The North Poll

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After decades of feeling misunderstood or ignored by the rest of the country, Up Here editors commissioned a national survey to see just how out of touch the provinces are with the territories. It's called the North Poll and the findings are, well, astonishing. Canadians are at a grade one Northern comprehension level. Find out where you stack up by taking the North Poll for yourself.

  1. 1

    What aboriginal group in the North no longer call themselves Eskimos?

  2. 2

    How many people do you think live in the three territories combined?

  3. 3

    What is the name of Canada's newest territory?

  4. 4

    What do you think is the average temperature in July for Dawson City, Yukon?

  5. 5

    What do you think is the average temperature in January for Alert, Nunavut?

  6. 6

    How many official languages are there in the Canadian territories?

  7. 7

    What is the capital city of the Yukon?

  8. 8

    What is the capital city of the Northwest Territories?

  9. 9

    What is the capital city of Nunavut?

  10. 10

    The ethnic diversity is about the same in all three territories.

  11. 11

    Diamond mining is the biggest industry in the North.

  12. 12

    The Northwest Territories are located between the Yukon and Nunavut.

  13. 13

    In December, the capital of the NWT gets between 0 and 1 hour of light per day.

  14. 14

    The Mackenzie River flows into Hudson Bay.

  15. 15

    There are several military bases in Canada's Arctic that protect the Northwest Passage.

  16. 16

    More than half the population of the North is unemployed.

  17. 17

    Northerners don't pay taxes.

  18. 18

    Most Northerners use snowmobiles as their primary mode of transportation in the winter.

  19. 19

    What percentage of all the land in Canada is in the North?

  20. 20

    What percent of land in the North is part of a National Park?

  21. 21

    What percent of people in the North live in igloos?

  22. 22

    Is there a university North of Sixty?

  23. 23

    Is there a Walmart in the North?

  24. 24

    Is there a Hudson Bay trading post in the North?

  25. 25

    Does the North have local CBC radio?

  26. 26

    Does the North have high-speed Internet?

  27. 27

    Do Northerners have cell phones?

  28. 28

    Which territory has the highest mountain peak in Canada?

  29. 29

    Where is the town of the North Pole located?

  30. 30

    Which territory has the highest percentage of Inuit people living there?

  31. 31

    Which territory has the largest population of penguins in Canada?

  32. 32

    Which territory has the largest population of polar bears in Canada?

  33. 33

    Which territory is part of the Klondike?

  34. 34

    Which territory has the most kilometres of highway in the North?

  35. 35

    Which territory has a railway?

  36. 36

    Which territory has a nuclear power plant?

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