Canada Map Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Following Lake Ontario’s northwestern shoreline, which major city would you reach between Hamilton and the route east toward Kingston?
Kingston
Ottawa
Hamilton
Toronto
2. Which province occupies Canada’s Pacific coast south of Yukon and has Alberta on its eastern border?
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
3. Which province borders Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario?
Manitoba
Quebec
New Brunswick
Ontario
4. Water leaving the Great Lakes passes Montreal and Québec City before reaching the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Which river follows this route?
Fraser River
Mackenzie River
St. Lawrence River
Saskatchewan River
5. Travelling east by road from Saskatchewan, which province do you enter before reaching Ontario?
Alberta
Quebec
New Brunswick
Manitoba
6. A map marker at Regina identifies the seat of government for which province?
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Ontario
7. A broad region of exposed ancient rock curves around Hudson Bay and extends through much of central and eastern Canada. What is this landform region called?
Interior Plains
Canadian Shield
Appalachian Region
Western Cordillera
8. Which territory lies between Alaska to the west and the Northwest Territories to the east?
Nunavut
Newfoundland and Labrador
Yukon
British Columbia
9. Which province includes both the island of Newfoundland and the mainland region of Labrador?
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
10. Yellowknife sits on the north shore of Great Slave Lake. Which territory contains the city?
Yukon
Nunavut
Northwest Territories
Northern Alberta
11. A flight lands at Iqaluit on southern Baffin Island. Which Canadian territory has the plane entered?
Yukon
Nunavut
Northwest Territories
Newfoundland and Labrador
12. A map clue places a provincial capital on Vancouver Island, across the Strait of Georgia from mainland British Columbia. Which capital is it?
Vancouver
Victoria
Fredericton
Halifax
13. Which large body of water lies between much of Nunavut and the provinces of Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec?
Hudson Bay
Beaufort Sea
James Bay
Gulf of St. Lawrence
14. After crossing the Confederation Bridge from New Brunswick, which province have you entered?
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Newfoundland and Labrador
15. On a map, which territory is directly north of both Alberta and Saskatchewan?
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Labrador
16. Which province shares land borders with Quebec, Nova Scotia, and the U.S. state of Maine?
Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland and Labrador
Ontario
New Brunswick