is called the American Pasque Flower in South Dakota, where it is also the state flower, but it is the same plant.

12. The Western Red Lily, or Prairie Lily is the flower of choice for which landlocked prairie province?

From Quiz Canada's Provincial and Territorial Floral Emblems

Answer: Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan! It is one of two landlocked provinces, the other one being Alberta. The Western Red Lily or commonly know as just the Prairie Lily is actually a protected flower. The flower has bright red blossoms. It grows in lightly wooded areas and damp meadows, and was adopted as Saskatchewan's flower in 1941.

13. The Sharp-tailed Grouse is often mistaken for its cousin, the Prairie Chicken, and is the official bird of what province that borders Montana and North Dakota U.S.A?

From Quiz 'Official' Birds of the Provinces & Territories

Answer: Saskatchewan

The Sharp-tailed Grouse is one of Saskatchewan's most popular game birds. The female lays an average of 10 to 14 eggs! They are mainly vegetarians although they do eat some insects during the summer.

14. The most notable physical attributes of Alberta's bird is its large size and prominent ear tufts or 'horns'. A predator that hunts at night, this bird has huge yellow eyes set in a broad face. Which bird am I?

From Quiz 'Official' Birds of the Provinces & Territories

Answer: Great Horned Owl

The Great Horned Owl was adopted as Alberta's provincial bird in 1977. Great Horned Owls are large owls, and one of the most prominent features are the ears which can look like horns. Most mate for life laying 1 to 5 eggs each year. It hunts mostly between dusk and dawn, and its night vision and hearing are excellent.

15. The Pacific Dogwood is the floral emblem of which ocean-touched province, once called New Caledonia?

From Quiz Canada's Provincial and Territorial Floral Emblems

Answer: British Columbia

Way back in the fur trading days British Columbia was called New Caledonia. The Pacific Dogwood was named the provincial flower in 1956 and is actually a tree that in some areas can grow up to 40 feet! It grows clusters of white flowers that produce red berries in the fall. It is illegal to dig up or cut one down.

16. Named after Georg, a naturalist who traveled with V. Bering on his trip to discover the Bering Strait, this British Columbia bird can be hard to distinguish from its cousin, the Blue Jay.

From Quiz 'Official' Birds of the Provinces & Territories

Answer: Steller's Jay

In 1987, British Columbia chose the Steller's Jay as their provincial bird. The Steller's Jay can be told apart from its cousin, the Blue Jay, by its solid black head and neck, with blue back and body. Steller's and Blue Jays are the only North American jays with crests. It was named after Georg Steller.

17. This plant is usually the first to sprout up after a forest fire in the Yukon. With that in mind you should have no problem naming it!

From Quiz Canada's Provincial and Territorial Floral Emblems

Answer: Fireweed

Yukon chose the Fireweed as its floral emblem in 1957. The Fireweed is a tall plant than can grow up to seven feet tall, with many dark pink to magenta flowers. It is called Fireweed because it is one of the first plants to grow after a fire.

18. The Mountain Avens is the official flower of which northern Canadian Territory?

From Quiz Canada's Provincial and Territorial Floral Emblems

Answer: Northwest Territories

The Mountain Avens was named the Northwest Territories flower in 1957. It has white petals and a yellow centre. It grows in rocky or gravelly ground in the central and eastern Arctic region. When the Northwest Territories was split in 1999 to create Nunavut, they kept the flower, and Nunavut picked their own floral emblem.

19. What is the only Canadian province to have changed its official flower?

From Quiz Canada's Provincial and Territorial Floral Emblems

Answer: Quebec

The province of Quebec had the Madonna lily as the provincial flower for about 40 years, but it wasn't a native flower of the province. After a somewhat heated debate, in 1999 Quebec chose the Blue Flag lily, which grows throughout the province.

20. Which bird was featured on the reverse side of the Canadian one hundred dollar bill issued in 1990, and also on the 1967 Canadian Centennial silver dollar coin?

From Quiz 'Official' Birds of the Provinces & Territories

Answer: Canada Goose

It was part of the 1986 series 'Birds of Canada' placed into circulation in 1990. I never got to see to many of the $100 dollar ones, but they are quite nice. This one was brown in colour, with a Canada goose on the reverse side flying over open water with land in the background. For Canada's 100th birthday in 1967, the Canadian Mint issued a series of coins depicting Canada's wildlife, the Canada Goose was on the silver dollar.

21. Which Canadian prairie province has its official flower on its provincial flag?

From Quiz Canada's Provincial and Territorial Floral Emblems

Answer: Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan's provincial flag was adopted in 1969. It shows the shield of arms in the top left hand corner, the top half is green representing the northern forests, the bottom half is yellow for the southern grain crop areas. The Western Red Lily is on the far right, overlapping both green and yellow colours.

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