Canada Current Affairs – August 2025 MCQs
1. How many homes were evacuated in Annapolis County due to the Long Lake wildfire?
A) 57
B) 82
C) 107
D) 150
Answer: C) 107
2. What natural event is feared to trigger more wildfires across Nova Scotia, according to officials?
A) Heatwave
B) Lightning strikes
C) Drought
D) High winds
Answer: B) Lightning strikes
3. Which Newfoundland school was destroyed in a recent wildfire?
A) Avalon Academy
B) Cabot Academy
C) St. John’s Primary
D) Harbour View School
Answer: B) Cabot Academy
4. What weather factor recently helped slow a wildfire near Port Alberni, B.C.?
A) Snowfall
B) Cooler temperatures
C) Rainfall
D) Fog
Answer: C) Rainfall
5. Where was an evacuation order recently issued in British Columbia due to wildfire risk?
A) Vancouver
B) Bamfield and Cherry Creek Electoral Areas
C) Kelowna
D) Prince George
Answer: B) Bamfield and Cherry Creek Electoral Areas
6. Who was recently cleared by the SIU in the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy at a Toronto traffic stop?
A) Ontario Provincial Police officers
B) Toronto police officers
C) RCMP officers
D) York Regional Police officers
Answer: B) Toronto police officers
7. What change did Ontario Premier Doug Ford recently announce for public servants?
A) Permanent work-from-home
B) Hybrid work expansion
C) Mandatory full-time office return
D) Four-day workweek
Answer: C) Mandatory full-time office return
8. Which Canadian province’s largest wildfire is still out of control after 10 days?
A) Nova Scotia
B) New Brunswick
C) Alberta
D) Manitoba
Answer: B) New Brunswick
9. China recently escalated a trade dispute with Canada over what product?
A) Canola
B) Maple syrup
C) Steel
D) Wheat
Answer: C) Steel
10. The Conservative Party of Canada is launching a campaign against which federal policy?
A) Carbon tax
B) Electric vehicle sales mandate
C) GST hike
D) Single-use plastics ban
Answer: B) Electric vehicle sales mandate
11. Which international police force assisted Toronto police in a recent child exploitation investigation?
A) INTERPOL
B) Australian police
C) Scotland Yard
D) FBI
Answer: B) Australian police
12. Calgary police used AI to help identify what in a recent case?
A) Missing children
B) Counterfeit currency
C) Human remains
D) Stolen cars
Answer: C) Human remains
13. Concordia University students recently made history by launching which type of rocket?
A) Solar-powered rocket
B) Starsailor rocket
C) Hydrogen-fuelled rocket
D) Hybrid booster rocket
Answer: B) Starsailor rocket
14. A historic site designation was recently given to a former residential school in which Manitoba city?
A) Winnipeg
B) Portage la Prairie
C) Brandon
D) Thompson
Answer: B) Portage la Prairie
15. Fires in Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, are currently:
A) Out of control
B) Fully extinguished
C) Contained but still monitored
D) Spreading rapidly
Answer: C) Contained but still monitored
16. A boil water advisory was issued in Longueuil and Boucherville due to what incident?
A) Contamination from floods
B) Water main break
C) Chemical spill
D) Power outage at treatment plant
Answer: B) Water main break
17. In which Ontario city was a man shot in his driveway, with video later released by police?
A) Toronto
B) Brampton
C) Markham
D) Hamilton
Answer: C) Markham
18. A fatal jet ski crash on Lake St. Clair involved the watercraft pulling what?
A) Another jet ski
B) A small fishing boat
C) A tube
D) A wakeboard
Answer: C) A tube
19. A deadly crash on Vancouver Island recently occurred near which location?
A) Victoria Harbour
B) Malahat summit
C) Nanaimo ferry terminal
D) Port Alberni
Answer: B) Malahat summit
20. In Barrie, Ontario, police charged a man nicknamed “Tattoo Rob” in connection with what crime?
A) Bank robbery
B) Double murder and dismemberment
C) Drug trafficking only
D) Kidnapping
Answer: B) Double murder and dismemberment