canada history questions and answers

Q(1) In 1867 Canada got Independence from which of these countries?

ANS:  Great Britain

Q(2) In which year did Canada get it's independence from the Great Britain?

ANS:  1 July 1867

Q(3) Who was the founder of conservative party of Canada?

ANS:  Stephan Harper

Q(4) Who was the founder of Liberal party of Canada?

ANS:  George Brown

Q(5) The Toronto stock exchange was established in

ANS:  1852

Q(6) The National gallery of Canada was founded in

ANS:  1880

Q(7) When was the Canadian space agency established?

ANS:  1989

Q(8) Which of these was the first Bank of Canada.

ANS:  Bank of Montreal

Q(9) The current National flag of Canada was adopted on

ANS:  February 15, 1965

Q(10) Who won a nobel peace prize for peacemaking during the Suez Crisis?

ANS:  Lester B. Pearson

Q(11) When did Halifax explosion occur

ANS:  1917

Q(12) Worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world and Canada from 1929 to 1939 is called

ANS:  The Great Depression

Q(13) Who was Canada's first woman mayor.

ANS:  Barbara Hanley

Q(14) What name is commonly used to refer to the British subjects who fled to Canada during and after the American Revolution?

ANS:  United Empire Loyalists

Q(15) Which American war helped convince Canadians and their leaders to unite and form a federation in the north?

ANS:  The Civil War

Q(16) What is the name commonly given to the political and social movement that swept Quebec in the beginning of the 1960’s?

ANS:  The Quiet Revolution

Q(17) The first woman elected to Canadian Parliament was

ANS:  Agnes Macphail

Q(18) Who was the the first woman in Canadian history to give birth to a child while sitting as a federal Member of Parliament.

ANS:  Sheila Copps