There is a difference between being uneducated and being slow/stupid. It is fine to be uneducated in some areas if you are productive and interested in other areas.
Of course you're confused by politics and history if you don't even know who the PM of Canada is. You obviously have no interest in this field, so don't worry about it.
If you want to be seen as having a basic knowledge of issues like politics and history then spend some time reading in these fields and catching up on current events. This would not take much time at all to get an "average canadian grasp", which is quite mediocre, to put it kindly. If these things don't interest you at all then you should not be worried at all about your lack of knowledge, because going forward you can just attribute it to being a conscious choice not to bother learning this stuff and not as a hit against your IQ.
On a different note, I think it is worth your investment to learn a little bit about the country you live in. Can't name the provinces? Perhaps you need to expand your world a bit. However, if you have found your niche in something else that doesn't need this basic information then perhaps it's not worth learning!
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