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Exactly 13 pairs
All 10 provinces and all 3 territories are included.
Canada’s Provinces &
Territories Quiz
Ten provinces. Three territories.
How many capitals can you name?
Play the Canada Provinces & Territories Quiz
Type all 13 provincial and territorial capitals—or reverse the challenge—and focus on provinces, territories or the complete country.
Question direction
Round length
10 regions in this round
Earn 100 XP per answer, plus up to 100 combo XP.
Covers Canada’s 10 provinces and 3 territories. Ottawa is the national capital and is not one of the 13 answers.
Ten provinces.
Three territories.
From Victoria to Iqaluit, each province and territory has one capital. Short rounds build recognition; the full set proves you know all 13.
All 13 regions
Every province and territory
Both directions
Region to capital or capital to region
Focused practice
All, provinces only or territories only
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How the quiz
works.
Choose a direction, study set and round length. Type each answer, learn the complete pair immediately, and finish with a review list containing only what you missed.
- 01Choose a recall direction
- 02Pick your study set
- 03Type each answer
- 04Review the missed pairs
Ottawa is
different.
Ottawa is Canada’s national capital. It is not a province or territory, so it is deliberately outside the 13 answers. Ontario’s provincial capital is Toronto.
Practise national capitals
Coast to coast
to coast.
Knowing the capitals turns the country into a richer travel story—from Atlantic streets and prairie cities to Pacific harbours and the northern sky.
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Canada provinces and territories study guide
Learn all 13 pairs without mixing them up.
The short answer: Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories. This quiz pairs each one with its capital and keeps that recall task separate from map-location and national-capital games.
Two-way recall
Name the capital, then reverse the relationship.
Forgiving input
Capitalisation, punctuation and accents do not cost a point.
Common mix-upsThe capital traps worth learning firstFour high-confusion Canadian pairs
The familiar city is not always the capital. Learn these high-confusion pairs deliberately.
British ColumbiaVictoriaVancouver is larger, but Victoria is the provincial capital.
QuebecQuébec CityMontreal is larger; Québec City is the seat of government.
AlbertaEdmontonCalgary is larger, while Edmonton is the capital.
New BrunswickFrederictonSaint John is more populous, but Fredericton is the capital.
Study strategyHow to remember all 13A four-step practice routine
- 01 Start with the three territories for a quick, complete win.
- 02 Say the full pair aloud: “Nunavut — Iqaluit.”
- 03 Reverse the question direction after a clean round.
- 04 Replay missed pairs before attempting all 13 again.
Intentional scope
This page does not ask players to click regions on a map. It also keeps Ottawa—the national capital—outside the 13 provincial and territorial answer pairs.
Complete referenceAll Canadian provincial and territorial capitalsAll 13 pairs in two expandable groups
Open each group whenever you need the complete study list.
Provinces10 pairs · tap to reveal
AlbertaEdmonton
British ColumbiaVictoria
ManitobaWinnipeg
New BrunswickFredericton
Newfoundland and LabradorSt. John’s
Nova ScotiaHalifax
OntarioToronto
Prince Edward IslandCharlottetown
QuebecQuébec City
SaskatchewanRegina
Territories3 pairs · tap to reveal
Northwest TerritoriesYellowknife
NunavutIqaluit
YukonWhitehorse
Government of Canada directory Official provinces, territories and capitalsStatistics Canada classification Official names and abbreviations
Created and reviewed by the TripMemo team. Names and capitals are checked against current Government of Canada sources. Last reviewed 18 July 2026.
Canada quiz questions.
The scope, answers and study modes explained.
What is the Canada Provinces and Territories Quiz?
It is a free recall game covering all 10 Canadian provinces and all 3 territories. You can name each capital from its province or territory, or reverse the questions and identify the region from its capital.
How many provinces and territories does Canada have?
Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories, making 13 provincial and territorial capital pairs in this quiz.
Does the quiz include Ottawa?
Ottawa is Canada’s national capital, so it is not one of the 13 provincial or territorial answers. Ontario’s provincial capital is Toronto.
Can I practise only the Canadian territories?
Yes. Choose Territories to practise Northwest Territories–Yellowknife, Nunavut–Iqaluit and Yukon–Whitehorse in a focused three-question round.
Can I play all 13 provinces and territories?
Yes. Choose All 13 and Full set to answer every provincial and territorial capital pair in one session.
Is the Canada Provinces and Territories Quiz multiple choice?
No. This is a typed-answer quiz designed to test recall. You can type the capital for each province or territory, or reverse the direction and type the province or territory for a given capital.
Can teachers and students use this Canadian capitals quiz?
Yes. The quiz is free, requires no account and can be used for independent practice, classroom recall or a complete 13-question assessment on phones, tablets and computers.
Does spelling or the accent in Québec count?
The quiz ignores capitalisation, punctuation, accents and extra spaces. It accepts Quebec City as well as Québec City, and St Johns as well as St. John’s.
What is the capital of British Columbia?
Victoria is the capital of British Columbia. Vancouver is the province’s largest city, but it is not the provincial capital.
What is the capital of Quebec?
Québec City is the capital of Quebec. Montreal is the province’s largest city, but it is not the provincial capital.
What is the capital of Nunavut?
Iqaluit is the capital of Nunavut, Canada’s newest territory.
Is this a Canada map quiz?
No. This page tests the relationship between each province or territory and its capital. It does not ask you to locate regions on a map, keeping that geography skill separate.
Is this the same as the Capital City Quiz?
No. The Capital City Quiz tests countries and their national capitals. This quiz focuses only on Canada’s 13 provincial and territorial capitals.
