Canadian History Quiz — 7 Free Questions

Question 1

Which great French fortress on Cape Breton Island guarded the sea approach to the Gulf of St. Lawrence?

Question 2

Which fur-trade explorer became the first European to cross North America north of Mexico by land, in 1793?

Question 3

Which roughly 40,000 to 50,000 people fled north after the American Revolution and settled in British North America?

Question 4

When did Samuel de Champlain found Quebec City, the capital of New France?

Question 5

Which small island province joined Confederation in 1873, largely to escape crushing railway debt?

Question 6

Who became the first prime minister of Canada in 1867?

Question 7

Which Indigenous confederacy, also called the Iroquois, held the lands around the lower Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence?

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About Canadian History

How well do you know the story of Canada? This quiz runs from the first peoples and the Norse landing at L'Anse aux Meadows through New France, the British conquest, the Loyalists, the War of 1812 and the rebellions of 1837, to Confederation in 1867, the building of the railway and the west, the two world wars, and the modern country of the Maple Leaf flag, official bilingualism, the patriated Constitution, the Quebec referendums, Nunavut and reconciliation. One hundred questions in four packs of twenty-five.

Every question is written the way people actually ask: who was the first prime minister, in which year did Confederation happen, where was the last spike driven, which battle is called Canada's coming of age, what did Lord Durham recommend. The answer is one of four choices of the same kind -- a person, a place, a year, an event or an outcome -- and the question never contains it. A short note after each answer gives the background: the date, the people involved, the causes and the consequences.

The first pack covers the Indigenous nations, early exploration and New France, ending with the fall of Quebec and the Treaty of Paris. The second runs from the Quebec Act and the Loyalists through the War of 1812, the rebellions, responsible government and the road to Confederation. The third covers nation-building: Manitoba and the Riel resistances, the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Indian Act and residential schools, the Klondike, the new Prairie provinces, and the First World War. The fourth covers modern Canada from Newfoundland's entry in 1949 to the present.

About a fifth of the questions carry a photograph that is linked to the subject of the question but does not show the answer -- a portrait, a monument or a historic scene. Every fact has been checked, and the wording is kept plain.