The Canadian Islands Quiz – Facts Worth Knowing

Take the Canadian islands quiz to explore Baffin Island, Vancouver Island, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Haida Gwaii and Ellesmere Island. Ten questions with facts worth knowing about Canada's islands.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Size
What is Canada's largest island?
BC
Which island has Victoria, BC's capital?
Haida
Haida Gwaii is home to which Indigenous people?
Newfoundland
Where did Vikings settle in North America about 1,000 years ago?
Arctic
Which island is Canada's northernmost?
Mars
Which uninhabited island is used to test Mars research?
PEI
Which novel is set on Prince Edward Island?
Thousand Islands
Where are the Thousand Islands?
Quebec
Which island is home to Montreal?
Nova Scotia
Which island is connected to mainland Nova Scotia by a causeway?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: What is Canada's largest island?
Answer: Baffin Island
Baffin Island is the fifth-largest island in the world.
Q2: Which island has Victoria, BC's capital?
Answer: Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island is the largest island on North America's Pacific coast.
Q3: Haida Gwaii is home to which Indigenous people?
Answer: The Haida
The Haida are famous for totem poles and canoes.
Q4: Where did Vikings settle in North America about 1,000 years ago?
Answer: L'Anse aux Meadows
The site in Newfoundland is a UNESCO site.
Q5: Which island is Canada's northernmost?
Answer: Ellesmere Island
Ellesmere is closer to Greenland than most of Canada.
Q6: Which uninhabited island is used to test Mars research?
Answer: Devon Island
Devon Island is the largest uninhabited island in the world.
Q7: Which novel is set on Prince Edward Island?
Answer: Anne of Green Gables
Lucy Maud Montgomery wrote it in 1908.
Q8: Where are the Thousand Islands?
Answer: In the St. Lawrence River
There are actually about 1,864 islands.
Q9: Which island is home to Montreal?
Answer: Island of Montreal
Montreal is built on an island in the St. Lawrence.
Q10: Which island is connected to mainland Nova Scotia by a causeway?
Answer: Cape Breton Island
The Canso Causeway opened in 1955.

The Canadian Islands Quiz – Islands of Three Oceans

Canada has more than 50,000 islands, many in the Arctic archipelago. Baffin, Victoria and Ellesmere are among the largest islands in the world.

Islands hold deep history and culture. Haida Gwaii is the homeland of the Haida, L'Anse aux Meadows has Viking ruins and Prince Edward Island is the setting of Anne of Green Gables.

Island life ranges from cities like Montreal and Victoria to remote Arctic communities and uninhabited Devon Island, used to study Mars-like conditions.

What This Quiz Teaches

This quiz is for travelers and students exploring Canada's islands.

Which island is largest
Where Vikings settled
Which island is northernmost
Which island is uninhabited
Which island has Anne of Green Gables

Did You Know?

Victoria Island has a lake on an island in a lake on an island.
Newfoundland has its own time zone.
Anticosti has many deer.
Manitoulin is the largest lake island.
Bell Island has WWII shipwrecks.