50 free Heartland trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Heartland has been on Canadian television since October 2007, which makes it the longest-running one-hour scripted drama the country has produced. It started as an adaptation of a children's book series set in Virginia, moved the ranch to Alberta, and then outgrew the books by a couple of hundred episodes. Along the way it survived a flood that swamped a set and the departure of its male lead. These 50 questions cover the whole run. The easy tier sticks to the family: who plays Amy, Lou and Jack, what Ty was doing at the ranch when he arrived, what Lou turned Heartland into, and which actor plays Tim. The middle asks about Lisa Stillman, Caleb and Ashley, Georgie, Mallory, Peter's Dubai job, Jack's heart attack and the season 14 premiere that changed everything. The hard end goes behind the camera: the town that plays Hudson, the Calgary neighbourhood that replaced it after 2013, the banker who bought the book rights, the theme song's singer and who Lauren Brooke actually is. Every answer is cited to a page we checked and comes with a short explanation. Play it solo or print it for the ranch.
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Q 01Which Canadian network has aired Heartland since 2007?
CBC
It debuted on October 14, 2007, beating Global's Da Kink in My Hair in a battle of new series that night.
Q 02Who plays Amy Fleming, the show's protagonist?
Amber Marshall
Marshall was 19 when the show began and has since become a consulting producer on it.
Q 03In which Canadian province is the Heartland ranch set?
Alberta
The books were set in Virginia; the TV adaptation moved the ranch north of the border.
Q 04What is the name of the fictional town near the ranch?
Hudson
Much of the town is filmed in High River, Alberta, with Calgary's Inglewood standing in after 2013.
Q 05Who plays Lou Fleming, Amy's older sister?
Michelle Morgan
Morgan was born in Calgary and has directed episodes of the spin-off web series Hudson.
Q 06Who plays Grandpa Jack Bartlett?
Shaun Johnston
Johnston grew up in Ponoka, Alberta, and co-founded Edmonton's Shadow Theatre.
Q 07Which actor plays Tim Fleming, Amy and Lou's father?
Chris Potter
Potter voiced Gambit in X-Men: The Animated Series and played David Carradine's son in Kung Fu: The Legend Continues.
Q 08Why was Ty Borden working at Heartland when the series began?
To complete his probation
Marion offered him the ranch-hand job after he was sent to juvenile hall for attacking his abusive stepfather.
Q 09Who played Ty Borden for 14 seasons?
Graham Wardle
Wardle left in 2020, saying he felt in his heart it was time to move in a new direction.
Q 10What happened to Amy's mother Marion at the start of the story?
She died in a car crash
Amy was 15 and seriously injured in the same crash; the event pulls Lou home from New York.
Q 11Where was Lou working before she came home to run Heartland?
New York City
Her old boss Jessica Cook later turns up in Hudson to apologise for firing her.
Q 12What did Lou propose turning Heartland into to make it profitable?
A corporate retreat centre
The family derisively called the Heartland Equestrian Connection the Dude Ranch.
Q 13What training method does Amy practise, inherited from her mother?
Natural horsemanship
It is the intuitive healing approach Marion used; Victor Whitetail's style is different but helps Amy a few times.
Q 21What is the name of Lou and Peter's adopted daughter?
Georgie
Georgina Crawley was orphaned at three and separated from her brother Jeff in foster care.
Q 22Which trick-riding group does Lou's adopted daughter join in later seasons?
The Extreme Team
It replaced show jumping as her main sport; she later trains for the Olympics in Florida with Quinn.
Q 23What is the name of Amy and Ty's daughter?
Lyndy
Lyndy Marion Borden arrives at the end of season 10, just as Caleb and Cass are getting married.
How does Ty die in the season 14 premiere?
Q 14Why had Jack banished Tim from the family years earlier?
His alcohol and drug use
A rodeo accident led Tim into painkillers and drinking; the banishment ends when he returns after Marion's death.
Q 15What was Jack Bartlett before he became a rancher?
A rodeo star
Shaun Johnston, who plays him, is a singer and guitarist off screen and wrote songs for the show.
Q 16Who is Jack's romantic interest, the owner of Fairfield Stables?
Lisa Stillman
She is a racehorse breeder, and the two elope at the Dude Ranch in the season 7 finale.
Q 17Who crashes Jack and Lisa's elopement and insists on being best man?
Tim
Afterwards the newlyweds keep living separately; Lisa keeps her name and Jack wears no ring.
Q 18Lou's husband Peter Morris works in which industry?
Oil
He first appears as PW of Bedford Oil, caught drilling on Heartland land; Lou organises a protest against him.
Q 19Where do Lou and Peter move after marrying at the end of season 3?
Dubai
Lou's one-week visit home stretches on because she misses the ranch; Peter later goes bankrupt there.
Q 20How did Lou and Peter first get to know each other without realising who the other was?
Over instant messaging
She used her first name Sam and he used Peter; both were shocked when they finally met.
A blood clot after being shot
He and Amy were both shot by a poacher at the end of season 13; he collapses from deep vein thrombosis.
Q 25Which country does Ty travel to with Veterinarians Without Borders to help save Gobi bears?
Mongolia
He leaves after learning he is going to be a father, with Amy's support.
Q 26What does Ty become after attending the University of Calgary?
A veterinarian
He apprentices with Scott Cardinal, who later offers him a partnership in the clinic.
Q 27Which ranch hand, hired while Ty was away, becomes his rival and later marries Ashley?
Caleb Odell
Caleb and Ashley eventually divorce; he later marries Cassandra in the season 10 finale.
Q 28Who is the widowed owner of Briar Ridge Stables and the show's main antagonist early on?
Val Stanton
Val pushes her daughter Ashley to win shows and prefers traditional training over Heartland's methods.
Q 29Talkative family friend Mallory Wells is the daughter of what kind of performer?
A country music artist
Her father is played by real-life Canadian country star George Canyon, whose music she finds annoying.
Q 30Whom does Mallory marry when she returns in season 10?
Jake Anderson
She had finally confessed her feelings for Jake in season 7 and gone with him to Paris.