How well do you really know Canada?

Canada is a huge country with a diverse population and a rich history, so there’s lots to learn

Canada Day is tomorrow, so what better time to either confirm your knowledge of the country or learn something new about it?

Take a few minutes and see if you can answer with these 34 tidbits of Canadian trivia correctly, then check your score by using the answer key provided.

Remember, Canadians are supposed to be too nice to cheat, so don’t look at the answers.

• 1. Of Lucy Maud Montgomery's 20 novels, 19 are set in P.E.I. What is the one novel that was set in Ontario?

a. The Story Girl. b. Jane of Lantern Hill. c. The Blue Castle. d. Pat of Silver Bush.

2. Ontario-born cartoonist Joe Shuster helped to create what comic book character?

• a. Superman. b. Spiderman. c. Aquaman. d. Batman.

• 3. Which of the following statements about the Northwest Territories is false?

a. All the communities in the Northwest Territories have Internet access.

b. Besides Yellowknife, there are only four towns in the Northwest Territories.

c. 51 per cent of the people in the Northwest Territories are Indigenous.

d. The territory has three official languages.

4. A crater on the planet Mars was named after what Canadian town?

• a. Flin Flon, Man. b. Strathroy, Ont. c. Gander, N.L. d. Alameda, Sask.

• 5. What percentage of the land in the Yukon is unorganized (it has no official municipal or local government, also known as Crown land)? a. 68. b. 12. c. 35. d. 98.

6. Which of the followin • g NHL hockey players was not born in Saskatchewan? a. Scott Niedermayer. b. Gordie Howe. c. Bryan Trottier. d. Wendel Clark.

• 7. Campobello Island, the location of the former summer home of President Franklin Roosevelt, belongs to what province? a. Ontario. b. Quebec. c. Nova Scotia. d. New Brunswick.

8. What province or territory has the longest coastline in Canada?

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a. Quebec. b. Nunavat. c. Northwest Territories. d. Newfoundland and Labrador.

• 9. Which statement about athlete Clara Hughes is true?

a. She has competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.

b. As a youth, she smoked cigarettes, drank a lot at a young age and did a lot of drugs.

c. Hughes donated $10,000 of her own money to the charity Right to Play.

d. All the above.

10. There's an area in the Hudson Bay region that has:

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a. Birds that are not located anywhere else in Canada.

b. Less gravity than the rest of the planet.

c. Some of the coldest waters in Canada.

d. The worst cellphone reception in Canada.

11. What is the oldest brewery in Canada?

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a. Alexander Keith’s (Halifax).

b. Carling brewery (London, Ont.).

c. Molson Brewery (Montreal).

d. Labatt Brewing Company (London, Ont.).

• 12. Which of the following authors was not born in Newfoundland and Labrador? a. Linden MacIntyre. b. Megan Gail Coles. c. Wayne Johnston. d. Michael Crummey.

• 13. Which of these statements about the Stanley Cup is true?

a. It is the oldest trophy competed for by professional athletes in North America.

b. Only one Canadian woman, Sonia Scurfield, has her name on the Cup.

c. Two babies have been baptized in the Cup. d. All the above.

14. Who was Canada's fi • rst elected woman premier? a. Alexa Ann McDonough. b. Catherine Callbeck. c. Audrey McLaughlin. d. Flora MacDonald.

• 15. Which one of these facts about Canadian artist Emily Carr is false?

a. She studied art at the California School of Design in San Francisco.

b. She wrote a book titled Klee Wyck.

c. She grew up in Vancouver.

d. She had a pet monkey named Woo.

• 16. Canada has the largest freshwater island in the world. Which is it? a. Baffin Island. b. Vancouver Island. c. Manitoulin Island. d. Fogo Island.

17. Yellowknife is known for:

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a. It is the closest city of any size to the North Pole.

b. Has 95 per cent of the population of the entire Northwest Territories.

c. Is called the Gold Capital of North America.

d. All the above.

• 18. Who was the youngest person named a Companion of the Order of Canada? a. Jason Priestly. b. Terry Fox. c. Michael J. Fox. d. Gord Downie.

19. What is the oldest church in Canada?

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a. Basilica of St. John the Baptist (Newfoundland and Labrador).

b. Cathedral-Basilica of Notre-Dame de Québec (Quebec).

c. Petite Chapelle de Tadoussac (Quebec).

d. Basilica of Sainte-Annede-Beaupré (Quebec).

• 20. What famous Canadian author wrote her first novel at the age of

12, called Pillars of the Nation, for a contest sponsored by the Manitoba Free Press? a. Alice Munro. b. Mary Lawson. c. Margaret Laurence. d. Nellie McClung.

21. The now abandoned Faro Mine in the Yukon was once the world’s largest open:

• a. Gold mine. b. Cooper and asbestos mine. c. Silver mine. d. Zinc and lead mine.

22. What is the Indigenous name for P.E.I.?

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a. Wejuowitk. b. Epekwitk. c. Eptek. d. Mewisitek.

• 23. What Canadian singer co-starred alongside Ewan McGregor and Ashley Judd in the 1999 movie Eye of the Beholder? a. k.d. lang. b. Jann Arden. c. Shania Twain. d. Amy Jo Johnson.

• 24. What Canadian former professional ice hockey centre born in Manitoba played his entire 15-year NHL career with the Philadelphia Flyers? a. Reggie Leach. b. Bobby Clarke. c. Chuck Lefley. d. Jon Montgomery.

25. What is unique about Saskatchewan’s Little Manitou Lake?

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a. It is Saskatchewan’s only man-made lake.

b. Bags of unopened Canada Post mail were discovered there.

c. It is known as the Dead Sea of Canada.

d. It is world-famous for its northern pike fishing.

26. Which of the following is not true about Nova Scotia folk artist Maud Lewis?

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a. Her house is on display at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.

b. Academy Award nominees stared in a movie about her life.

c. She studied at the Ontario College of Art.

d. Two of her paintings were ordered by the White House when Richard Nixon was president.

27. France is an hour boat ride away from what Canadian province?

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a. Newfoundland and Labrador. b. Quebec. c. Prince Edward Island. d. New Brunswick.

28. Chief Dan George:

• a. Was a chief of the TsleilWaututh Nation.

b. His name at birth was Geswanouth Slahoot.

c. Was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

d. All the above.

29. Which territory has no territorial political parties?

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a. Yukon. b. Northwest Territories. c. Nunavut. d. All the above.

• V30. What is Canada’s oldest National Park? a. Banff National Park. b. Glacier National Park. c. Yoho National Park. d. Waterton Lakes National Park.

• 31. What Canadian university boasts the highest number of Rhodes scholars (51 so far) per capita of any university in the Commonwealth? a. Dalhousie University. b. The University of Toronto.

c. Mount Allison University.

d. The University of British Columbia.

32. What is the world’s most photographed hotel?

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a. Château Frontenac Hotel. b. Fairmont Banff Springs. c. Fairmont Royal York. d. The Algonquin Resort St. Andrews by-the-Sea.

• 33. Which statement about Jack London’s book White Fang is not true?

a. The story was adapted into a film for the first time in 1925.

b. The book is set in the Yukon and Northwest Territories during the Klondike Gold Rush.

c. White Fang's mother’s name was Kiche.

d. Upon its release, White Fang was not an immediate success.

• 34. The New York Times called what Nova Scotia author’s stories “a guilty pleasure”?

a. Edith Jessie Archibald (1854-1936).

b. Anna Leonowens (18311915).

c. Margaret Marshall Saunders (1861-1947).

d. Rita Joe (1932-2007).