NEW
Font size
S
M
L
XL
WorksheetsFun Facts: Canadian Universities!
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This university has a program for first year students where they spend their entire first year living and learning at a castle in the UK!
a)
Queen's (Bader Campus)
b)
Memorial University
c)
University of Victoria
d)
McMaster University
2.
This university is often ranked number 1 for student satisfaction by Maclean's Magazine University Rankings for a second year. While they are small in number with 2,400 full time students, they 'bleed purple' with school spirit.
a)
McGill
b)
Bishop's University
c)
Wilfrid Laurier
d)
Western University
3.
This university is well known for its journalism program, but they also offer other unique programs like a Bachelor of Information Technology where students can study Interactive Multimedia and Design, Network Technology, and Photonics and Laser Technology, or a Bachelor of Industrial Design where students learn to design new objects that meet the needs of our everyday lives!
a)
OCAD
b)
Carleton University
c)
Acadia University
d)
University of Alberta
4.
This university offers free tuition for all four years to students with a 95% average in their top 6! They also have a graduate program in Law and Medicine:)
a)
University of Windsor
b)
Simon Fraser University
c)
Lakehead University
d)
Nipissing University
5.
This university offers 2 unique programs: the Peter Lougheed Leadership College: The PLLC is a competitive option for students who wish to make a positive change in the world by developing their leadership skills. Third year students will receive a $5,000 award and mentorship from the most progressive thinkers on leadership in Canada.
a)
Ryerson University
b)
York University
c)
University of Alberta
d)
University of New Brunswick (Saint John Campus)
6.
This university not only offers one of five Veterinarian Colleges in the Country (ranked 8th in the world, 4th in North America and 1st in Canada), it is also one of the few schools in the country to offer Bachelor of Commerce degrees in Hospitality and Tourism Management, Public Management, Leadership and Organizational Management, Real Estate and Housing, and Food and Agricultural Business.
a)
Mount Allison University
b)
University of British Columbia
c)
Brock University
d)
University of Guelph
7.
This university offers a The Foundation Year Programme (FYP) for students in Arts, Journalism or Music & Science studying texts from the ancient to the contemporary world in an interdisciplinary and integrated fashion. In FYP you will attend four lectures a week, followed by a tutorial with 12-15 classmates.
a)
King's College
b)
Saint Mary's University
c)
Trent University
d)
University of Ottawa
8.
Canadian secondary students entering this university with a 90% admission average will automatically receive a renewable full-tuition scholarship.
a)
Trent University
b)
Concordia University
c)
Laurentian University
d)
University of Toronto
9.
This university's School of Interior Design offers one of only two university-level degree programs in Canada accredited by the Foundation for Interior Design Education Research (FIDR), the recognized accrediting body in North America for interior design schools
a)
McGill University
b)
Ryerson University
c)
University of Toronto
d)
University of Calgary
10.
This university has unique programs such as sport management, oenology and viticulture, and game programming.
a)
Brock University
b)
Guelph University
c)
Wilfrid Laurier University
d)
Windsor University
11.
One of this university's most famous alumni is Justin Trudeau.
a)
University of Calgary
b)
Carleton University
c)
University of British Columbia
d)
Dalhousie University
12.
This university allows a student to add a management option to any engineering stream they are in (for example: finance, marketing or accounting in addition to mechanical engineering).
a)
Ontario Tech University
b)
Guelph-Humber
c)
Queen's University
d)
Western University (Huron Campus)
13.
This university offers minors in Applied Ethics, Film Studies, Human Dimensions of Climate Change, Indigenous Studies, and Technology and Society
a)
Nipissing University
b)
University of Alberta
c)
University of Ottawa
d)
University of Victoria
14.
This university has students focus on one subject at a time in a very intense 3.5 week block
a)
York University
b)
Quest University
c)
University of Toronto (Scarborough Campus)
d)
Bishop's University
15.
This university is the only international member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competing in the Division II Great Northwest Athletic Conference
a)
Simon Fraser University
b)
University of British Columbia
c)
Lakehead University
d)
Concordia University
16.
This university is found in the city that Stats Can declared was the Happiest City in Canada in 2015
a)
McMaster University
b)
Laurentian University
c)
University of Waterloo
d)
Dalhousie University
17.
At this university Professors know their students’ names — the student-faculty ratio is 16:1 — and the small classes make it easy to meet new friends.
a)
University of Toronto
b)
Brock University
c)
University of Saskatchewan
d)
University of New Brunswick
18.
This university holds more conference and national championships than any other university in Atlantic Canada and has the highest percentage of Academic All-Canadians for primarily undergraduate universities in the country.
a)
Memorial University
b)
Dalhousie University
c)
Acadia University
d)
Mount Allison University
19.
This university gives out rings at their graduation ceremony called "X-Rings." The X-Ring is said to be, after Super Bowl and Papal rings, the third most recognized ring in the world. It’s a permanent reminder of the this school's experience and its lasting solidarity.
a)
Trent University
b)
University of Victoria
c)
Quest University
d)
St. Francis Xavier
Reset
