1867 and All That Trivia Quiz

Answer: July 1, 1867

Canada officially became a country on this day. Not all the current provinces joined at first.

Answer: four

The first four provinces to join were Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Other provinces joined later on, with Newfoundland and Labrador being the last to join.

Answer: Quebec

The music for "O Canada" was written by Calixa Lavallee, with French words written by Rudolphe Routhier. The English version was written by Stanley Weir.

Answer: A plan to attract immigrants to Canada

In the early 1900s, Canada was sparsely populated, and Clifford Sifton, the Minister of Interior at the time, was responsible for developing the country. He sent fliers to Europe titled 'The Last Best West' that advertised free land for any farmer who would go to farm in Canada.

Answer: Home Children

'Home children' were mainly orphans from Britain or children whose parents were too poor to keep them. They were sent to Canada, where they would work for Canadian families until they were 18. From that age onwards they would get paid then go to live their own lives.

Clearly, it was a cheap labour scheme - or worse.

Answer: August 1914

Canada entered the war on 5 August 1914 together with Britain. Canada did not control its own foreign affairs at the time, and Britain declared war on behalf of the whole British Empire.

Answer: Germans

Vimy Ridge was a German-held escarpment fort. The Allied forces had tried on multiple occasions to capture it, but failed. The Canadians were the ones who finally managed to capture the fort, after a three day battle.

Answer: Dieppe

The Dieppe Raid took place in 1942 in World War II. Canadians were involved in all of the battles mentioned above, and were considered successful in all but the Dieppe Raid. Too many things went wrong on the Dieppe Raid and many Canadians were killed, and it is regarded as a failure.

Answer: November 11, 1918

November 11, 1918 (now commonly known as Remembrance Day in Canada) was the day that Germany signed an the armistice ending the fighting on the Western Front. The last Canadian to die in the war was killed just minutes before the armistice was signed.

Answer: Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador joined Canada on March 31, 1949. This is not to be confused with the last territory to join Canada - Nunavut, which separated from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999.

Answer: Wall Street Crash

On October 29, 1929, also known as Black Tuesday, the New York stock market crashed. People panicked and pulled out of the industry, causing them to lose a lot of money. While the Dust Bowl (huge drought), unemployment and a lack of immigrants all played a part, the crash set everything in motion.

Answer: True

While the Canadian economy had been starting to repair itself for a while, the start of World War II marked the complete end of the Depression. More war materials had to be made, which employed more people. This allowed the economy to pick itself up again.

Answer: Allowed Canada to govern foreign affairs

The Statute of Westminster was passed in 1931, and allowed Canada to govern its own foreign affairs. That's why Canada was able to decide to join World War II, and the matter was not automatic. (Canada already had its own Prime Minister and its own currency, and no new province was created by the statute).

Answer: 1994

Lacrosse was Canada's original official sport, but since hockey was so popular in Canada, people wanted to make it an official sport as well. There were some people who protested, but in 1994, Parliament decided to declare hockey to be Canada's official winter sport, while lacrosse would be Canada's official summer sport.

This does not really mean anything other than that the sports would represent Canada.

Answer: Kanata

The name was first used by Jacques Cartier in 1535, although it wasn't the only name that was considered in 1867. Other names included: Victorialand, Borealia, Cabotia, Tuponia, Norland and Superior.

Answer: Operation Overlord

On June 6, 1944, the Allies Forces decided to attack the Germans where they would least expect it - on the beaches of Normandy. The Canadians attacked on Juno Beach, while other countries attacked other beaches.

Answer: A Canadian plane

The Avro Arrow was created for around the time of World War 2. It was supposedly an amazing plane, but on February 20, 1959, it was cancelled. This is known as Black Friday in the Canadian avation industry, and many people still wonder today why it was truly cancelled.

Answer: After World War II

When soldiers came home from World War II, they were eager to settle down and start families. As a result, lots of babies were born at this time, and this became known as the baby boom. The birthrate remained high till into the early 1960s.

Answer: Shadow Boomers

When the Baby Boomers had babies, there was a noticeable decrease in the birth rate, but it was still higher than it had been before. Since these children shadowed the Baby Boomers, they became known as the Shadow Boomers. Some people also refer to them as Generation X.

Answer: 1965

Up until this time, the Canadian flag was the Red Ensign. Canada decided that they needed their own flag that was free from any ties to Britain. The flag that they chose was the white and red maple leaf flag, the white to represent peace and honesty, and the red to represent bravery and strength.