Broken Canadian Provinces and Territories Quiz

Answer: Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island is the smallest province in Canada. The Charlottetown Conference, a forum to discuss confederation was held on PEI in 1864. Ironically it was not one of the four original provinces that formed the Dominion of Canada in 1867. It became the seventh province in 1873.

Answer: Ontario

Ontario is one of the four original provinces that formed Dominion of Canada in 1867. It is the most populous province, contains the most populous Canadian city (Toronto) and the nation's capital at Ottawa.

Answer: Quebec

Quebec is one of the four original provinces. It is the largest province (but the territory of Nunavut is larger). It is the only Canadian province that has a predominantly French speaking population and French as the sole official language at provincial level.

Answer: British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost province of Canada. In 1871, it became the sixth province of Canada.
British Columbia is also a part of the Pacific Northwest, with the US states of Oregon and Washington. The province's name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858. Its Latin motto is Splendor sine occasu ("Splendour without Diminishment").

Answer: Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is one of three prairie province in Canada, which has a total area of 651,900 square kilometers (251,700 sq mi). Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by the Province of Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota.
The population of Saskatchewan was estimated at 1,079,958 in 2012. Residents primarily live in the southern half of the province where nearly half live in the largest city Saskatoon and the capital Regina.

Answer: Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia (New Scotland in Latin)is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province of the four in Atlantic Canada. The province is located almost exactly halfway between the Equator and the North Pole. Its provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the second-smallest province in Canada, with an area of 55,284 square kilometers (21,300 sq mi).

In 2011, the population was 921,727, making Nova Scotia the second-most-densely populated province (behind Prince Edward Island) in Canada. The province is surrounded by three major bodies of water, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the north, the Bay of Fundy to the west, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south and east.

Answer: Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories is one of three federal territories of Canada. The Northwest Territories entered the Canadian Confederation July 15, 1870, but have been getting smaller since then, by ceding territory. Between 1871 and 1905 parts of British Columbia and the entire Yukon were carved from it as well the three Prairie provinces. Territory was also ceded to Ontario and Quebec.

The territory was halved with the creation of Nunavut in 1999. While Nunavut is mostly Arctic tundra, the Northwest Territories have a warmer climate and are mostly boreal forest (but about half of the territory is still north of the tree line). Population of 41,462 determined by 2011 census, shows little change from the 2006 census.

In 1967, as a result of one of the recommendations by the Carrothers Commission, Yellowknife became the capital.

Answer: New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and one of the four provinces that formed the Dominion of Canada. It is the only province in Canada that is constitutionally bilingual. Fredericton is the capital but Saint John is the largest city.

Answer: Alberta

Alberta and Saskatchewan became the eighth and ninth provinces on the same day: September 1 1905. Alberta is unique amongst the provinces that it has two large cities that are almost the same size. (Canadian Provinces usually have one dominant city).

Answer: Manitoba

Manitoba was the fifth province to join the Dominion of Canada in 1870 though its boundaries made it a much smaller province than its final configuration which was determined in 1905 . In fact all three Prairie Provinces are almost identical in size.