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Can you name the three largest cities and towns in each Canadian province or territory? Enter a city in the box below Correctly named cities will show up in the table below Answers do not have to be guessed in order This game was contributed by Sporcle user: GeoExpert Source: Canadian Census You have 6 minutes to guess after you click the button below.	Search: Popular trivia games today 4 Letter Capitals 6877 Broadway Opening Lines 4561 TV Shows (U.S.) 4280 You Do Know Jack 1827 Lousy descriptions of Tom Hanks movies 1792 Same Last Name 1449 And more...
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Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Newfoundland\|Labrador

Northwest Territories

Nova Scotia

Nunavut

Ontario

Prince Edward Island

Quebec

Saskatchewan

Yukon

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	MikeSang:	Sep 23rd, 2009 at 22:02 GMT	-4 points
	Blame Canada.

	JoeyV:	Sep 23rd, 2009 at 22:03 GMT	5 points
	Breaking it down by province makes it a nice challenge. May I suggest another Canada quiz that matches the format of some of the other countries cities quizzes i.e. theres a map of the country and when you get one right it pops up on the map

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	KarenNfld:	Sep 23rd, 2009 at 22:11 GMT	6 points
	Lunenburg? There is no way Lunenburg is the 3rd largest place in Nova Scotia.

	Geo_Crazy:	Sep 23rd, 2009 at 22:13 GMT	-1 points
	24-good for an American. Though if someone was able to get all of those tiny settlements in Nunavut, Yukon, and Northwest Territory, they might have a bit much time on their hands. The Western Hockey League helped me a lot, as well as being from Seattle.

	KarenNfld:	Sep 23rd, 2009 at 22:13 GMT	4 points
	Lunenburg - 2006 population: 2,317

	melissa:	Sep 23rd, 2009 at 22:15 GMT	10 points
	Hey - finally a shout-out to our friendly neighbors to the north! Great quiz, though I despair of memorizing the Nunavut ones. One logistical issue: when I typed "st johns" (for Newfoundland) into the answer field, Saint John appeared (for NB), and I assumed I had misremembered the relevant territory. Shouldn't "st johns" get me, well, "St John's"? I understand that Sporcle might register the answer before I type the "s", but does it not distinguish "Saint" (for Saint John) and "St" (for St John's), at least in this particular quiz? The cities themselves seem to make that distinction (see www.saintjohn.ca and www.stjohns.ca).

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	mdc8k:	Sep 23rd, 2009 at 22:25 GMT	-3 points
	Gentlemen, in the history of mankind, there have only been a few truly good scams. Loch Ness Monster. Canada.

	iceman1731:	Sep 23rd, 2009 at 22:43 GMT	4 points
	"O' Canada, our home and native land..."

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	Mr_Negative:	Sep 23rd, 2009 at 22:45 GMT	10 points
	Eh?

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	y2jdilemma:	Sep 23rd, 2009 at 22:54 GMT	-1 points
	Knowing the Canadian Junior Hockey leagues got me a good handful of these.

	livfred:	Sep 23rd, 2009 at 22:55 GMT	1 point
	@KarenNfld: The source they are using reports the population for the municipal district of Lunenburg, not just the city proper. You are right about the city stat, but if all the subdivisions, etc., are included, the number is much larger.

	rockgolf:	Sep 23rd, 2009 at 22:58 GMT	3 points
	Saskatchewan Plumbing: We put Prince Albert in a can.

	segacs:	Sep 23rd, 2009 at 23:16 GMT	6 points
	There are definitely some weird ones here with oddly-drawn municipal borders. Laval, for instance, is usually considered part of Greater Montreal. I kept typing Sherbrooke until I realised it wasn't popping up. Ditto for Mississauga/Toronto; I think I tried every city in Southern Ontario before thinking of it.

	KarenNfld:	Sep 23rd, 2009 at 23:19 GMT	3 points
	I agree with Melissa about St. John's and Saint John. I live in St. John's and people are always getting us mixed up with Saint John or spelling the name Saint John's (totally incorrect). For Saint John NB you should have to spell it properly.

	Azrael:	Sep 23rd, 2009 at 23:20 GMT	0 points
	I got St. Johns, but missed Saint John. I guess I should have been typing slower...

	jd1z:	Sep 23rd, 2009 at 23:23 GMT	1 point
	watson lake - possibly the lowest population of a largest city in all of sporcle.

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	kennechiwa87:	Sep 23rd, 2009 at 23:27 GMT	3 points
	I feel like this quiz shouldn't include towns that are within metropolitans of a bigger town (i.e. mount pearl and conception bay south).

	kidcanada:	Sep 23rd, 2009 at 23:42 GMT	2 points
	I only got 25. I feel like I should have to renounce my commenter handle.

	siudan:	Sep 23rd, 2009 at 23:54 GMT	7 points
	I'm from Vancouver, and Surrey and Burnaby are definitely considered part of greater Vancouver - they all border each other! If the cities are to be distinct, they should be Vancouver, Victoria, and Nanaimo.

	moegoldberg:	Sep 23rd, 2009 at 23:59 GMT	5 points
	I agree with melissa - st john should NOT be accepted for saint john

	MissDemeter:	Sep 24th, 2009 at 00:01 GMT	-2 points
	I'm Canadian, (toronto!) and I didn't know half of these. I knew ontario, quebec and BC. Those were the only ones I got all three. Ah well.

	thatcanadian:	Sep 24th, 2009 at 00:06 GMT	7 points
	35 eh. @demeter, I see you're from toronto, have you been ever been to canada?

	RedLIon:	Sep 24th, 2009 at 00:08 GMT	0 points
	I much prefer the other "largest cities" format - where you enter them and they show up on map. This just isn't as fun.

	American:	Sep 24th, 2009 at 00:13 GMT	-2 points
	When cites with a population of 2000 come up as largest cities, you know you're suffering from under population

	GeoExpert:	Sep 24th, 2009 at 00:26 GMT	-1 points
	@American. Or under 1,000, as it is with Watson, Yukon.

	jennyemelie:	Sep 24th, 2009 at 00:39 GMT	0 points
	@segacs: Etobicoke is the western boundary for the GTA. Mississauga is definitely it's own city.

	twist:	Sep 24th, 2009 at 00:51 GMT	5 points
	@American: Under population? With the mass amount of un-required baby making going on I think us Canadians can handle having a little extra space!

	pandafan:	Sep 24th, 2009 at 01:00 GMT	2 points
	Melissa: I did the exact same thing re: Saint John & St John's. I really need to learn my Canadian cities.

	StephenM:	Sep 24th, 2009 at 01:02 GMT	1 point
	I got a lot less than I should have. D:

	brianmcp:	Sep 24th, 2009 at 01:27 GMT	4 points
	@American I don't think Canada is too worried about underpopulation in the North, everything is in perspective.

	FishyInSpain:	Sep 24th, 2009 at 01:32 GMT	3 points
	I didn´t think Mississaga is bigger than hamilton and windsor, but still got it, and that victoria wasn´t in the top 3. But hey, I may be a stupid American, but I got 19 on my first go, including at least 1 from each prov. and territory

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	Morbo:	Sep 24th, 2009 at 01:54 GMT	2 points
	Thanks to the NHL and Ice Road Truckers, I was able to get 10 of these and that's it. I'm such a hoser.

	llewdor:	Sep 24th, 2009 at 02:17 GMT	3 points
	Lunenburg only has 2300 people in it, but the Lunenburg Municipal District has 25 thousand. But, the Greater Vancouver Regional District includes both Burnaby and Surrey, so why one standard for BC and another for Nova Scotia?

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