Canadian Thanksgiving trivia

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• 1. Canadian Thanksgiving is celebrated on which day?
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  1. The fourth Thursday of November
  2. The first Sunday of September
  3. The last Friday of October
  4. The second Monday of October ✓

  Thanksgiving in Canada is celebrated each year on the second Monday of October. Source
• 2. In 2026, Canadian Thanksgiving fell on which date?
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  1. Thursday, November 26
  2. Monday, October 5
  3. Monday, October 12 ✓
  4. Monday, October 19

  The Canada Revenue Agency lists Thanksgiving Day 2026 as Monday, October 12. Source
• 3. In what year was the second Monday in October fixed as Canada's Thanksgiving date?
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  1. 1957 ✓
  2. 1867
  3. 1931
  4. 1967

  On January 31, 1957, Parliament set the holiday for the second Monday of October. Before that it was held irregularly. Source
• 4. Before 1957, how was Canadian Thanksgiving usually scheduled?
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  1. Always on Christmas Eve
  2. Irregularly, often tied to big events ✓
  3. Always on July 1
  4. Always on the first Monday of May

  Before 1957 the holiday was held irregularly, often tied to major events and anniversaries. Source
• 5. Moving Thanksgiving to October also kept it from falling close to which November 11 observance?
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  1. Victoria Day
  2. Canada Day
  3. Remembrance Day ✓
  4. Labour Day

  The date also better matches the end of the harvest in much of Canada. Source
• 6. Remembrance Day is observed in Canada on which date?
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  1. October 11
  2. November 11 ✓
  3. December 11
  4. January 11

  Canadians mark Remembrance Day each year on November 11. Source
• 7. In 1879, Thanksgiving was officially declared a national holiday in Canada for which date?
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  1. November 6 ✓
  2. October 14
  3. November 11
  4. December 25

  Thanksgiving was officially declared a national holiday in 1879, to be held on November 6. Source
• 8. Which English explorer's crew gave thanks in 1578 in what is now the Canadian Arctic?
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  1. Jacques Cartier
  2. Henry Hudson
  3. John Cabot
  4. Martin Frobisher ✓

  Frobisher's crew gave thanks with communion, in a ceremony some call the first Canadian Thanksgiving. Source
• 9. Frobisher's 1578 thanksgiving took place at Frobisher Bay in what is now which territory?
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  1. Nunavut ✓
  2. Yukon
  3. The Northwest Territories
  4. Nova Scotia

  Canada's History places the ceremony at Frobisher Bay, in present-day Nunavut, or aboard a ship there. Source
• 10. What did Frobisher's crew reportedly eat at their 1578 thanksgiving?
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  1. Turkey and pumpkin pie
  2. Roast goose and cranberries
  3. Salt beef, biscuits and mushy peas ✓
  4. Maple taffy and bannock

  Canada's History says the crew dined on salt beef, biscuits and mushy peas. Source
• 11. Frobisher's 1578 thanksgiving came how many years before the first 'American' Thanksgiving at Plymouth?
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  1. 13 years
  2. 23 years
  3. 83 years
  4. 43 years ✓

  Canada's History describes it as forty-three years before the first American Thanksgiving. Source
• 12. In 1606, Champlain's settlers held thanksgiving feasts with which local Indigenous people?
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  1. The Haida
  2. The Mi'kmaq ✓
  3. The Cree
  4. The Inuit

  On November 14, 1606, settlers held feasts of thanksgiving with the local Mi'kmaq. Source
• 13. What was the dining society that Champlain founded to boost spirits and health through the winter?
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  1. The Maple Club
  2. The Harvest Guild
  3. The Royal Feast Society
  4. The Order of Good Cheer ✓

  Parks Canada says Champlain created the Order of Good Cheer in winter 1606-07 to improve the men's health and morale. Source
• 14. Champlain's Order of Good Cheer feasts were partly meant to help prevent which illness?
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  1. Chickenpox
  2. Scurvy ✓
  3. The flu
  4. Mumps

  Champlain founded the Order to keep settlers healthy and cheerful through winter, when scurvy was a major danger. Source
• 15. Which red berry is thought to have been introduced to the French by the Mi'kmaq?
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  1. Cranberries ✓
  2. Raspberries
  3. Strawberries
  4. Cherries

  The Mi'kmaq likely introduced cranberries to the French, calling them 'little red apples.' Source
• 16. In the 1750s, turkey, squash and pumpkin reached the tables of settlers in which province?
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  1. Alberta
  2. Manitoba
  3. Nova Scotia ✓
  4. British Columbia

  Foods linked to a traditional Thanksgiving reached Nova Scotians in the 1750s. Source
• 17. Which group helped spread Thanksgiving food traditions across Canada after the American Revolution?
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  1. Gold prospectors
  2. United Empire Loyalists ✓
  3. Fur traders
  4. Railway workers

  After the American War of Independence, Loyalists helped spread the tradition to other parts of the country. Source
• 18. Which peoples in Canada gave thanks for crops and game long before Europeans arrived?
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  1. Only French settlers
  2. Only English settlers
  3. First Nations ✓
  4. No one did

  Canada's History notes First Nations across Turtle Island had traditions of giving thanks for surviving winter, crops and game. Source
• 19. Which province grew the most cranberries in 2018, about 64 percent of the national total?
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  1. Quebec ✓
  2. Ontario
  3. Alberta
  4. Nova Scotia

  Statistics Canada reported that Quebec grew 64.3% of Canada's cranberries in 2018. Source
• 20. In 2021, about 41 percent of Canada's blueberry acreage was in which province?
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  1. Nova Scotia
  2. Newfoundland and Labrador
  3. Manitoba
  4. Quebec ✓

  Quebec farms reported 79,091 acres of blueberries in 2021, or 40.9% of the national total. Source
• 21. Which province produced 38.9 percent of Canada's apples in 2018?
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  1. Ontario ✓
  2. Saskatchewan
  3. Manitoba
  4. Alberta

  Statistics Canada's Thanksgiving harvest-table infographic gave Ontario 38.9% of apple production in 2018. Source
• 22. In 2018, Canadian growers produced about how many tonnes of pumpkins?
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  1. About 760
  2. About 7,600
  3. About 7.6 million
  4. About 76,000 ✓

  Statistics Canada reported 76,042 metric tonnes of pumpkins in 2018. Source
• 23. About what share of the world's maple syrup does Canada produce?
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  1. About a twentieth
  2. About a quarter
  3. About three-quarters ✓
  4. About half

  Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says Canada accounts for approximately 78% of world maple syrup production. Source
• 24. Which province produces most of Canada's maple syrup?
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  1. Ontario
  2. Quebec ✓
  3. Saskatchewan
  4. British Columbia

  About 92% of Canadian maple syrup output originates in Quebec. Source
• 25. In 2021, which province was second to Quebec in maple syrup output, with about 7 percent?
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  1. Ontario
  2. Nova Scotia
  3. New Brunswick ✓
  4. Prince Edward Island

  Quebec produced 88.7% and New Brunswick 7.0% of national maple syrup output in 2021. Source
• 26. Which province had the largest share of Canada's turkeys, about 40 percent, in 2021?
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  1. Ontario ✓
  2. Manitoba
  3. Alberta
  4. British Columbia

  The 2021 Census of Agriculture found Ontario had 40.3% of Canada's turkeys. Source
• 27. In 2021, which province had nearly half a turkey for every resident?
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  1. Ontario
  2. Nova Scotia
  3. Newfoundland and Labrador
  4. Manitoba ✓

  Manitoba had 0.49 turkeys per Manitoban, compared with 0.20 in Nova Scotia and 0.17 in Ontario. Source
• 28. In the 2021 census, which province had the largest canola area in Canada?
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  1. Ontario
  2. Saskatchewan ✓
  3. Quebec
  4. Nova Scotia

  Saskatchewan had 12.0 million acres of canola in 2021, or 53.8% of Canada's canola area. Source
• 29. Which province grows most of Canada's durum wheat, about 81 percent of its acreage?
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  1. Quebec
  2. Newfoundland and Labrador
  3. Saskatchewan ✓
  4. Prince Edward Island

  Saskatchewan had 4.7 million acres of durum in 2021, or 81.4% of Canada's durum area. Source
• 30. In 2021, Saskatchewan had about 89 percent of Canada's area of which pulse crop?
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  1. Chickpeas
  2. Lentils ✓
  3. Faba beans
  4. Peanuts

  Saskatchewan had 3.8 million acres of lentils in 2021, or 89.3% of Canada's lentil area. Source
• 31. Which bird with a country in its name flies south in V formations each fall?
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  1. The Mexico gull
  2. The Brazil swan
  3. The Peru duck
  4. The Canada goose ✓

  Migrating Canada geese form V-formations and are found in every Canadian province at some time of year. Source
• 32. Millions of monarch butterflies leave Canada and the U.S. each fall to fly to where?
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  1. Mexico or California ✓
  2. Alaska
  3. Greenland
  4. Iceland

  Eastern monarchs travel nearly 2,500 miles to central Mexico, and western monarchs fly to the California coast. Source
• 33. Cranberries were once called 'craneberries' because of what?
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  1. They grow near cranes at the shore
  2. The flower looks like a bird's beak ✓
  3. They are shaped like a crane
  4. They taste like a crane

  The flower resembles a bird's beak, which inspired the name 'craneberry.' Canada is also a major cranberry grower. Source
• 34. On Thanksgiving Monday in 2025, the Alouettes hosted the Redblacks at which stadium?
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  1. Percival Molson Stadium ✓
  2. BMO Field
  3. McMahon Stadium
  4. Commonwealth Stadium

  Montreal beat Ottawa 30-10 before a sold-out crowd of 23,035 on October 13, 2025. Source