What do you know about sexual and reproductive health and rights in Canada?
Date: 2025.
Credit: The Miss Margaret Robins Archives of Women’s College Hospital.
A “reveal quiz” in which answers to questions on the history of sexual and reproductive health and rights in Canada are automatically revealed to participants.
[Upbeat music plays]
What do you know about sexual and reproductive health and rights in Canada?
1. What year was birth control legalized in Canada?
a) 1969
b) 1892
c) 1867
d) 1950
Answer: Birth Control was legalized in Canada in 1969. A).
2. What year did the Canadian government officially approve the sale of the Pill?
a) 1930
b) 1970
c) 1960
d) 1920
Answer: The Canadian government officially approve the sale of the Pill in 1960. C).
3. Before 1969, the Pill could only be prescribed to:
a) Prevent pregnancy
b) Help with sleep disorders
c) Regulate menstrual cycles
d) Provide extra vitamin C
Answer: Before 1969, the Pill could only be prescribed to regulate menstrual cycles. C).
4. Where did the first birth control clinic open in Canada?
a) Montreal, QC
b) Toronto, ON
c) Winnipeg, MB
d) Hamilton, ON
Answer: The first birth control clinic open in Hamilton, Ontario. D).
5. Who were the founders of Planned Parenthood Toronto?
a) Barbara and George Cadbury
b) Sir John and Lady Eaton
c) William Lyon and Isabel Mackenzie
d) John and Olive Diefenbaker
Answer: Barbara and George Cadbury were the founders of Planned Parenthood Toronto. A).
6. Before 1969, condoms could only be marketed to:
a) Prevent pregnancy
b) Prevent disease
c) Be an alternative to the Pill
d) Be a cheap birth control method
Answer: Before 1969, condoms could only be marketed to prevent disease. B).
7. Before 1969, what was the only legal method of preventing pregnancy?
a) Condom
b) Abstinence
c) Diaphragm
d) The Pill
Before 1969, abstinence was the only legal method of preventing pregnancy. B).