Which four colonies formed the original Confederation in 1867?

• A. Ontario (Canada West), Quebec (Canada East), Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick
• B. Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
• C. British Columbia, Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick
• D. Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario

Answer: (A)

The question is testing which colonies first united to form the Dominion of Canada in 1867. The four that joined together were Ontario and Quebec, which came from the old Province of Canada (Canada West and Canada East), along with the Maritime provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. It was this quartet that launched Confederation in 1867 under the British North America Act, creating a self-governing dominion within the British Empire.

The other options don’t fit because Manitoba and Saskatchewan joined later in the 1870s, British Columbia joined in 1871, and Newfoundland didn’t join Confederation until 1949.