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1812-1815 | War of 1812 | Wiki |
1867 | Confederation | Wiki |
1914-1918 | World War One | Wiki |
1939-1945 | World War Two | Wiki |
ABORIGINAL | Indigenous peoples | Wiki |
ACADIANS | Early French settlers in the Maritimes | Wiki |
ACTIVIST | Person advocating or engaged in activism | Canadian |
ACTOR | Many famous Canadians are actors | Wiki |
AGRICULTURE | Agriculture is the cultivation and breeding of animals, plants and fungi for food, fiber, biofuel, medicinal plants and other products used to sustain and enhance human life. | Wiki |
AIR | The atmosphere of Earth. | Canadian |
AIRPLANE | Air Canada, Avro Arrow. | Canadian |
AIRPORT | There are many airports in Canada. | Canadian |
ALBERTA | Province | Wiki |
ALGONQUIN | Indigenous peoples who speak the Algonquin language and live in Quebec and Ontario Canada | Wiki |
ALICE MUNRO | Canadian short story writer and Nobel Prize winner | Wiki |
AMETHYST | A transparent purple variety of quartz; used as a gemstone | Wiki |
ANIMAL | There are many animals in Canada. Lynx, Moose, Beaver, Goose. | Wiki |
APPLE | Sweet Fruit. Can be many colours. | Wiki |
ARCTIC | The Arctic is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth. | Wiki |
ARCTIC CHAR | Cold-water fish native to alpine lakes and arctic and subarctic coastal waters. It spawns in fresh water and populations can be lacustrine, riverine or anadromous, where they return from the ocean to their fresh water birth rivers to spawn. | Wiki |
ARTS | Cinematography, Culinary, Culture, Dance, Music, Photography, Theatre | Wiki |
ASTRONAUT | Many Canadian astronauts have been to space. Chris Hadfield, David Saint-Jacques, Roberta Bondar, Jeremy Hansen | Wiki |
ATHABASCA | Athabaskan languages, town in Alberta, river, lake, Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Park, Oil Sands | Wiki |
ATHLETE | Canada is home to many Canadian athletes. Andre De Grasse, Derek Drouin, Donovan Bailey, Sidney Crosby, Terry Fox | Wiki |
ATLANTIC | The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans. | Wiki |
ATWOOD, Margaret | Canadian novelist and literary critic | Wiki |
AURORA | Town in central York Region in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario | Wiki |
AUTHOR | Canada is home to many Canadian authors. Margaret Atwood, Stephen Leacock, Leonard Cohen, Michael Ondaatje | Wiki |
AVRO ARROW | Was a delta-winged interceptor aircraft designed and built by Avro Canada. | Wiki |
BAFFIN | Baffin Island is an Arctic island of Nunavut; Baffin Bay is a sea between the Atlantic and Arctic oceans. | Wiki |
BAGELS | Bagels are popular in Canada. Montreal bagels are among the best in the world. | Wiki |
BAKER | Someone who bakes and sometimes sells bread. | Wiki |
BALL | Many different Canadian sports are played with a ball; Baseball, Basketball, Lacrosse | Wiki |
BANFF | Banff is a Rocky Mountains town in Alberta, Canada. | Wiki |
BANK | There are many banks in Canada. Scotiabank, CIBC, Bank of Montreal, TD Canada Trust | Wiki |
BARLEY | Barley is a major grain grown and used in many Canadian cereals. | Wiki |
BASKETBALL | A sport invented by James Naismith in 1891. He was a Canadaian-American physician and physical educator. | Wiki |
BASS | A freshwater and saltwater species; A musical instrument. | Wiki |
BATTLE | Many famous battles were fought in Canada. | Wiki |
BAY | Canada is home to many bays. Georgian Bay, Hudson Bay, Thunder Bay. | Wiki |
BEAR | Many bears are native to Canada. Grizzly, Brown, White and Black bears. | Wiki |
BEAVER | A large, primarily nocturnal rodent, native of Canada. Also found on Canadian coins. | Wiki |
BEAVER TAILS | Fried dough pastry sold throughout Canada | Wiki |
BEER | Many beers are made and sold in Canada. Molson Canadian and Labatt Blue. | Wiki |
BELL | Instrument, Peace Tower, Telecommunications | Wiki |
BELUGA | The beluga whale is an Arctic cetacean. | Wiki |
BENNETT | 11th Prime Minister of Canada | Wiki |
BERRY | Berries are fruits and many of them grow in Canada. Blackberry, Blueberry, Cranberry. | Wiki |
BETHUNE, Norman | Canadian surgeon, humanitarian, and communist. Famous in China. (1890-1939) | Wiki |
BILINGUAL | A person fluent in two languages. | Wiki |
BIRCH | The official tree of Quebec. | Wiki |
BIRD | There are many birds native to Canada. Goose, Loon, Swan, Owl. | Wiki |
BISHOP | Senior member of the Christian clergy; Billy Bishop was a famous Canadian pilot and war ace during the First World War. | Canadian |
BISON | Bison are large, even-toed ungulates in the genus Bison within the subfamily Bovinae. Many are native to Canada. | Wiki |
BLACK | Black is the darkest color, resulting from the absence or complete absorption of light. | Wiki |
BLACKBERRY | An edible fruit the grows in Canada; BlackBerry Limited is a Canadian-based multinational company specializing in enterprise software and the Internet of things. | Wiki |
BLIZZARD | A severe snowstorm characterized by strong sustained winds. Many blizzard happen in Canada. | Wiki |
BLUE | Blue is the colour between violet and green on the spectrum of visible light. | Wiki |
BLUE JAYS | The blue jay is a species of bird that is native to North America; Toronto Blue Jays are a Major League Baseball team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. | Wiki |
BLUEBERRY | Perennial flowering plants with indigo-colored berries. | Wiki |
BLUENOSE | Was a famous fishing and racing schooner built in 1921 in Nova Scotia, Canada. | Wiki |
BOAT | Anchor, Fisher, Fisherman, Sail, Transportation, Water | Wiki |
BOMBARDIER | (1907–1964), Canadian inventor and businessman, founder of Bombardier Inc. A company mainly specializing in air and railway technology, originally manufacturer of snowcats and snowmobiles. Also Denise Bombardier (born 1941), Canadian journalist and Jean-Michel Bombardier (born 1970), Canadian skater. | Wiki |
BONDAR, Roberta | Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space. | Wiki |
BOOK | Canada has many books and literature available on multiple subjects. | Wiki |
BOREAL | ecosystem with a subarctic climate in Canada. Taiga, boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces and larches. | Wiki |
BOTTLE | Container, Glass | Wiki |
BREAD | Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour and water, usually by baking. | Wiki |
BRIDGE | There are many bridges in Canada. Lions Gate Bridge, Confederation Bridge, Quebec Bridge. | Wiki |
BRITISH COLUMBIA | Western Province | Wiki |
BROWN | Brown is a composite color. | Wiki |
BRYAN ADAMS | Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, guitarist, photographer, philanthropist and activist. | Wiki |
BUILDING | Canada is home to many famous buildings, known around the world. CN Tower, Centre Block, Peace Tower. | Wiki |
BUTTER TARTS | Small pastry tart highly regarded in Canadian cuisine and considered one of Canada's quintessential desserts. | Wiki |
CABINET | In Canada's parliamentary system of government, the Cabinet is the committee of ministers that holds executive power. | Wiki |
CABOT | John Cabot was a Venetian explorer whose 1497 discovery of the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is commonly held to have been the first European exploration of the mainland of North America. | Wiki |
CAKE | Cake is a form of sweet dessert that is typically baked. | Wiki |
CALGARY | A city in the Canadian province of Alberta. | Wiki |
CAMPING | Many places in Canada are ideal for camping. | Wiki |
CANADA | A country in the northern part of North America. Home to many things. | Wiki |
CANADARM | series of robotic arms that were used on the Space Shuttle orbiters to deploy, maneuver and capture payloads. | Wiki |
CANADIAN(S) | Wiki | |
CANAL | There are many Canals in Canada. Rideau Canal, Welland Canal, Saint Lawrence Seaway. | Wiki |
CANDY | Canada is home to some exclusive candies. Smarties, Caramilk, Crunchie, Aero. | Wiki |
CANOE | Transportation, Water, Watercraft | Wiki |
CANOLA | Canola is a type of rapeseed and is a Canadian invention; it is characterized by having improved nutritional qualities in both the oil and the meal. | Wiki |
CANUCKS | The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. | Wiki |
CAP | Canada has many unique types of hats. | Wiki |
CAPITAL | Charlottetown, Fredericton, Halifax, Ottawa, Quebec, St. John's, Toronto, Winnipeg | Wiki |
CARDINAL | An official in the Christian Church; Cardinal, Manitoba and Cardinal, Ontario. | Wiki |
CARIBOU | Caribou are members of the deer family. Caribou in Canada are generally categorized into three types: peary, barren-ground and woodland. | Wiki |
CARTIER | Jacques Cartier was a Breton explorer who claimed what is now Canada for France | Wiki |
CEDAR | Cedar, in Canada, refers to evergreen conifers of the cypress family | Wiki |
CHAMPLAIN | Samuel de Champlain, was the Father of \"New France\". He was a French navigator, cartographer, draftsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608. Also a river and a town. | Wiki |
CHARLOTTETOWN | The capital of Prince Edward Island. | Wiki |
CHEESE | There are many types of cheese sold in Canada. | Wiki |
CHEQUE | Canadian spelling for check. | Wiki |
CHERRY | A delicious red fruit. | Wiki |
CHICKEN | A type of domesticated fowl, commonly found in Canada. | Wiki |
CHINESE | Wiki | |
CHINOOK | Winds in the interior West of North America, where the Canadian Prairies and Great Plains meet various mountain ranges. | Wiki |
CHIPMUNK | Chipmunks are small, striped rodents, commonly found in Canada. | Wiki |
CHIPPEWA | The Ojibwe, Ojibwa, or Chippewa are an Anishinaabeg group of indigenous peoples in North America. | Wiki |
CHRIS HADFIELD | Retired Canadian astronaut who was the first Canadian to walk in space. | Wiki |
CHRÉTIEN | Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, 20th Prime Minister of Canada. | Wiki |
CHURCH | A building used for Christian worship service; Church Street is a major street in Toronto. | Wiki |
CIDER | An alcoholic beverage made from the fermented juice of apples that is very popular in Canada. | Wiki |
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL | Canadian entertainment company from Montreal. It is the largest theatrical producer in the world. | Wiki |
CITY | There are many cities in Canada. Montreal, Saint John, Saskatoon, Toronto | Wiki |
CLOTHING | Canada is known for cold weather clothing. Parka, Jacket, Sweater. | Wiki |
CN TOWER | The CN Tower is a concrete communications and observation tower in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is also a popular Canadian attraction. | Wiki |
COAL | Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock. | Wiki |
COBALT | Cobalt is a chemical element with symbol Co and atomic number 27. | Wiki |
COD | A common fish found in Canada. | Wiki |
COFFEE | Tim Hortons is the most popular cafe in Canada. | Wiki |
COHEN, Leonard | Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, poet, novelist, and painter. | Wiki |
COIN | Canada has many types of coins used as legal tender. | Wiki |
COLD | Canada is known to have very cold weather. | Wiki |
COLONY | Canada is home to many colonies. | Wiki |
COMMUNITY | There are many communities within Canada. | Wiki |
CONFEDERATION | Process by which the British colonies of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were united into one Dominion of Canada on July 1, 1867. | Wiki |
CONSERVATIVE | Conservatism is a political and social philosophy that promotes retaining traditional social institutions in the context of culture and civilization. | Wiki |
CONTAINER | Bottle, Store, Tool, Transport | Wiki |
COPPER | Copper is a chemical element with symbol Cu and atomic number 29. | Wiki |
CORN | Corn is grown in Canada. | Wiki |
COTTAGE | A cottage is, typically, a small house. | Wiki |
COUGAR | Also commonly known as the mountain lion, puma, panther, or catamount. Many are found within Canada. | Wiki |
COUNTRY | Algeria, Argentina, China, France, Greece | Wiki |
COW | Many cows live within Canada. | Wiki |
COWBOY | Cattle, Hat, Herd, Horse, Ranch | Wiki |
COYOTE | Many Coyote are native to Canada. | Wiki |
CRANBERRY | Cranberries are a major commercial crop in Canadian provinces. | Wiki |
CREE | The Cree are one of the largest groups of First Nations in North America, with over 200,000 members living in Canada. | Wiki |
CROCUS | Genus of flowering plants in the iris family comprising 90 species of perennials growing from corms. The prairie crocus is the provincial flower of Manitoba. | Wiki |
CULTURE | Canada is home to many cultures. | Wiki |
CURLING | Curling is a popular Canadian sport. | Wiki |
CÉLINE DION | Celine Dion is a successful Canadian singer and businesswoman. | Wiki |
DAIRY | There are many dairy products made and sold in Canada. | Wiki |
DALLAIRE, Roméo | Canadian humanitarian, bestselling author, public speaker and retired senator (Quebec) and general. | Wiki |
DAM | A barrier that stops or restricts the flow of water or underground streams. | Wiki |
DAN AYKROYD | A Canadian-American actor, comedian, producer, screenwriter, musician and businessman. | Wiki |
DANGEROUS | There are many dangerous things in Canada. | Wiki |
DAVID SUZUKI | A Canadian academic, science broadcaster and environmental activist. | Wiki |
DEMOCRACY | A system of government in which the citizens exercise power directly or elect representatives from among themselves to form a governing body, such as a parliament. | Wiki |
DENE | The Dene people are an aboriginal group of First Nations who inhabit the northern boreal and Arctic regions of Canada. | Wiki |
DESSERT | Canada has many unique desserts. | Wiki |
DIAMOND | A metastable allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. | Wiki |
DIEFENBAKER | John George Diefenbaker was the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 21, 1957 to April 22, 1963. | Wiki |
DOCTOR | Canada has access to many types of doctors. | Wiki |
DOG | A member of genus Canis (canines) that forms part of the wolf-like canids and is the most widely abundant carnivore. | Wiki |
DOGSLED | A sled pulled by one or more sled dogs used to travel over ice and through snow. | Wiki |
DOLLAR | Canada's dollar is the fifth most held reserve currency in the world, accounting for approximately 2% of all global reserves, behind only the U.S. dollar, the euro, the yen and the pound sterling. | Wiki |
DRAKE | Canadian hip-hop recording artist. Male duck. Village in Saskatchewan. Sir Francis Drake probably sighted Vancouver Island | Wiki |
DUCK | Common name for a large number of species in the waterfowl family Anatidae, which also includes swans and geese. | Wiki |
EAGLE | Common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae | Wiki |
EAST | One of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west. | Wiki |
ECONOMY | Canada is home to a bussling economy. | Wiki |
EDMONTON | The capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. | Wiki |
EDUCATION | The process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. Canada has a great education system. | Wiki |
EGG | Laid by female animals of many different species, including birds, reptiles, amphibians, mammals, and fish, and have been eaten by humans for thousands of years. | Wiki |
EGG CARTON | Mass production machine invented in Canada in 1919. | Wiki |
ELECTRICITY | The set of physical phenomena associated with the presence of electric charge. | Wiki |
ELK | One of the largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, in the world, and one of the largest land mammals in Canada. | Wiki |
EMILY STOWE | First female doctor to practise in Canada and an activist for women's rights and suffrage. Quaker, born in Ontario. | Wiki |
ENERGY | The property that must be transferred to an object in order to perform work on, or to heat, the object. Canada has many ways of making clean energy. | Wiki |
ENGLISH | The language mainly spoken by Canadians. | Wiki |
ENTERTAINER | Canada has many well known entertainers. | Wiki |
ENVIRONMENT | Wiki | |
EUGENE LEVY | A Canadian actor, comedian, producer, director, musician and writer. | Wiki |
EUROPEAN | Wiki | |
EXPLORER | Sir Alexander Mackenzie. | Wiki |
EYES | Organs of the visual system. | Wiki |
FAMILY | Many families live in Canada. | Wiki |
FAMOUS | Canada is home to many famous people. | Wiki |
FARLEY MOWAT | Canadian writer and environmentalist. Grew up in Richmond Hill, Ontario. | Wiki |
FARM | Many farms are used within Canada to gather food and other resources. | Wiki |
FARMER | There are many farmers within Canada. | Wiki |
FEATHERS | Epidermal growths that form the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on many birds that are native to Canada. | Wiki |
FEET | An anatomical structure found in many vertebrates. | Wiki |
FERN | A member of a group of vascular plants that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. There are many ferms within Canada. | Wiki |
FIDDLEHEADS | Fiddleheads are the curled, edible shoots of the ostrich fern and are considered a seasonal delicacy in many parts of Canada. | Wiki |
FIRST NATIONS | predominant Aboriginal peoples of Canada south of the Arctic. Those in the Arctic area are distinct and known as Inuit. | Wiki |
FISH | Gill-bearing aquatic craniate animals that lack limbs with digits. Many of them find their home within Canada. | Wiki |
FISHERMAN | Someone who captures fish and other animals from a body of water, or gathers shellfish. | Wiki |
FLAG | A piece of fabric (most often rectangular or quadrilateral) with a distinctive design that is used as a symbol, as a signaling device, or as decoration. The Canadian flag uses the colours white and red with a maple leaf. | Wiki |
FLOUR | A substance, generally a powder, made by grinding raw grains or roots and used to make many different foods. | Wiki |
FLOWER | The reproductive structure found in plants that are floral. Many flowers can be found in Canada. | Wiki |
FOOD | Canada is home to many types of food. | Wiki |
FOOTBALL | A family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball with the foot to score a goal. Canada has many football teams; Calgary Stampeders, Edmonton Eskimos, BC Lions, Toronto Argonauts. | Wiki |
FOREST | There are many forsts and forest regions within Canada. | Wiki |
FOX | Small-to-medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. Many are found within Canada. | Wiki |
FRANCE | A country whose territory consists of metropolitan France in western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories. | Wiki |
FRANCOPHONE | Also konwn as the French language. It is a popular language within Canada. | Wiki |
FRANKLIN, Sir John | English Royal Navy officer and explorer of the Arctic. Attempted to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage. Also a town, glacier, volcano and river in Canada. | Wiki |
FREDERICTON | The capital of the Canadian province of New Brunswick. | Wiki |
FREEDOM | Wiki | |
FRENCH | A romance language which originated in France, and its various dialects. It is also a popular language within Canada. | Wiki |
FROBISHER, Sir Martin | English seaman and privateer who made three voyages looking for the Northwest Passage. He landed in northeastern Canada, around today's Resolution Island and Frobisher Bay. Also a bay, lake and town. | Wiki |
FRONTENAC, Louis de Buade de | French soldier, courtier, and Governor General of New France. Also fort, town, hotel, park. | Wiki |
FROZEN | The rsult of freezing; There are many frozen areas in Canada. | Wiki |
FRUIT | Many fruits grow in Canada; Strawberry, Blueberry, Blackberry, Apple. | Wiki |
FT. MCMURRAY | A population centre, technically classified as an urban service area, in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada. | Wiki |
FUNDY | Bay of Fundy, Fundy Isles, Fundy National Park. | Wiki |
FUR | The hair covering of non-human mammals, particularly those mammals with extensive body hair that is soft and thick; There are many animals with fur who are native to Canada. | Wiki |
GAME | A structured form of play, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. | Wiki |
GARBAGE BAG | Canadian invention created in 1950. | Wiki |
GAS MASK | Invented out of necessity in 1915 by Cluny Macpherson (Physician from Newfoundland). | Wiki |
GINGER ALE | Ginger ale is a carbonated soft drink flavoured with ginger in one of two ways. The dry style (also called the pale style) is a paler drink with a much milder ginger flavour, and was created by Canadian John McLaughlin. | Wiki |
GLACIER | A persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight; it forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation (melting and sublimation) over many years, often centuries; There are many glaciers in the colder parts of Canada. | Wiki |
GLASS | A non-crystalline amorphous solid that is often transparent and has widespread practical, technological, and decorative usage. | Wiki |
GOALIE MASK | Several Canadians had a hand in creating the hockey goaltender's mask including Jacques Plante, Elizabeth Graham, Dave Dryden. | Wiki |
GOAT | A member of the family Bovidae and is closely related to the sheep as both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae. | Wiki |
GOLD | A chemical element with symbol Au and atomic number 79; Gold is found across the Canadian Shield, in British Columbia and Nunavut, and on the island of Newfoundland. | Wiki |
GOOSE | Waterfowl commonly found within Canada. | Wiki |
GOVERNMENT | The system to govern a state or community; Canada’s federal and provincial governments are divided into three branches — the legislative, executive and judicial. | Wiki |
GRAIN | Small, hard, dry seeds, with or without attached hulls or fruit layers, harvested for human or animal consumption; Many grain crops are grown within Canada. | Wiki |
GRAND BANKS | The Grand Banks of Newfoundland are a group of underwater plateaus south-east of Newfoundland. The cold Labrador Current mixes with the warm waters of the Gulf Stream here. The mixing of these waters and the shape of the ocean bottom lifts nutrients to the surface. These conditions create one of the richest fishing grounds in the world. | Wiki |
GRANITE | A common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture; The Bloodvein River, northwest of Thunder Bay and northeast of Winnipeg, is well known for it's vast amounts of granite. | Wiki |
GRAPES | A fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus Vitis. | Wiki |
GREAT LAKES | The largest group in a chain of large lakes that lies along the southern boundary of the Canadian SHIELD; Superior, Michigan, Huron, St Claire, Erie, Ontario. | Wiki |
GREEN | The color between blue and yellow on the spectrum of visible light. | Wiki |
GREY CUP | The name of both the championship game of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the trophy awarded to the victorious team playing Canadian football. | Wiki |
GRIZZLY | A large subspecies of brown bear inhabiting North America. Common within Canada. | Wiki |
GROUP OF SEVEN | Group of Canadian landscape painters from 1920 to 1933. | Wiki |
GROUSE | A small subfamily (18 species) of chickenlike birds with circumpolar distribution above latitude 26° north. Of the 10 North American species, 9 occur in Canada. | Wiki |
HADDOCK | A saltwater fish, found in the North Atlantic Ocean and associated seas. Common within Canada. | Wiki |
HAIDA | An indigenous ethnic group of North America. | Wiki |
HALIFAX | The capital of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. | Wiki |
HAMILTON | A port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. | Wiki |
HANDS | A prehensile, multi-fingered organ located at the end of the forearm or forelimb of primates such as humans, chimpanzees, monkeys, and lemurs. | Wiki |
HARBOUR | A body of water where ships, boats, and barges seek shelter from stormy weather, or are stored for future use; There are many harbours within Canada. | Wiki |
HARP SEAL | Harp seals are found in waters of the Arctic and far north Atlantic Ocean. They are sociable animals that enjoy the company of other seals. | Wiki |
HARPER | Stephen Harper the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada; Harper Island, Nunavut; Harper, Prince Edward Island. | Wiki |
HAWK | A group of medium-sized diurnal birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. | Wiki |
HEAD | The part of an organism which usually includes the eyes, ears, nose and mouth, each of which aid in various sensory functions such as sight, hearing, smell, and taste, respectively. | Wiki |
HEALTH CARE | The maintenance or improvement of health via the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in human beings; Health care in Canada is delivered through a publicly funded health care system, informally called Medicare, which is mostly free at the point of use and has most services provided by private entities. | Wiki |
HERITAGE | Wiki | |
HERO | There are many Canadian heroes; Pierre Trudeau, Terry Fox, Lester B. Pearson, Chris Hadfield, David Suzuki, Sir John A. Macdonald. | Wiki |
HOCKEY | A sport in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick. Hockey is popular in Canada. | Wiki |
HOME | A dwelling-place used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for an individual, family, household or several families in a tribe. | Wiki |
HOMEWORK | A set of tasks assigned to students by their teachers to be completed outside the class. | Wiki |
HOPEWELL ROCKS | Also called the Flowerpots Rocks, these New Brunswick rock formations are caused by tidal erosion. They stand 40–70 feet tall. | Wiki |
HOT | Many areas within Canada are hot. | Wiki |
HOUSE | A building that functions as a home | Wiki |
HOWIE MANDEL | Comedian, actor, writer, television personality, producer. Howie Mandel was raised in Toronto, where he worked as a carpet salesman after high school. | Wiki |
HUDSON, Henry | English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada. | Wiki |
HUNTER | Someone who engages in the act of hunting. | Wiki |
HURON | Huron is one of the North American Great Lakes. | Wiki |
HUSKY | A sled-type of dog used in northern regions, differentiated from other sled-dog types by their fast pulling style. | Wiki |
HYDRO | A Crown corporation owned by the Ontario government until it was privatized in 1999. | Wiki |
ICE | Water frozen into a solid state. Ice is prominent in many cold regions of Canada. | Wiki |
ICEBERG | A large piece of freshwater ice that has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and is floating freely in open water. | Wiki |
IMAX | Motion picture film format and a set of cinema projection standards developed in Canada in the late 1960s and early 1970s | Wiki |
IMMIGRANTS | Wiki | |
INDIGENOUS | Ethnic groups who are descended from and identify with the original inhabitants of a given region, in contrast to groups that have settled, occupied or colonized the area more recently. | Wiki |
INNU | The Innu (or Montagnais) are the Aboriginal inhabitants of an area in Canada they refer to as Nitassinan (“Our Land”), which comprises most of the northeastern portion of the province of Quebec and some eastern portions of Labrador. | Wiki |
INSULIN | A peptide hormone produced by beta cells of the pancreatic islets, and it is considered to be the main anabolic hormone of the body; Sir Frederick Grant Banting helped discover insulin. | Wiki |
INUIT | Inuit are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada and Alaska. Inuit is a plural noun; the singular is Inuk. | Wiki |
INUKSHUK | A human-made stone landmark or cairn used by the Inuit and other peoples of the Arctic region of North America. | Wiki |
INUKTITUT | Inuktitut refers to the entire culture of the Eastern Canadian Inuit, their values, societal norms, mannerisms and language; that is, "to do anything in the manner of an Inuk". | Wiki |
INVENTION | A unique or novel device, method, composition or process. | Wiki |
IQALUIT | Capital of Nunavut, its largest community, and only city. Until 1987, the city was known as Frobisher Bay, after the large bay on the coast of which the city is situated. In 1999, Iqaluit became the capital of Nunavut. | Wiki |
IRIS | The blue flag iris is the provincial flower of Quebec. | Wiki |
IRISH | Someone or something of, from, or related to Ireland. | Wiki |
IRON | A chemical element with symbol Fe and atomic number 26. | Wiki |
IROQUOIS | Members of a confederacy of Aboriginal nations known as the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. | Wiki |
ISLAND | Any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water; There are many islands within Canada; Vancounver, Baffin, Cape Breton, Victoria. | Wiki |
JAMES | James Bay, James, Ontario Canada. | Wiki |
JAMES CAMERON | A Canadian filmmaker, director, producer, screenwriter, inventor, engineer, philanthropist, and deep-sea explorer. | Wiki |
JASPER | The Municipality of Jasper is located at the junction of the Miette and Athabasca rivers in Jasper National Park, 362 km west of Edmonton. | Wiki |
JESUITS | The Society of Jesus is a male religious congregation of the Catholic Church which originated in Spain. The members are called Jesuits. During the French colonisation of New France in the 17th century, Jesuits played an active role in Canada. Throughout most of the 1640s the Jesuits had great success, establishing five chapels in Huronia and baptising over one thousand Huron natives. | Wiki |
JEWELLERY | Consists of small decorative items worn for personal adornment, such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants and bracelets. | Wiki |
JIM CARREY | Consists of small decorative items worn for personal adornment, such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants and bracelets. Born in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. | Wiki |
JOB | A person's role in society. More specifically, a job is an activity, often regular and performed in exchange for payment | Wiki |
JONI MITCHELL | A Canadian singer-songwriter and painter. Born in Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada. | Wiki |
JUICE | A beverage made from the extraction or pressing out of the natural liquid contained in fruit and vegetables. | Wiki |
JUSTIN BIEBER | A Canadian singer and songwriter. Born in London, Ontario, Canada. | Wiki |
KAYAK | A small, narrow watercraft which is propelled by means of a double-bladed paddle. | Wiki |
KING | Wiki | |
KINGSTON | Many different cities have this name in Canada. New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island. | Wiki |
KLONDIKE | Klondike, Yukon, a region in the Yukon; Klondike River, Klondike Gold Rush National Canadianl Park. | Wiki |
LABRADOR | The distinct northerly region of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. | Wiki |
LACROSSE | A team sport played between two teams using a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. | Wiki |
LAKE | There are many well known lakes within Canada. Lake Superior, Lake Ontario, Lake Huron, Lake Erie. | Wiki |
LAKE ERIE | The fourth-largest lake of the five Great Lakes in North America, and the thirteenth-largest globally if measured in terms of surface area. | Wiki |
LAKE SUPERIOR | The largest of the Great Lakes of North America. | Wiki |
LAND | Covering 9,984,670 km2 or 3,855,100 sq mi (land: 9,093,507 km2 or 3,511,023 sq mi; freshwater: 891,163 km2 or 344,080 sq mi), Canada is slightly less than three-fifths as large as Russia and slightly smaller than Europe. | Wiki |
LANDMARK | Canada has many famous landmarks; Banff National Park, CN Tower, Hopewell Rocks, Canadian Rockies, Chateau Frontenac, Parliament Hill, Niagara Falls. | Wiki |
LANGUAGE | Canada is a multi-lingual country. | Wiki |
LAURA SECORD | Laura Secord, née Ingersoll, Loyalist, mythologized historic figure (born 13 September 1775 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts; died 17 October 1868 in Chippawa [Niagara Falls], ON). | Wiki |
LAURENT | Laurent Beaudoin, business executive. | Wiki |
LAURENTIAN | Canadian Shield, also known as the Laurentian Shield or the Laurentian Plateau. | Wiki |
LAURIER | Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier, the seventh Prime Minister of Canada and Canada's first francophone prime minister. | Wiki |
LAVIGNE | Ariane Lavigne, Canadian snowboarder, Avril Lavigne, Canadian Grammy Award–nominated rock singer, Jenny Lavigne, Canadian ice hockey player. | Wiki |
LAYTON | Jack Layton, Son of Robert Layton, a former prominent Québec Liberal who later became a Conservative MP and cabinet minister. | Wiki |
LEACOCK | Leonard (Henry) Leacock. Pianist, teacher, composer; Stephen Leacock, A prolific magazine supplier of humorous fiction, literary essays and articles on social issues, politics, economics, science and history. | Wiki |
LEADER | Canada has many famous leaders; Justin Trudeau, Elizabeth II, Pierre Trudeau, Stephen Harper, Jean Chretien, Lester B Pearson. | Wiki |
LEAF | Caroline Leaf, animator, writer, director, producer; The maple leaf at first was considered an emblem of French Canada, and in 1834 the St-Jean-Baptiste Association adopted it formally. | Wiki |
LEARN | The act of acquiring new or modifying and reinforcing existing knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences | Wiki |
LEMMING | A small rodent usually found in or near the Arctic in tundra biomes. Usually found within colder climates of Canada. | Wiki |
LIBERAL | A supporter of liberalism, a political philosophy founded on ideas of liberty and equality; Liberal democracy, a form of government based on limited majority rule. | Wiki |
LIBRARY | A collection of sources of information and similar resources, made accessible to a defined community for reference or borrowing; Canada has many libararies; Halifax Central Library, National Library of Canada, Runnymede Library. | Wiki |
LIGHT BULB | A device that produces visible light from electric current. | Wiki |
LIGHTFOOT | Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, singer, songwriter, guitarist, Orillia, Ontario; Charles Lightfoot Roman, surgeon, author, researcher, lecturer,born in Port Elgin, ON. | Wiki |
LILY | The western red lily is the provincial flower of Saskatchewan. The lily (fleur-de-lis) is also the symbol of Quebec. | Wiki |
LIQUID | A nearly incompressible fluid that conforms to the shape of its container but retains a (nearly) constant volume independent of pressure. | Wiki |
LOBSTER | Lobsters have long bodies with muscular tails, and live in crevices or burrows on the sea floor. | Wiki |
LONDON | A city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. | Wiki |
LOON | A group of aquatic birds found in many parts of North America and northern Eurasia. | Wiki |
LOONIE | The Canadian one dollar coin, commonly called the loonie is a gold-coloured one-dollar coin introduced in 1987. | Wiki |
LOUIS RIEL | a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political leader of the Métis people of the Canadian Prairies. | Wiki |
LOYALISTS | Loyalists were American colonists, of different ethnic backgrounds, who supported the British cause during the American Revolution | Wiki |
LUMBER | A type of wood that has been processed into beams and planks, a stage in the process of wood production. | Wiki |
LUMBERJACK | Lumberjacks hold a permanent place in Canadian folklore and history. | Wiki |
LYNX | Any of the four species within the Lynx genus of medium-sized wild cats, which includes the bobcat. | Wiki |
MACDONALD | John Macdonald, merchant, churchman, philanthropist, politician and first Prime Minister of Canada. | Wiki |
MACKENZIE | Alexander Mackenzie, builder, newspaper editor, 2nd prime minister of Canada. | Wiki |
MACCRAE, John | Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier, best known for writing the famous war memorial poem "In Flanders Fields". | Wiki |
MAMMAL | The word mammal is derived from the milk-producing mammary glands that are unique to the class Mammalia. | Wiki |
MAN | Male human. The term man is usually reserved for an adult male, with the term boy being the usual term for a male child or adolescent. | Wiki |
MANITOBA | A Canadian province located at the centre of the country, bounded by Saskatchewan to the west, Hudson Bay and Ontario to the east, Nunavut to the north, and North Dakota and Minnesota to the south. | Wiki |
MAP | A symbolic depiction emphasizing relationships between elements of some space, such as objects, regions, or themes. | Wiki |
MAPLE | A genus of trees and shrubs of the maple family | Wiki |
MAPLE LEAF | The maple leaf at first was considered an emblem of French Canada, and in 1834 the St-Jean-Baptiste Association adopted it formally. | Wiki |
MAPLE SYRUP | The sweet sap of the sugar maple was known and valued by the Indigenous peoples of eastern North America long before the arrival of European settlers. | Wiki |
MARC GARNEAU | Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau is a Canadian politician and the current Minister of Transport in the Government of Canada. He is a retired military officer, former astronaut, and engineer. Garneau was the first Canadian in space taking part in three flights aboard NASA Space shuttles in 1984, 1996 and 2000. | Wiki |
MARITIMES | A region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. | Wiki |
MARMOT | The marmot is a large, diurnal, burrowing rodent of the squirrel family, native to Eurasia and North America. | Wiki |
MARTEN | A slender weasel specialized for life in the northern coniferous forests; found from Alaska and BC to Newfoundland | Wiki |
MARTIN | Martin Islands, Nunavut | Wiki |
MCADAMS | Rachel Anne McAdams, actress. | Wiki |
MEAT PIE | Also known as a tourtière, a double-crusted meat pie that is likely named for a shallow pie dish still used for cooking and serving tourtes (pies) in France. | Wiki |
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METAL | A material that is typically hard, opaque, shiny, and has good electrical and thermal conductivity. | Wiki |
METIS | The Métis in Canada a group of peoples in Canada who trace their descent to First Nations peoples and European settlers. | Wiki |
MICHAEL BUBLÉ | A Canadian singer, songwriter, actor and record producer. Born in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. | Wiki |
MICHAEL J. FOX | A Canadian-American actor, author, producer, and activist. With a film and television career spanning from the 1970s, Fox starred in the Back to the Future trilogy, where he portrayed Marty McFly. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. | Wiki |
MIKE MYERS | A Canadian-American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer, who holds UK citizenship. Born in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. | Wiki |
MILITARY | A force authorized to use lethal or deadly force and weapons to support the interests of the state and some or all of its citizens. | Wiki |
MILK | A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals. | Wiki |
MINE | Lost Lemon Mine, a legendary gold deposit reputedly somewhere between the Crowsnest Pass and the Highwood River in southwestern Alberta, discovered about 1870 by prospectors Frank Lemon and "Blackjack." | Wiki |
MINER | William Miner, John Thomas Miner | Wiki |
MINK | Ben (Benjamin) Mink. Producer, songwriter, violinist, mandolinist, guitarist, composer, b Detroit, of Polish parents, 22 Jan 1951, naturalized Canadian 1967. | Wiki |
MITTS | Knit mitts are popular in Canadain the cold weather. | Wiki |
MOHAWK | Mohawk (Mohawk: Kanien’kehá:ka, “People of the Flint”) are Aboriginal peoples in North America. | Wiki |
MONARCHY | Monarchism is support for Canada’s system of government as a constitutional monarchy. | Wiki |
MONEY | Money consists of anything that is generally accepted for the settlement of debts or purchase of goods or services. | Wiki |
MONTCALM | Palais Montcalm. A municipal building erected in Québec City. | Wiki |
MONTGOMERY | Montgomery, James (Louis). Composer, performer, administrator. | Wiki |
MONTREAL | Montréal is Canada’s second largest city and is home to nearly half of the province of Québec’s population. | Wiki |
MOOSE | Moose (Alces alces), are the largest living member of the deer family (Cervidae). | Wiki |
MORAINE | A moraine is a landform composed of an accumulation of sediment deposited by or from a glacier and possessing a form independent of the terrain beneath it; Oak Ridges Moraine. | Wiki |
MORISETTE | Alanis Nadine Morissette is a Canadian American alternative rock singer-songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actress. | Wiki |
MOUNTAIN(S) | Purcell Mountains, Columbia Mountains, Cariboo Mountains, Torngat Mountains, Mackenzie Mountains. | Wiki |
MOUNTIES | The North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) was the forerunner of Canada's iconic Royal Canadian Mounted Police. | Wiki |
MOVIE(S) | Ryan Gosling, Ryan Reynolds, Rachel McAdams, Seth Rogen, Mike Myers, Dan Aykroyd. | Wiki |
MULRONEY | Martin Brian Mulroney is a Canadian politician who served as the 18th Prime Minister of Canada. | Wiki |
MULTICULTURAL | Canada is konwn for being home for multiple cultures. | Wiki |
MUSICIAN(S) | Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Justin Bieber, Alanis Morissette, Joni Mitchell, Shania Twain. | Wiki |
MUSK OX | The Musk Ox is an Arctic mammal of the family Bovidae, noted for its thick coat and for the strong odor emitted during the seasonal rut by males, from which its name derives. | Wiki |
MUSKEG | Muskeg is a term describing a type of landscape, environment, vegetation and deposit. It attained widespread use in the 1950s during northward expansion of resource development. | Wiki |
MUSKELLUNGE | Muskellunge are large, predaceous, soft-rayed freshwater fish occurring naturally only in eastern North America. | Wiki |
MUSKOKA | The Muskoka area was opened to settlement when the Free Land Grant Act (1868) made land available, but although movement within the area was easy, a trip to Muskoka was an ordeal until the railway arrived in 1875. | Wiki |
MUSKRAT | A fairly large rodent common throughout much of North America in wetlands and waterways. | Wiki |
MUSTARD | Mustard is a condiment made from the seeds of a mustard plant | Wiki |
N.A.T.O. | NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), established in 1949, was Canada's first peacetime military alliance. | Wiki |
N.D.P. | The New Democratic Party (NDP) was founded in Ottawa in 1961 at a convention uniting the Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and affiliated unions of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) and also New Party clubs. | Wiki |
N.W. PASSAGE | The Northwest Passage is a sea corridor through Canada's Arctic archipelago and along the northern coast of North America. | Wiki |
N.W.T. | The Northwest Territories lie northwest of central Canada, bordered to the east by Nunavut, to the west by the Yukon and to the south by the northeastern corner of British Columbia, as well as the entire northern borders of Alberta and Saskatchewan. | Wiki |
NANAIMO BAR | The Nanaimo bar is a dessert item of Canadian origin. | Wiki |
NARWHAL | The narwhal, perhaps best known for its spiralled tusk, is a whale living in Canada’s arctic waters. | Wiki |
NATIONALITY | Nationality is a legal relationship between an individual person and a state. | Wiki |
NEST | A nest is a structure built by certain animals to hold eggs, offspring, and, occasionally, the animal itself. | Wiki |
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NEW BRUNSWICK | New Brunswick is one of three provinces collectively known as the "Maritimes. | Wiki |
NEWFOUNDLAND | Newfoundland, the youngest of the Canadian provinces, joined Confederation in 1949. | Wiki |
NEWMARKET | Newmarket, Ont, incorporated as a town in 1880. The Town of Newmarket is located on the Holland River with easy access to the Don and Humber rivers, 25 km north of Toronto. | Wiki |
NIAGARA | Niagara Falls, Fort Niagara, Niagara River, Niagara Peninsula, Niagara Escarpment. | Wiki |
NICKEL | Nickel is a chemical element with symbol Ni and atomic number 28. | Wiki |
NICKELBACK | Nickelback. Rock band formed in Hanna, Alta, with Chad Kroeger (vocals, guitar), Ryan Peake (guitar, vocals), Mike Kroeger (bass) and Ryan Vikedal (drums), and moved to Vancouver in 1996. | Wiki |
NORMANDY | The 1944 Battle of Normandy — from the D-Day landings on 6 June through to the encirclement of the German army at Falaise on 21 August — was one of the pivotal events of the Second World War and the scene of some of Canada's greatest feats of arms. | Wiki |
NORTH | North Pole, Cape North, North York, orth Saanich, North Battleford, North Bay. | Wiki |
NORTH POLE | The North Pole is the Earth's northernmost geographic point, located at the northern end of the Earth's axis. The pole lies in the Arctic Ocean. | Wiki |
NORTHERN LIGHTS | Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, dynamic displays of multicoloured luminosity appearing in the day or night sky in high latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere. | Wiki |
NOVA SCOTIA | Nova Scotia is Canada’s second-smallest province (following Prince Edward Island) and is located on the southeastern coast of the country. | Wiki |
NUNAVUT | Nunavut is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada and the fifth largest administrative division in the world. 85 per cent of the population are Inuit. | Wiki |
OCEAN | North Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. | Wiki |
OIL | An oil is any neutral, nonpolar chemical substance that is a viscous liquid at ambient temperatures and is both hydrophobic and lipophilic. | Wiki |
OIL SANDS | The Canadian oil sands (or tar sands) are a large area of petroleum extraction from bitumen, located primarily along the Athabasca River with its centre of activity close to Fort McMurray in Alberta, approximately 400 km northeast of the provincial capital, Edmonton. | Wiki |
OJIBWE | The Ojibwa (also Ojibwe, Ojibway and Chippewa) are an Aboriginal people in Canada and the United States who are part of a larger cultural group known as the Anishinaabeg. | Wiki |
OKANAGAN | Okanagan lake, Okanagan Valley. | Wiki |
OMNIVORE | Omnivore is a consumption classification for animals that have the capability to obtain chemical energy and nutrients from materials originating from plant and animal origin. | Wiki |
ONDAATJE | Michael Ondaatje, OC, poet, novelist, filmmaker, editor (born 12 September 1943 in Colombo, Sri Lanka). | Wiki |
ONTARIO | Ontario is a Canadian province bounded by Manitoba to the west, Hudson Bay to the north, Québec to the east, and New York, the Great Lakes, Michigan and Minnesota to the south. | Wiki |
OPPORTUNITY | Wiki | |
ORCA | The killer whale or orca (Orcinus orca) is a toothed whale belonging to the oceanic dolphin family, of which it is the largest member. | Wiki |
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OTTAWA | The City of Ottawa is the capital of Canada and is located on the Ottawa River on Ontario's eastern boundary with Québec, about 200 km west of Montréal. | Wiki |
OTTER | The river otter (Lutra canadensis) occurs throughout N America except in desert and arid tundra regions. In Canada it is scarce, except along the BC coast, where it is abundant and often wrongly identified as a sea otter. | Wiki |
OWL | The owl (order Strigiformes) is an efficient, carnivorous, nocturnal bird of prey. | Wiki |
P.E.I. | Prince Edward Island is Canada's smallest province, making up just 0.1 per cent of Canada’s total land area. It is situated in the Gulf of St Lawrence and separated from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick by the Northumberland Strait. | Wiki |
PABLUM | Pablum is a processed cereal for infants originally marketed by the Mead Johnson Company in 1931. | Wiki |
PACEMAKER | A medical device which uses electrical impulses, delivered by electrodes contracting the heart muscles, to regulate the beating of the heart. | Wiki |
PACIFIC | Pacific Ocean, Pacific Salt, Pacific Salmon, Pacific Fur Company, Canadian Pacific Railway. | Wiki |
PAINT ROLLER | A paint roller is a paint application tool used for painting large flat surfaces rapidly and efficiently. | Wiki |
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PAPER | Paper is a thin material produced by pressing together moist fibres of cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets. | Wiki |
PARK | Algonquin Provincial Park, Terra Nova National Park, Aulavik National Park, Banff National Park, Jasper National Park. | Wiki |
PARLIAMENT | The term Parliament refers to three institutions: the Crown, the Senate and the House of Commons. This parliamentary system flows from the Westminster tradition in Britain, which is a blend of parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy. | Wiki |
PASTRY | Butter Tart, Tourtiere, Beaver Tail. | Wiki |
PEACE TOWER | The Peace Tower, also known as the Tower of Victory and Peace, is a focal bell and clock tower sitting on the central axis of the Centre Block of the Canadian parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario. | Wiki |
PEACEKEEPING | Peacekeeping is the term applied to United Nations (UN) military intervention operations. As a result of Lester Pearson's leadership in the 1956 Suez Crisis and Canada's role in the UN Emergency Force he helped create, Canadians have sometimes considered peacekeeping part of the country's identity. | Wiki |
PEACH | The peach (Prunus persica) is the most widely grown stone fruit. | Wiki |
PEAMEAL | Cornmeal is a meal (coarse flour) ground from dried maize (corn). It is a common staple food, and is ground to fine, medium, and coarse consistencies, but not as fine as wheat flour. | Wiki |
PEARSON | Went to school in Aurora. | Wiki |
PEAT | Peat, living and partially decomposed organic matter, consists principally of decayed brown mosses, Sphagnum plants, sedges and other semiaquatic plant remains. | Wiki |
PEGGY\'S COVE | Peggy's Cove is a small, picturesque fishing community located 43 km south of Halifax, on eastern St Margaret's Bay. | Wiki |
PERCH | Perch are small- to medium-sized, carnivorous, bottom-dwelling, freshwater fishes usually with long, rounded, laterally compressed bodies and 2 dorsal fins. | Wiki |
PERMAFROST | Permafrost is ground remaining at or below 0°C continuously for at least two years. About 50 per cent of Canada is underlaid by permafrost, mainly in the Arctic Archipelago, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. | Wiki |
PIE | A pie is a baked dish which is usually made of a pastry dough casing that covers or completely contains a filling of various sweet or savoury ingredients. | Wiki |
PIERRE BERTON | Pierre Berton, journalist, historian, media personality. Berton was among Canada's best-known writers and was particularly well regarded as a serious popularizer of Canadian history. | Wiki |
PIKA | Pika is a common name for the smallest members of the order Lagomorpha, which also includes rabbits and hares. | Wiki |
PILOT | Robert Wakeham Pilot, Arthur Roy Brown, Marion Alice Orr, Wilfrid Reid May | Wiki |
PINE | Pine Point, Northwest Territories, was a town located 10 km inland from the south shore of GREAT SLAVE LAKE , 87 km east of Hay River. | Wiki |
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PLANT | The shoot system (stem and leaves) grows upward into the light and is the site of photosynthesis; the root system penetrates the soil, anchors the plant and absorbs necessary water and minerals. | Wiki |
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POLAR BEAR | The polar bear is the largest living species of bear. They are found in the northern reaches of Canada, including parts of the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Manitoba, Ontario, Québec and Newfoundland and Labrador. | Wiki |
POLICE | The RCMP is Canada’s national police force – providing an array of services from municipal policing, to national security intelligence gathering, to the legendary Musical Ride. | Wiki |
POLITICS | Politics broadly refers to any or all conflicts among human beings over the allocation of power, wealth or prestige, when interests are pursued by means other than the use of physical violence. | Wiki |
POPPY | A poppy is a flowering plant in the subfamily Papaveroideae of the family Papaveraceae. Poppies are herbaceous plants, often grown for their colorful flowers. | Wiki |
PORCUPINE | Of the world's 23 species, only the North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) occurs in Canada, throughout mainland forests and thickets. | Wiki |
PORTAGE | Portage is a way by land around an interruption in a water route. Until the early 19th century most inhabitants of what is now Canada travelled mainly by water. | Wiki |
POST OFFICE | The CPC, under the Canada Post Corporation Act, has a broad mandate to operate a postal service for the transmission of messages, information, funds and goods and to provide other related services. | Wiki |
POTASH | Potash is an alkaline potassium compound most commonly used in fertilizers. It refers to a variety of salts produced through mining of minerals and chemical manufacturing. Canada is the world's largest potash producer and exporter. | Wiki |
POTATO | The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is a herbaceous annual of the nightshade family, which produces tubers at the end of underground branches called stolons. | Wiki |
POUTINE | Poutine is a Canadian dish made of french fries topped with cheese curds and gravy. It first appeared in 1950s rural Québec snack bars and was widely popularized across Canada and beyond in the 1990s. | Wiki |
POWER | In Canada the 2 basic methods of producing electric power are hydroelectric generation, based on the energy contained in flowing water, and thermal generation, based on the production of steam. | Wiki |
PRAIRIES | The Prairies, or the Plains, is a vast region of the “western interior” of Canada that is bounded roughly by Lake Superior and the Rocky Mountains, the forty-ninth parallel and the low Arctic. | Wiki |
PREDATOR | Canada is ome to many predators; Polar bear, brown bear, black bear, cougar, gray wolf, coyote, wolverine | Wiki |
PRIME MINISTER | The prime minister is the most powerful political figure in Canada — head of the federal government and normally the leader of the largest party in the House of Commons; Trudeau, Abbott, Bowell, Laurier, St-Laurent. | Wiki |
PROVINCE | Saskatchewan, Halifax, Charlottetown, Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia. | Wiki |
PTARMIGAN | Ptarmigan are distinguished from other members of the grouse subfamily by their all-white wings. | Wiki |
PUFFIN | Puffin is a common name for 3 species of medium-sized seabirds of the Auk family. | Wiki |
PURPLE | The purple martin, is the largest (14.4-14.9 cm) and most urbanized of Canadian swallows | Wiki |
QUAKERS | The Quakers (properly The Religious Society of Friends) are a body of Christians that arose out of the religious ferment of mid-17th century Puritan England. | Wiki |
QUEBEC | Québec City, the capital of the province of Québec, is located on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River where it meets the Rivière Saint-Charles. | Wiki |
QUEEN | Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth Way. | Wiki |
QUÉBÉCOIS | The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party that was created officially on 15 June 1991 | Wiki |
R.C. LEGION | The Royal Canadian Legion is a non-profit Canadian ex-service organization founded in 1925. | Wiki |
R.C.M.P. | The RCMP is Canada’s national police force – providing an array of services from municipal policing, to national security intelligence gathering, to the legendary Musical Ride. | Wiki |
RABBIT | Rabbit is a common name for some mammals of the order Lagomorpha. | Wiki |
RACCOON | Raccoon (Procyon lotor) is the only Canadian member of the Procyonidae (a primarily tropical New World family of carnivores). | Wiki |
RAILROAD | The Underground Railroad was a secret network of abolitionists who helped African Americans escape from enslavement in the American South to free Northern states or to Canada. | Wiki |
RASPBERRY | Over 200 species of small, fleshy, wild fruits occur in Canada. | Wiki |
REBELLION | At 8 PM Monday, December 3, 1837 William Lyon Mackenzie set out by horse down Yonge Street to scout the route for his attack on Toronto. | Wiki |
RED | Red deer, red lake, red crow, red bay | Wiki |
REGINA | The City of Regina is the capital, commercial and financial centre of Saskatchewan. | Wiki |
REMEMBRANCE | Rememberance Day, the national day to remember those who died in military service is observed across Canada each year on 11 November – the anniversary of the Armistice agreement in 1918 that ended the First World War. | Wiki |
RENEWABLE | Canada is home to many types of renewable energy; wind, water. | Wiki |
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RESPECT | Teacher, authority, parents. | Wiki |
RESTAURANT | Wiki | |
RICHMOND HILL | The Town of Richmond Hill is located approximately 15 km north of TORONTO and is part of the Greater Toronto Area. | Wiki |
RIDEAU | Established in Quebec City in 1978 under the name of Réseau Accès, this association adopted the name RIDEAU in 1983. | Wiki |
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RIVER | Blind River, North Sakatchewan River, Gold River, Athabasca River, Red River, Yukon River. | Wiki |
ROCKET | Joseph-Henri-Maurice Richard. Known as the “Rocket,” Richard was perhaps the most iconic player in the history of the Montreal Canadiens. | Wiki |
ROCKIES | The Canadian segment of the Rockies extends 1200 km from the American borders of BC and Alberta to the Liard River Basin, flanked on the west by a distinct trench and on the east by rolling foothills. | Wiki |
RODENT | Canada is home to many rodents; Muskrat, Lemming, Pocket Mouse, Marmot. | Wiki |
RODEO | Blue Rodeo. Rock band, formed in 1984 in Toronto by songwriters Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor (vocals, guitars), with Bobby Wiseman (organ, piano, accordion), Bazil Donovan (bass) and Cleave Anderson (drums). | Wiki |
ROUND | Round Table Movement, an organization devoted to the study of British Empire problems and the promotion of imperial unity. | Wiki |
ROYALTY | Wiki | |
RUSSELL PETERS | Toronto born Russell Peters is one of the most successful comedians in the world. | Wiki |
SACRIFICE | Wiki | |
SAINT JOHN | he City of Saint John, the largest city in New Brunswick, is located at the mouth of the SAINT JOHN RIVER on the Bay of FUNDY. | Wiki |
SALMON | The salmon is a family of fish, Salmonidae, with soft fin rays, a short dorsal fin, an adipose (fatty) fin, and teeth in the jaws. | Wiki |
SASKATCHEWAN | Saskatchewan is bordered by the US to the south, the Northwest Territories to the north, and Manitoba and Alberta to the east and west respectively. | Wiki |
SASKATOON | The City of Saskatoon, the largest city in Saskatchewan, is situated in rolling parklands on the banks of the northward-flowing South Saskatchewan River, 352 km northwest of Regina. | Wiki |
SCALLOPS | Scallop is a bivalve (hinged shell) mollusc of suborder Pectinina. Scallops are found in all seas. | Wiki |
SCHOOL | There are many schools in Canada; Bishop Strachan School, nursery school, Bathurst High School, National Ballet School of Canada | Wiki |
SCOTTISH | The Scots have immigrated to Canada in steady and substantial numbers for over 200 years, with the connection between Scotland and Canada stretching farther — to the 17th century. | Wiki |
SEA LION | The northern sea lion, also called the Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), is the largest of the eared SEALS. | Wiki |
SECURITY | Wiki | |
SEIGNEURIAL | The seigneurial system was an institutional form of land distribution established in New France in 1627 and officially abolished in 1854. | Wiki |
SENATORS | The Ottawa Senators are a professional hockey team in the National Hockey League. | Wiki |
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SHATNER, William | William Shatner, actor, author, director. William Shatner is best known for his role as Captain Kirk in the original Star Trek television series. The son of a clothing manufacturer, Shatner grew up in Montréal, where he began acting at summer camp at the age of 6. | Wiki |
SHEEP | The mountain sheep is a highly successful, medium-sized, even-toed mammal (see Artiodactyla) of the cattle family, genus Ovis. | Wiki |
SHELLFISH | Shellfish is a culinary and fisheries term for exoskeleton-bearing aquatic invertebrates used as food, including various species of molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms. | Wiki |
SHREW | Family of small insectivores represented today by approximately 250 species worldwide, 16 in Canada. | Wiki |
SILVER | Trade silver was made by silversmiths in Québec City, Montréal, London and various American cities, including New York, Philadelphia and Detroit. | Wiki |
SIMCOE | The town of Simcoe, including the nearby hamlet of Hillcrest, was one of 6 area municipalities formed as part of the Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk in 1974. | Wiki |
SINGER | Celine Dion, Justin Bieber, Shania Twain, Joni Mitchell, Bryan Adams, Michael Buble. | Wiki |
SKATES | Ice skates are popular in Canada during cold seasons. | Wiki |
SKI | A ski is a narrow strip of semi-rigid material worn underfoot to glide over snow. | Wiki |
SKILL | A skill is the ability to carry out a task with pre-determined results often within a given amount of time, energy, or both. | Wiki |
SLANG | Canada has much of it's own unique slang. | Wiki |
SNOW | Snow consists of particles of ice that have grown large enough in the atmosphere to fall to the ground. Canada is well known for having cold seasons. | Wiki |
SNOWBIRD | The Snowbird legacy is part of a rich air show tradition in Canada that began nearly a century ago. | Wiki |
SNOWBLOWER | A snow blower or snow thrower is a machine for removing snow from an area where it is not wanted, such as a driveway, sidewalk, roadway, railroad track, ice rink, or runway. | Wiki |
SNOWMOBILE | A snowmobile is an automotive vehicle for travel on snow; Joseph-Armand BOMBARDIER, a mechanic from Valcourt, Qué, developed the first of many oversnow vehicles. | Wiki |
SNOWSHOE | Snowshoes for winter travel were almost universal among Aboriginal people in Canada outside the Pacific and Arctic coasts. | Wiki |
SOAPSTONE | Soapstone is a metamorphic rock composed essentially of talc with varying amounts of mineral impurities, including mica, chlorite, pyroxene, amphibole, serpentine, quartz, calcite and iron oxides. | Wiki |
SOLDIER(S) | A soldier is one who fights as part of a land-based army. A soldier can be an enlisted person, a non-commissioned officer, or an officer in the army. | Wiki |
SOUP | Soup is a primarily liquid food, generally served warm or hot that is made by combining ingredients such as meat and vegetables with stock, juice, water, or another liquid. | Wiki |
SOUTH | South is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points. South is the polar opposite of north and is perpendicular to east and west. | Wiki |
SPACE | Canadian Space Agency; NASA; many Canadian have been to space. | Wiki |
SPORT | Hockey, basketball, snowmobiling, curling, skating | Wiki |
SQUIRREL | Squirrel, common name for family (Sciuridae) of rodents, comprising 262 species, found in North and South America, Eurasia and Africa. | Wiki |
ST. JEAN-BAPTISTE | Popular annual celebrations in French Canada on 24 June (the feast day of St John the Baptist) or on the days before or after this date. | Wiki |
ST. JOHN'S | Capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador. | Wiki |
ST. LAWRENCE | Lowland, River, Seaway | Wiki |
STAMP | Canada's first stamp was the Three-Penny Beaver designed by Sandford Fleming. | Wiki |
STAMPEDE | The Calgary Exhibition and Stampede is a combined agricultural fair and rodeo. | Wiki |
STANDARD TIME | Canada's Sir Sandford Fleming played a crucial role in developing a global system for setting time. | Wiki |
STANLEY CUP | The Stanley Cup is the oldest trophy competed for by professional athletes in North America. Donated by Governor General Lord Stanley in 1892 for presentation to the top hockey team in Canada. | Wiki |
STEEL | William Arthur Steel, radio pioneer. | Wiki |
STREET | Wiki | |
STUDENT | Wiki | |
SUFFRAGE | Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections; Women's suffrage, indigenous suffrage. | Wiki |
SUTHERLAND | Donald Sutherland, actor (born at Saint John 17 July 1935). | Wiki |
SWEET | Sweet apple, sweet corn. | Wiki |
SYMBOL | The maple leaf is a well known symbol of Canada. | Wiki |
SYRUP | Maple products are a unique phenomenon with a rich history. The sweet sap of the sugar maple (Acer saccharum) was known and valued by the Indigenous peoples of eastern North America long before the arrival of European settlers. | Wiki |
TAIL | Many animals with tails live within Canada. Wolverine, lynx, creeper, nuthatch. | Wiki |
TEACHER | Many Canadian teachers have had a positive inpact on Canadian life. Alphonse Martin, Ann Golden, Berythe Birse, Alfred Bernier. | Wiki |
TEAM | Canada is home to many canadian teams; Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Argonauts. | Wiki |
TELEPHONE | Alexander Melville Bell, educator, founder of the Canadian telephone industry. He was the father of Alexander Graham Bell. | Wiki |
TERRY FOX | Terry Fox inspired the nation and the world through his courageous struggle against cancer and his determination to raise funds for cancer research. | Wiki |
THEATRE | There are many theatres within Canada; Manitoba Theatre Centre, The Montreal Theatre. | Wiki |
THOMPSON | The City of Thompson is located on the south side of the Burntwood River, 740 km north of Winnipeg. | Wiki |
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TIM HORTON | Horton was one of the best defenseman from the National Hockey League’s Original Six Era and spent the majority of his career with the Toronto Maple Leafs. | Wiki |
TIMMY'S | Short form slang for the popular franchise Tim Horton's. | Wiki |
TOBOGGAN | Canadianlly among subarctic Aboriginal groups, the toboggan was a common means of hauling small loads or people over snow. | Wiki |
TOM CONNORS | One of the most iconic figures in Canadian music, Stompin’ Tom Connors was a working-class, salt-of-the-earth troubadour and perhaps the most overtly nationalist songwriter that Canada has ever produced. | Wiki |
TOONIE | Name of the two dollar coin in Canada. | Wiki |
TOQUE | The name for popular knit caps in Canada. Commonly worn in cold weather. | Wiki |
TORNADO | Tornadoes are a type of severe storm. They are typified by a funnel-shaped cloud descending toward the earth. | Wiki |
TORONTO | Toronto is Canada's largest municipality and is made up of the former cities of Toronto, North York, Scarborough, York and Etobicoke, and the former borough of East York. | Wiki |
TOTEM POLE | A tall structure carved out of cedar wood, created by Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples to serve variously as a signboard, genealogical record and memorial. | Wiki |
TOWN | There are many towns within Canada; Rooster Town, Harold Town, Lac-Megantic. | Wiki |
TRADE | For nearly 250 years, from the early 17th to the mid-19th centuries, the fur trade was a vast commercial enterprise across the wild, forested expanse of what is now Canada. | Wiki |
TRADING POST | The trading post can be viewed as a large household whose size and social organization reflected the cultural heritage of its members and the post's role in the fur trade. | Wiki |
TRAGICALLY | Tragically Hip, The. Rock band, formed in 1983 in Kingston, Ont, by Gordon Downie (vocals), Rob (Bobby) Baker (lead guitar), Paul Langlois (rhythm guitar), Gord Sinclair (bass guitar) and Johnny Fay (drums); Canada's top rock band. | Wiki |
TRAIL | The City of Trail is located on the COLUMBIA RIVER at the mouth of Trail Creek, just north of the international boundary, 630 km by road east of Vancouver. | Wiki |
TRANSPORTATION | The great distances between mines, farms, forests and urban centres make efficient transport systems essential to the economy so that natural and manufactured goods can move freely through domestic and international markets. | Wiki |
TRAPPER | Trapper Lake is a lake in Alaska that lies to the north of Wasilla. | Wiki |
TRAVEL | Hundreds of travel books on Canada have been published in the last 2 centuries, packed with cultures and climate, people and places. | Wiki |
TREATIES | Indigenous treaties in Canada are constitutionally recognized agreements between the Crown and Indigenous peoples. | Wiki |
TREE | Canada is home to many different types of trees; Alder, Aspen, Maple, Pine. | Wiki |
TRENT | Trent University, Trent-Severn Waterway. | Wiki |
TRILLIUM | Trillium, common and generic name of a perennial plant of the Trilliaceae family. | Wiki |
TROUT | Jennie Trout, physician; Trout was the first woman licensed to practise medicine in Canada . | Wiki |
TRUDEAU | Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau was a Canadian politician who served as the 15th Prime Minister of Canada. Justin Pierre James Trudeau is a Canadian politician and 23rd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Liberal Party. | Wiki |
TUNDRA | Tundra — also called barren land — is a large region of the Northern Hemisphere lacking trees and possessing abundant rock outcrops. | Wiki |
TWO-FOUR | Victoria Day is a statutory holiday remembered informally as "the twenty-fourth of May,” or “May Two-Four.” | Wiki |
U.S.A. | The United States of America | Wiki |
UNDERGROUND | The Underground Railroad was a secret network of abolitionists who helped African Americans escape from enslavement in the American South to free Northern states or to Canada. | Wiki |
UNIVERSITY | There are many universities in Canada; Western University, Athabasca University, University of Saskatchewan, University of Toronto. | Wiki |
URANIUM | Uranium (U) is the heaviest naturally occurring element. | Wiki |
VANCOUVER | Vancouver is the largest city in British Columbia and the third largest census metropolitan area in Canada. | Wiki |
VEHICLE | Cars, Planes, Trains, Subways, Bicycles, Motorcycles, Snowmobiles. | Wiki |
VETERANS | Veterans' Land Act, passed 20 July 1942, following a Canadian tradition dating from the 17th century of settling ex-soldiers on the land. | Wiki |
VICTORIA | Victoria, queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India; While the Queen never visited Canada, five of her nine children spent time in Canada, where her name has been given to numerous public buildings, streets, communities and physical features. | Wiki |
VIKINGS | Wiki | |
VIMY RIDGE | Among Canada’s defining events, the Battle of Vimy Ridge in the First World War ranks high. It was a triumph — a major victory for the Allied side after a long, bloody stalemate — and a tragedy. In the four-day battle in April 1917, 3,598 Canadians died and another 7,004 were wounded. | Wiki |
WALKIE-TALKIE | Canadian invention during World War Two, credited to Donald L. Hings, radio engineer Alfred J. Gross, and engineering teams at Motorola. First used for infantry, similar designs were created for field artillery and tank units, and after the war, walkie-talkies spread to public safety and eventually commercial and jobsite work. | Wiki |
WALLEYE | moderately large, predatory freshwater fish of the family Percidae. In Canada they are found from southern Québec to northeastern BC and N to the mouth of the Mackenzie R. | Wiki |
WALRUS | In Canada, the Atlantic walrus is found primarily along the northern coasts of Hudson Bay, Davis Strait, Foxe Basin and Baffin Bay. | Wiki |
WAR | War of 1912, Vietnam War, Korean War. | Wiki |
WATER | Wiki | |
WATERFALL | Niagara Falls, a spectacular waterfall in the NIAGARA RIVER, is the world's greatest waterfall by volume at 2832 m3. | Wiki |
WATERLOO | The City of Waterloo is the smaller of twin cities in central southwestern Ontario, 110 km west of Toronto . | Wiki |
WATERWAY | The Trent-Severn Waterway system links Lake Ontario (at Trenton) with Lake Huron (at Port Severn on Georgian Bay). | Wiki |
WAYNE GRETZKY | Gretzky is regarded by many as one of the greatest hockey players of all time. His nickname, “The Great One,” attests to his on-ice abilities and impact in the sport. | Wiki |
WEASEL | There are three types of weasels in Canada: the short-tailed weasel, also known as the ermine or stoat, the long-tailed weasel, and the least weasel. | Wiki |
WEATHER | Weather forms the Canadian psyche as much as hockey and the maple leaf. | Wiki |
WELLAND | The City of Welland is located on the NIAGARA PENINSULA, 24 km south of ST CATHARINES and named after the Welland River. | Wiki |
WEST | Bradford West Gwillimbury, West Vancouver, North West Company, North-West Territories. | Wiki |
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WHALE | Canadian waters are rich in whale fauna (8 species of mysticetes, about 25 species of odontocetes), and the commercial search for these animals was significant in early exploration. | Wiki |
WHEAT | The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) was an agricultural marketing board headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba. | Wiki |
WHISTLER | The Resort Municipality of Whistler is located about 100 km north of Vancouver near GARIBALDI PROVINCIAL PARK. | Wiki |
WHITE | The City of White Rock is 48 km by road southeast of Vancouver and is bounded on the north, east and west by Surrey. | Wiki |
WHITEHORSE | The City of Whitehorse, the capital of Yukon, is located about 87 km north of the British Columbia border. | Wiki |
WILD | Wild rice, a true grass, grows in marshlands and along waterways from Manitoba to the Atlantic Ocean in southern Canada, and over much of the eastern US. | Wiki |
WIND | Wind energy is energy obtained from moving air. The motion results from the heating and cooling of the Earth; thus, wind energy is an indirect form of solar energy. Canada uses wind energy in parts of Canada. | Wiki |
WINE | For many years, Canadian wines were made from native grape varieties not capable of producing fine-quality wines. | Wiki |
WINNIPEG | The city of Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, and is located at the confluence of the Red River and Assiniboine River 100 km north of the Minnesota border. | Wiki |
WINTER | Every aspect of life in Canada is affected by winter, whether by heavy rains on the West Coast, isolation during the long Arctic winters, raging blizzards across the prairies or huge snowfalls in eastern Canada. | Wiki |
WOLF | The wolf is the largest wild member of the dog family. | Wiki |
WOLFE | James Wolfe; One of the legendary figures of Canadian history, Wolfe has become known as the man whose defeat of the Marquis de Montcalm in 1759 marked the beginning of British rule in Canada. | Wiki |
WOLVERINE | The wolverine is a rare animal in Canada. They are now absent from the southeast and the prairies, rare in the east, and sparse in western and northern regions. | Wiki |
WOMAN | Wiki | |
WOOD | Canada’s lumber and wood industries convert logs into various products, from lumber to wood chips. | Wiki |
WOOL | Sheep farming in Canada goes back as far as the beginning of agriculture. The first sheep were introduced to the country in 1664. | Wiki |
WORLD WAR | World War I, World War II | Wiki |
YELLOW | Wiki | |
YONGE | Simcoe proposed the 'military street' as a strategic route to help protect Upper Canada from American invasion. According to local legend "the longest street in the world," Toronto's Yonge Street, its completion was announced on February 20, 1796. | Wiki |
YUKON | Lying in the northwestern corner of Canada and isolated by rugged mountains, the Yukon borders Alaska to the west, British Columbia to the south and the Northwest Territories to the east. | Wiki |