Free Simulation of the Official Canadian Citizenship Test - 2026

1. What is the Motto of Canada?

Select One:
 UT INCEPIT FIDELIS SIC PERMANET ( Loyal she began, loyal she remains)
 a mari usque ad mare (From sea to sea)
 Je me souviens (I remember)
 Vigilamus pro Te (We Stand on Guard for Thee)

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2. From where does the name Canada come?

Select One:
 From Kanata, the First Nations word for village.
 From the Inuit word meaning home.
 From the First Nations word meaning land.
 From the Inuit word Kanata meaning nations.

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3. Who was the first leader of a responsible government in the Canadas in 1849?

Select One:
 Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine
 Sir John A Macdonald
 Louis Riel
 Robert Baldwin

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4. In what sorts of jobs do most Canadians work?

Select One:
 Natural resources
 Auto Industry
 Farming
 Service

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5. How many electoral districts are there in Canada?

Select One:
 355
 287
 338 (as per Google)
 308 (as per Discover Canada book)

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6. When did the Prime Minister, on behalf of the Government of Canada, officially apologized to First Nation for taking their children and putting them in separate school camps to better assimilate in Canadian Culture

Select One:
 2008
 2001
 1990
 2010

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7. Which party becomes Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition?

Select One:
 The party the Queen selects
 The party with the second most elected representatives.
 The party with the fewest number of elected representatives
 The party that Queen's representative selects

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8. What is the highest military honour a Canadian can receive?

Select One:
 Victoria Cross
 Order of Merit
 Badge of Courage
 Red Cross

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9. How is the Prime Minister chosen?

Select One:
 The leader of the party with the most elected Members of Parliament.
 The Queen appoints the Prime Minister.
 The Governor General appoints the Prime Minister.
 The Members of Parliament vote for the Prime Minister.

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10. What was the first province in Canada to recognize Women right to vote ?

Select One:
 Ontario
 Manitoba
 Quebec
 British Columbia

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11. One third of all Canadians live in which province?

Select One:
 Quebec
 British Columbia
 Ontario
 Northwest Territories

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12. What battle can be described as the Royal Canadian Navy's "finest hour"?

Select One:
 Battle of the Pacific
 Battle of the Caribbean Sea
 Battle of the Atlantic
 Battle of the Arctic

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13. Name three requirements you must meet in order to vote in a federal election.

Select One:
 Canadian citizen, at least 21 years old, and on the list of electors.
 Working for the government, at least 21 years old, and Canadian citizen.
 Canadian citizen, at least 16 years old, and on the list of voters.
 Canadian citizen, at least 18 years old and on the voters' list.

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14. Which of the following is NOT and official Symbol of Canada recognized by Federal goverment?

Select One:
 The Beaver
 The Moose
 The Maple Tree
 The Canada Coats of Arms

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15. How many Canadians served in the First World War?

Select One:
 More than 600,000.
 About 10,000.
 More than 60,000.
 About 170,000.

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16. In which year Aboriginal people were given the name 'First Nation'?

Select One:
 1980s
 1970s
 2000
 1820s

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17. Which national project to connect Canadians across the country began in 1871 and was completed six years ahead of schedule in 1885, with the final section constructed in Craigellachie, British Columbia?

Select One:
 Canadian Pacific Railway
 Trans-Canada Highway
 Telephone lines
 Trans-Canada Trail

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18. The largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area is located between the province of Ontario and the United States of America and is called:

Select One:
 Lake Superior
 Lake Erie
 Lake Ontario
 Great Slave Lake

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19. What does 'Habeas corpus' means ?

Select One:
 Name given to a deceased person
 Family of deceased
 Name that refers to the rights of a person that has died
 The right to challenge unlawful detention by the state

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20. When did the United Empire Loyalists come to Canada?

Select One:
 During 1580s
 In 1600s
 Late 1700s
 Late 1800s

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 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.