Where is Confederation Bridge located?

The Confederation Bridge connects New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Discover Canada records the bridge in one direct sentence about P.E.I.: P.E.I. is the birthplace of Confederation, connected to mainland Canada by one of the longest continuous multispan bridges in the world, the Confederation Bridge. The mainland province at the other end is New Brunswick — the only province whose coastline lies opposite P.E.I. across the strait.

The bridge is a continental-scale piece of engineering. Discover Canada calls it "one of the longest continuous multispan bridges in the world." It links the smallest province in Canada (P.E.I., the island) with the only officially bilingual province (New Brunswick, on the mainland) — a 13-kilometre span across the strait.

P.E.I. is unique in being an island-only province. Discover Canada calls Prince Edward Island "the smallest province" in Canada, "known for its beaches, red soil and agriculture, especially potatoes," and "the birthplace of Confederation." Before the Confederation Bridge opened, the only way to reach P.E.I. was by ferry. The bridge replaced that water-only access with a permanent fixed link.

New Brunswick's profile complements the connection. Discover Canada describes New Brunswick as "situated in the Appalachian Range," "founded by the United Empire Loyalists," with "the second largest river system on North America's Atlantic coastline, the St. John River system." The province "is the only officially bilingual province, and about one-third of the population lives and works in French." So the Confederation Bridge connects the historic Loyalist-Acadian mainland province to the small island province that gave Canada its founding talks — a fitting bridge between two of Atlantic Canada's most distinctive identities.

The question is testing whether new citizens know which provinces the Confederation Bridge links. Discover Canada places one end on Prince Edward Island; the mainland end is in New Brunswick. The right test answer matches that.

The wrong answer choices each pick a different combination. Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island are linked by a different causeway, not the Confederation Bridge. Ontario and Quebec are nowhere near P.E.I. Newfoundland and Nova Scotia are separated by open water, not by a bridge. Only New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island are linked by the Confederation Bridge.