Canadian National Parks Trivia: 10 Questions With Answers
This Canadian national parks trivia explores Banff, Gros Morne, Pacific Rim, Wood Buffalo, Cape Breton Highlands and Fundy. Ten questions with answers on Canada's protected lands from coast to coast to coast.
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Size
What is Canada's largest national park?
Newfoundland
Which park shows Earth's mantle exposed on the surface?
BC
Which park on Vancouver Island has surf beaches and rainforest?
Nova Scotia
Which park is known for the Cabot Trail?
New Brunswick
Fundy National Park is near the world's highest what?
Arctic
Which park in Nunavut has the northernmost point of Canada?
Ontario
Which national park is on Georgian Bay with a grotto?
Point Pelee
Point Pelee is famous as what?
Sable Island
Sable Island is famous for wild what?
History
Parks Canada was the world's first national park service, founded in which year?
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Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions
- Q1: What is Canada's largest national park?
Answer: Wood Buffalo
Wood Buffalo is larger than Switzerland and protects wild bison and whooping cranes.
- Q2: Which park shows Earth's mantle exposed on the surface?
Answer: Gros Morne
The Tablelands are rocks pushed up from deep inside the Earth.
- Q3: Which park on Vancouver Island has surf beaches and rainforest?
Answer: Pacific Rim
Long Beach near Tofino is a famous surf spot.
- Q4: Which park is known for the Cabot Trail?
Answer: Cape Breton Highlands
The trail winds along cliffs above the sea.
- Q5: Fundy National Park is near the world's highest what?
Answer: Tides
Tides can rise about 16 meters in the Bay of Fundy.
- Q6: Which park in Nunavut has the northernmost point of Canada?
Answer: Quttinirpaaq
It lies on Ellesmere Island near the North Pole.
- Q7: Which national park is on Georgian Bay with a grotto?
Answer: Bruce Peninsula
The Grotto is a sea cave with turquoise water.
- Q8: Point Pelee is famous as what?
Answer: Canada's southernmost mainland point
It is also a great spot for migrating birds and butterflies.
- Q9: Sable Island is famous for wild what?
Answer: Horses
About 500 wild horses roam the sandy island.
- Q10: Parks Canada was the world's first national park service, founded in which year?
Answer: 1911
It now manages dozens of national parks and historic sites.
Canadian National Parks Trivia β Protected From Coast to Coast
Canada has dozens of national parks covering mountains, coasts, forests, tundra and wetlands. Parks Canada, founded in 1911, was the first national park service in the world.
Parks show a huge range: Banff's Rockies, Gros Morne's fjords and geology, Pacific Rim's rainforest and Arctic parks reached only by plane.
Many parks are co-managed with Indigenous nations. They protect caribou, bison, whales and birds, and visitors enjoy hiking, paddling and camping across the country.
What This Quiz Teaches
This quiz is for travelers and nature lovers exploring Canada's parks.
- Which park is largest
- Where the mantle is exposed
- Where the highest tides are
- Which park reaches farthest north
- When Parks Canada began
Did You Know?
- Wood Buffalo has the world's largest beaver dam.
- Torngat Mountains has polar bears.
- Kluane has Canada's highest peak.
- Prince Albert National Park is linked to Grey Owl.
- Nahanni has Virginia Falls.
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