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Grade 3 · Social Studies · Unit 5 of 9

Regions of Ontario

Landform regions, cities and local governments

What your child practises

Ontario's three main landform regions (the Canadian Shield, the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands and the Hudson Bay Lowlands), the Great Lakes, cities, towns, First Nations and Métis regions, and what local governments do.

Ontario Curriculum expectation: B3.1, B3.2, B3.3 · Ontario's municipal regions, political maps, and its landform regions

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which landform region is it? Tap an item, then tap its basket.

    Sort into: 🪨 Canadian Shield · 🌾 Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands · 🦆 Hudson Bay Lowlands

    • 🪨rocky hills and thousands of lakes
    • ⛏️mining towns like Sudbury
    • 🏙️big cities and factories
    • 🌫️flat, wet land with muskeg
    • 🛤️few roads and few people
    • 🍑fertile farmland and orchards
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    🪨 Canadian Shield: rocky hills and thousands of lakes, mining towns like Sudbury · 🌾 Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands: big cities and factories, fertile farmland and orchards · 🦆 Hudson Bay Lowlands: flat, wet land with muskeg, few roads and few people

    Hint: The Canadian Shield is rocky with many lakes. The Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands have farmland and big cities. The Hudson Bay Lowlands are flat and wet.

  2. Question 2

    Which statement best describes the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands?

    🌾
    • wet and swampy
    • rocky and covered by lakes
    • frozen all year
    • flat or gently rolling land with fertile soil and many cities
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    flat or gently rolling land with fertile soil and many cities

    Hint: This region supports farms and cities.

  3. Question 3

    Ontario is divided into entities such as…

    🗺️
    • continents
    • cities, towns, townships, villages and counties
    • planets
    • oceans and islands
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    cities, towns, townships, villages and counties

    Hint: These are municipal regions. First Nations communities and Métis regions are also part of Ontario.

  4. Question 4

    Moose Factory and Moosonee are near James Bay. Which region are they in?

    🧭
    • the Prairies
    • the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands
    • the Hudson Bay Lowlands
    • the Canadian Shield
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    the Hudson Bay Lowlands

    Hint: The region is flat and very far north.

  5. Question 5

    Which Great Lake does Ontario NOT touch?

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    • Lake Michigan
    • Lake Huron
    • Lake Erie
    • Lake Superior
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    Lake Michigan

    Hint: Ontario borders Lakes Superior, Huron, Erie and Ontario.

  6. Question 6

    Sudbury is known for mining nickel. Which landform region is Sudbury in?

    ⛏️
    • the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands
    • the Hudson Bay Lowlands
    • the Canadian Shield
    • the Appalachians
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    the Canadian Shield

    Hint: The Shield has many minerals.

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