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Canadian Provincial Flag Matching Game

Match the flag with the name of the province or territory.

Canadian Provinces and Territories Card Match Game

Match up the province's shape with its name.

CG Kids Map Puzzle

Put the map of Canada back together and then place each flag on the correct province.

Capital Scramble

This map of Canada is missing the names of the provinces and territories. Can you put them where they belong? Then, unscramble the capitals of the provinces and territories.

Canadian Geographic Online Mapping Tool

Use this interactive map to explore Canada. Use the tools on the bottom of the screen like "Measure" to measure distances between locations. You can also set the details of the map by clicking on the "layers" tab and selecting those features you want displayed on your map.

Food for Health: Farms Across Canada

This is an interactive that shows us where our food is grown. Click on the food item and see on the map where that food is grown. You can then click on the bar graph to see the farm/growth distribution across Canada.

Rags to Riches: Latitude and Longitude

Quia has this interactive quiz about latitude and longitude - just answer the questions correctly (using an atlas) and you'll keep earning money.

Find your Longitude (Nova Online)

Learn how to calculate longitude on this interactive site from Nova.

Canada's Treasure Trek

Navigate your ship around Canada and search for buried treasure! Learn interesting facts about Canada's provinces and territories while you set sail!

Canadian Rivers Game

Use this game to learn the rivers of Canada. Listen carefully and see if you can click on the right river on the map.

Canada's Natural wonders

This is a fantastic interactive from The Canadian Encyclopedia. There are more than 40 natural wonders to explore with this interactive map of Canada. Just start in at one coast and find all of the truly amazing wonders of Canada.

Canada's Polar Life

This is a very interesting site for kids; it looks at polar life including plants and animals. There is also a section on traditional knowledge including the Inuit Tree of Life and mythology. Make sure you click on the polar bear to hear all about the site.

Canadian Geographic: Games and Quizzes

This selection of crosswords, quizzes and word jumbles are all about Canada. Select one of the topics, and then the activity. The Word Jumbles include a "drag and drop" feature.

Canadian Geographic Kids: Map-It

Choose from landmarks, provinces, animals and capitals - then drag and drop the each of the items from the bottom panel onto the right spot in Canada.

Canadian Geographic Kids: Online Word Search Puzzles

Have fun with these online word search puzzles, with a variety of Canadian themes - rivers, animals, cities and more.

Canadian Geographic Kids: Fun Facts About Canada

"Find out all the bizarre and interesting tidbits about our great country." [site] Provided are statistics, provincial flags and flowers, as well.

CBC: Nature of Things - Geologic Journey

"Take a sweeping tour of our national pride - the vast, wild beauty we call Canada....Geologic Journey - breathes relevance into ancient geology and traces the extraordinary history of our continent to show that the new world is in fact very, very old." [site]

Natural Wonders of Canada

Explore the Canadian map and click on the numbers to learn about the natural wonders of Canada.

Provincial Quiz

"Play the game, and learn more about Canada's provinces as you go." [site]

Living on Ice

Play this game to see how animals and people live in the Arctic.

Polar Crunch: hangman game

Use your knowledge of the Canadian North to avoid being eaten by a hungry polar bear.

Getting into the Fossil Record

This interactive follows the formation and discovery of fossils and is suitable for students in grades 5-8.

Map of Canada

Look at the map and name all of the provinces and territories in Canada.

Canadian Geographic Kids Atlas: Time Machine

This interactive site from Canadian Geographic provides you with videos, images, games, wordsearch puzzles, and a quiz on the history of Canada. Don't miss the mapping activity as well.

Canada's Capital Cities, Provinces, and Territories - Hangman

This site provides access to a version of geographical Canadian hangman. Vocabulary includes: provinces, territories, and cities in Canada.

Canadian Geographic Kids Atlas: Geodome

This interactive site from Canadian Geographic provides you with videos, images, games, wordsearch puzzles, and a quiz on the geographic and natural regions in Canada. Don't miss the mapping activity as well.

CanadaInfo.com: Provinces and Territories

"Canada's land is divided into ten provinces and three territories from coast to coast to coast. For more information about them, click on the map" [site introduction]