This celebrated silent film era actress from Toronto was known as 'America's Sweetheart' and 'Queen of the Movies'': Mary __________
Seven-time Grammy-winning artist from Montreal who is considered one of history's greatest jazz pianists: Oscar ________
Canada's 14th Prime Minister, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis: Lester B __________
Canada's smallest province was named in 1798 for this British royal, the father of Queen Victoria
Influential Quebec politician who led the Lower Canada Rebellion in 1837 against the ruling British government: Louis-Joseph _______
Influential neurosurgeon whose work at McGill University expanded our knowledge of neural stimulation and the functional mapping of the brain: Wilder _________
Actress, nurse and war hero who sheltered Allied airmen from the Nazis as part of the Dutch Resistance: Mona _______
Traditional ceremony and gift-giving feast of the Pacific Northwest Indigenous groups that was outlawed by the Canadian government from 1885 to 1951
Canadian actor known for roles in Juno, X-men and The Umbrella Academy who came out as transgender in 2020: Elliot ______
Cree chief, known in his language as 'Pîhtokahanapiwiyin', who was wrongfully imprisoned as a suspected ringleader of the Northwest Rebellion in 1885
Former astronaut who served as Canada's 29th Governor General from 2017-2021: Julie _______
Toronto-based protagonist of a series of graphic novels written by Bryan Lee O'Malley which were also adapted into a movie in 2010: Scott _______
Established in 1605 in present-day Nova Scotia, it was the first permanent settlement in North America founded by the French
Calorie-dense food made of dried meat and animal fat invented by the Indigenous Peoples of western Canada and relied upon by European fur traders
This yearly Toronto festival, one of the largest of its kind, originated as a series of protests against police raids on gay bathhouses in 1981
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