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1. What are the three branches of the Canadian government?


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 Executive, Legislative and Judicial
 Executive, Legislative and Monarchy
 Executive, Senate and Judicial
 Executive, Police and Judicial

2. What does the word "Inuit" mean?


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 "Eskimo" in Inuktitut language
 "The Arctic Land" in Inuktitut language
 "Home" in English
 "The people" in the Inuktitut language

3. What is the tower in the center of the Parliament buildings called?


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 CN Tower
 Peace Tower.
 Canada Tower
 Peaceful Tower

4. Which Canadian imagined the idea for the first telephone at his summer house in Canada?


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 Thomas Edison
  Mathew Evans
 Henry Woodward
  Alexander Graham Bell

5. Nova Scotia was the first British North American colony to practice responsible government.


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 True
 False
 ..
 ..

6. Who are Anglophones?


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 People speaking English as a first language.
 English speaking Aboriginal peoples.
 British people
 People speaking French as a first language

7. Name the federal political parties represented in the House of Commons and their leaders


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 Conservative Party of Canada (Stephen Harper/TBD), Liberal Party of Canada (Justin Trudeau), New Democratic Party (Thomas Mulcair), Bloc Qu?b?cois (Mario Beaulieu)
 Conservative Party of Canada (Stephen Harper/TBD), New Democratic Party (Thomas Mulcair), Liberal Party of Canada (Justin Trudeau), Bloc Qu?b?cois (Mario Beaulieu), Green Party (Elizabeth May)
 Conservative Party of Canada (Stephen Harper/TBD), Liberal Party of Canada (Justin Trudeau), Green Party (Elizabeth May), Bloc Qu?b?cois (Mario Beaulieu)
 Conservative Party of Canada (Stephen Harper/TBD), Liberal Party of Canada (Justin Trudeau), New Democratic Party (Thomas Mulcair), Green Party (Elizabeth May)

8. Where are the Parliament Buildings located?


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 Ottawa
 Toronto
 Montreal
 Quebec City

9. What does crown mean for Canadians?


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 The Crown contain symbols of England, France, Scotland and Ireland as well as red maple leaves
 The Crown is a symbol of Government, including Parliament, legislatures, courts, police services and the armed forces
 A national motto, A Mari Usque Ad Mare, which in Latin means from sea to sea
 Reflecting the Greco-Roman heritage of Western civilization in which democracy originated

10. Canada's economy of the 17th and 18th century depended mainly on:


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 Invensions
 Tourism
 Fur Trade
 All of above

11. What are the provinces of the Atlantic?


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 Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island
 Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island
 New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island
 Nova Scotia and New Brunswick

12. What is the capital city of Nova Scotia?


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 New Glasgow
 Halifax
 Cape Breton
 Amherst

13. When did the Prime Minister, on behalf of the Government of Canada, officially apologize in the House of Commons for the Chinese Head Tax that was imposed on Chinese newcomers in 1885?


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 2005
 2000
 2006
 2007

14. What is the capital city of Prince Edward Island?


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 Kingston
 Alberton
 Charlottetown
 Cornwall

15. Which of the following not a Canadian Invention?


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 Basketball
 Refrigerator
 Insulin
 Telephone

16. Which four provinces first formed the Confederation?


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 Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and PEI
 Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
 Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Newfoundland
 Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia

17. Who was the first prime minister of Canada?


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 Louis St. Laurent
 Robert Borden
 Sir John A. Macdonald
 Queen Elizabeth

18. What is the oldest English settlement in Canada?


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 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
 Québec, Quebec
 Ottawa, Ontario
 Halifax, Nova Scotia

19. Which province is the biggest producer of metals in Canada?


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 Ontario
 Yukon
 Northwest Territories
 Alberta

20. From whom are the Acadians descended?


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 French colonists who began settling in what are now the Maritime Provinces in 1604.
 Métis and Inuit.
 First Nations who began settling in what are now the Prairie Provinces in 1600s.
 British colonists who began settling in what are now the Maritime Provinces in 1604.

 Citizenship Test Tips

What language should my supporting documents be in? ..... Unless CIC tells you otherwise, all supporting documents must be in English or French.
If it is not in English or French, you must send it with:
- the English or French translation and
- an affidavit from the person who completed the translation and
- a certified photocopy of the original document

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