More than 40,000 people loyal to the Crown fled the American Revolution to settle in which two colonies?

Discover Canada records this in one direct sentence about the United Empire Loyalists. The guide writes: More than 40,000 people loyal to the Crown, called "Loyalists," fled the oppression of the American Revolution to settle in Nova Scotia and Quebec. The two colonies the test wants are therefore Nova Scotia and Quebec.

Three precise commitments. Discover Canada commits the Loyalist migration to THREE specific facts: (1) the number was more than 40,000; (2) they were people loyal to the Crown who fled the oppression of the American Revolution; (3) they settled in Nova Scotia and Quebec. So the source is unambiguous on numbers, motivation, and destination.

The Loyalists came from many backgrounds. Discover Canada commits the Loyalists' diversity to one direct passage: "The Loyalists came from Dutch, German, British, Scandinavian, Aboriginal and other origins and from Presbyterian, Anglican, Baptist, Methodist, Jewish, Quaker and Catholic religious backgrounds." So the 40,000+ Loyalists were not a homogeneous group — they came from six named origin backgrounds and seven named religious traditions. About 3,000 black Loyalists — freedmen and slaves — also "came north seeking a better life." Joseph Brant led thousands of Loyalist Mohawk Indians into Canada. So the Loyalist migration brought a diverse population that shaped Canada's English-speaking identity.

The Loyalists shaped multiple Canadian provinces. Discover Canada commits the Loyalists' lasting impact to specific provinces. Ontario was "founded by United Empire Loyalists." New Brunswick too: "the province was founded by the United Empire Loyalists." So the original 1782–83 migration to Nova Scotia and Quebec — the two named colonies in the source — eventually shaped multiple modern Canadian provinces. The 1776 historical context: "In 1776, the 13 British colonies to the south of Quebec declared independence and formed the United States. North America was again divided by war." The Loyalists' decision to leave the new United States and migrate north to British colonies represented one of the largest political migrations in early North American history. Some black Nova Scotians who received poor land later moved on in 1792 to establish Freetown, Sierra Leone — a new British colony for freed slaves. So when the test asks the two colonies that received the more-than-40,000 Loyalists, the source-precise answer is Nova Scotia and Quebec.

The question is testing whether new citizens know the two colonies that received the Loyalists. Discover Canada commits to two specific colonies: Nova Scotia and Quebec. The right test answer matches that.

The wrong answer choices each substitute different province pairings. The first choice names Ontario and Quebec — but Ontario did not exist as a province at the time of the 1782–83 migration; it was later carved from Quebec. The third choice — Nova Scotia and New Brunswick — names two later-existing provinces, but New Brunswick was created later (out of Nova Scotia). The fourth choice mixes a colony that received Loyalists with a province established much later. Only Nova Scotia and Quebec — the source's exact named pair — matches.