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Alberta

1 As of the ________ the largest religious group was Roman Catholic, representing 25.7% of the population.

2 What % of the area of Alberta is water?

3 What timezone is Alberta in?

4 ________ and canola are primary farm crops, with Alberta leading the provinces in spring wheat production; other grains are also prominent.

5 In addition to buses, Calgary and Edmonton operate ________ (LRT) systems.

6 Between 2003 and 2004, the province had high birthrates (on par with some larger provinces such as ________), relatively high immigration, and a high rate of interprovincial migration when compared to other provinces.

7 To the south, the province borders on the ________, separating it from the U.S.

8 The southern corridor, part of the Trans-Canada Highway system, enters the province near Medicine Hat, runs westward through Calgary, and leaves Alberta through ________.

9 Who of the following people was Alberta's viceroy?

10 [4] It is economically important primarily because of its vast ________, and its large tertiary and quaternary economic sector.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • some historians believe that Edith Rogers was left out of the Alberta cabinet in 1935 because she was a woman?
  • the Alberta and Great Waterways Railway Scandal forced the resignation of Alberta's first Premier, Alexander Cameron Rutherford?
  • the Bar U Ranch in Alberta, Canada, hosted both Prince Edward of Wales and the Sundance Kid?
  • the Social Credit Board in Alberta, Canada, was disbanded in 1948 because of its radical policy proposals and antisemitic conspiracy theories?
  • during the offseason, Canadian football linebacker, Raymond Fontaine, works as a roughneck in the Alberta oil fields?
  • Charles Wilson Cross was re-appointed to the office of Attorney-General of Alberta after resigning in scandal, only to be fired by Premier Charles Stewart six years later?
  • oil and natural gas extraction and exploration will cease by 2017 in Hay-Zama Lakes, an inland wetland in Alberta, Canada, and the province's only site for the re-introduction of Wood Bison?
  • Saskatchewan Deputy Minister of Agriculture F. H. Auld's personal papers are among the few records that chronicle the drought years of the 1920s and 1930s in Alberta?
  • veterinarian Martha Kostuch linked reproductive and immunological problems among cattle to sulphur dioxide emitted in the oil and gas industry in Alberta?
  • British Columbia provincial highway 2 is a short road from Dawson Creek to the B.C./Alberta border?
  • Alberta's Big-4 hockey league collapsed in 1921 following repeated accusations its teams were using ineligible players?
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