The Geography of Canada

Question: Which ocean does Canada not border?

Answer: Covering nearly 3,860,000 square miles (10,000,000 square kilometers), Canada spans six time zones and borders three oceans—the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic.

Question: Which of these cities lies on the St. Lawrence River?

Answer: Montreal, Canada, lies on the St. Lawrence River. The river stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Ontario.

Question: What lake is not found in Canada?

Answer: The Great Salt Lake is in the U.S. state of Utah. The other bodies of water are in or border Canada.

Question: How many provinces does Canada have?

Answer: Canada is divided into ten provinces and three territories.

Question: What is the name of the only territory in Canada governed by Inuits, or Eskimos?

Answer: Nunavut, a self-governing homeland for the Inuit, came into being in 1999.

Question: Which of these Canadian rivers does not flow into Hudson Bay?

Answer: The St. Lawrence River flows into the Atlantic Ocean directly. The other three rivers flow into Hudson Bay.

Question: What is the longest river in Canada?

Answer: The longest river in Canada is the Mackenzie, which flows for 2,635 miles (4,241 kilometers).