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1. What is the capital city of Nunavut?


Select One:
 Cambridge Bay
 Arviat
 Iqaluit
 Arctic Bay


2. Nova Scotian and Olympian Marjorie Turner-Bailey is a descendant of a group of escaped slaves and freed men and women of African origin. What is the name of this group who fled to Canada from America in the 1780s?


Select One:
 Underground Railroad Conductors
 Black Loyalists
 Young Canadians for Freedom
 None of the above


3. What does a Member of Parliament do?


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 He or she liaises with the municipal government.
 He or she represents the Queen.
 He or she links Canadians to the federal government.
 He or she works for the Governor General.


4. Which province in Canada is the smallest in land size?


Select One:
 Prince Edward Island
 Newfoundland and Labrador
 New Brunswick
 Nova Scotia


5. What is the highest honor available to Canadians?


Select One:
 Elizabeth Cross
 Victoria Cross
 The Queen's Medal
 Victoria Medal


6. Which group of people was important in the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway?


Select One:
 French
 Métis
 Chinese
 English


7. Ms X immigrated to Canada and She can work and earn as much money as a man would. Why is that?


Select One:
 Because her degree is acceptable here in Canada
 Because of acceptance of diversity
 Because of Freedom of Speech
 Because of equality between sexes (Equal rights of Man and Woman)


8. When did the British North America Act came into effect?


Select One:
 July 1, 1867
 July 1, 1887
 July 1, 1900
 July 1, 1857


9. Who donated the Stanley Cup to the National Hockey League?


Select One:
  Lord Stanley, Governor General (1888 - 1893)
 Bill Stanley
 Stanley Bill
 Stanley Lord


10. Name the three levels of government in Canada.


Select One:
 Federal, provincial or territorial and state
 Federal, provincial or territorial and municipal
 Federal, state and municipal
 Federal, provincial or territorial and local


11. Fill in the blank: Canada is ____________ Constitutional monarchy in North America.


Select One:
 First
 Last
 Only
 Not


12. What year was Confederation?


Select One:
 1871
 1870
 1898
 1867


13. In what year did the Iroquois and the French finally make peace?


Select One:
 1701
 1900
 1804
 1943


14. What are the provinces of Central Canada?


Select One:
 Ontario and Alberta
 Ontario and Quebec
 Quebec and Alberta
 Quebec and Nova Scotia


15. After a federal election, which party forms the new government?


Select One:
 The Queen herself picks party to run the government after the results.
 The Governor General proposes a law for elected officials to become the governing body.
 The Premiers of each province pick a party to run the government
 The party with the most elected representatives is invited by the Governor General to become the party in power.


16. What is Canada's national winter sport ?


Select One:
 Ice Hockey
 Cross-country skiing
 Curling
 Figure skating


17. Give an example of where English and French have equal status in Canada.


Select One:
 In the School
 In Day to day life
 In parliament of Canada
 In workplace


18. "O Canada" was sung for over a century before becoming Canada's national anthem. In which year was the song officially designated by Parliament as our national anthem?


Select One:
 1980
 1958
 1920
 1899


19. During the War of 1812 the Americans burned down the Parliament Buildings in York (now Toronto). What did the British and Canadians do in return?


Select One:
 They attacked American merchant ships and burned them down
 They burned down the White House in Washington D.C.
 They expanded their defence system, including Fort York
 They captured Niagara Falls and burned down all american posts


20. The elder daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth II was born in 1926 and became Queen at the age of:


Select One:
 25
 20
 15
 17


 Citizenship Test Tips

What was the last update to Discover Canada and Citizenship Test Regulations ..... On September 30, 2010, regulatory amendments came which resulted in an update to "Discover Canada" and the way the "Canadian Citizeship Test" is conducted.

With these new regulations,
- The mandatory question requirement is removed, which means you don't automatically fail by giving wrong answer for certain type of question (that was the case previously);
- You are only required to give 15 correct answers out of 20;

For the contents of the tests, applicants are now supposed to have an adequate knowledge about
- National symbols of Canada
- Canadian Cultural and Social History;
- Canadian Goverment Hierarchy and Monarchy;
- Rights, Responsibilities and Privileges of Citizenship;

Check out Format of Canadian Citizenship Test to get more details.