Information Unit for
Elementary School Teachers



Internet Scavenger Hunt

  1. Who was the oldest person to become Prime Minister? 
    ________________________________
  2. What political party did this person represent?  ________________________________
  3. What was the longest session of Parliament and how long was it?
    ________________________________
  4. Which two Prime Ministers were both in office for less than three months?
    _________________________________
  5. What two languages does the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms allow Canadian citizens to receive services in?  ______________________________
  6. How many square kilometres (km2 ) is Canada? ____________________
  7. What date and year was our present flag adopted by Parliament? _______________ _____________________________
  8. Who composed the original French version of O Canada?  _________________________________
  9. How many AFathers of Confederation@ were there?  _________________________________
  10. Where and on what date was Prime Minister Jean Chrétien born? _____________________________ __________________________________
  11. What is the address of the official residence of the Canadian Prime Minister?  ___________________________________
  12. Who was the first woman to become Governor General of Canada?  ___________________________
  13. Who was the first woman to become Prime Minister of Canada?  ___________________________
  14. What political party did she represent?___________________________
  15. Who was the longest-serving Prime Minister of Canada and how long was this person the Prime Minister? ______________________


 

 

Internet Scavenger Hunt

(answer key)

1. Right Honourable Sir Charles Tupper

http://cnet.unb.ca/achn/pm

2. Conservatives

http://cnet.unb.ca/achn/pm

3. 32nd Parliament; 1326 days

www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/
info/Parliament.asp?
Language=E&View=Days&Hist=Y

4. Right Honourable Sir Charles Tupper and Right Honourable John Napier Turner

www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/
PrimeMinister.asp?Language=E&Age=N&
Ministry=N&Hist=Y

5. English and French

www.cio-bic.gc.ca/facts/juri_e.html

6. 9 093 507 km2

www.cio-bic.gc.ca/facts/canadagen_e.html

7. February 15th, 1965

www.cio-bic.gc.ca/facts/canadagen_e.html

8. Calixa Lavallée

www.cio-bic.gc.ca/facts/canadagen_e.html

9. 36

http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/aia/default.asp?Language=E&
Page=students&Sub=historical&Doc=19991022_e.htm

10. January 11, 1934, Shawinigan, Quebec

http://cnet.unb.ca/achn/pm

11. 24 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

www.pm.gc.ca/default.asp?Language=E&
Page=ThePrimeMinister&Sub=Portraits

12. Right Honourable Jeanne Sauvé

www.gg.ca/history/bios/sauve_e.html

13. Right Honourable Kim Campbell

www.parl.gc.ca/information/
about/people/key/WomenCabinet.asp?
Language=E&Source=Cabinet

14. Progressive Conservatives

http://cnet.unb.ca/achn/pme/akccb.htm

15. Right Honourable William Lyon Mackenzie King; 21 years,  5 months and 1 day

www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/
key/PrimeMinister.asp?
Language=E&Age=N&Ministry=N&Hist=Y





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