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1. What is a major river in Quebec?


Select One:
 St. Lawrence River
 Fraser River
 Hudson Bay River
 Amazon River


2. How old is the Canadian Shield?


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 More than 2.0 Billion years
 More than 3.96 Billion years
 More than 6.0 Billion years
 More than 5.03 Billion years


3. What is the population of Canada? (Last Statistics: 2013)


Select One:
 About 33 million
 About 30 million
 About 35 million
 About 23 million


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


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 In the School
 In Day to day life
 In parliament of Canada
 In workplace


5. When is Remembrance Day?


Select One:
 November 11th every year.
 November 12th every year.
 November 13th every year.
 The first Monday of November.


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


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 Kingston
 Alberton
 Charlottetown
 Cornwall


7. What is the Motto of Canada?


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 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)


8. What are the three main groups of Aboriginal peoples?


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 Early French settlers, Métis and Indian.
 Métis, First Nations and Inuit.
 Acadians, Métis and First Nations.
 Métis, Inuit and United Empire Loyalists.


9. This person drew the map of East Coast Canada.


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 Jacques Cartier
 John Cabot
 Sir John A. Macdonald
 King Charles V


10. What does due Process mean in Canada?


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 You must prove your innocence in court
 The law applies to everyone in Canada, except judges and politicians
 The government must respect all the legal rights a person is entitled to under the law
 Government must respect most of the legal rights a person is entitled to under the law


11. What is a “party platform”?


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 Place where the party headquarter exists
 the plans a political party develops for what they would do in government
 policies developed by the leaders of each party
 Place where party was officially started


12. How can you help to protect the environment?


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 Drive a car to go to and come back from work by yourself.
 Walking, cycling, taking transit or carpooling wherever possible.
 Use electric car instead of gas car.
 Do not buy gas at a higher price.


13. What does voting by secret ballot mean?


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 Only the candidate you vote for can watch your marked ballot.
 No one can watch you vote except the election officer.
 No one can watch you vote or look at your marked ballot.
 The voter should not tell anyone for whom he/she voted.


14. 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


15. What was the significance of June 6, 1944 invasion of Normandy?


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 Canadians made a significant contribution to the defeat of Nazism and Fascism during WWII
 It resulted in the forcible relocation of Canadians of Japanese origin
 It liberated North Africa from Nazi occupation
 It led to the establishment of the Juno Award


16. How can a party in power be defeated in Parliament?


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 If Canadians do not approve of the laws to be passed.
 If a majority of the MPs vote against a major government decision.
 If the Premiers vote against major federal government decisions.
 If Canadians vote against the party in power.


17. When does a federal election have to be held under legislation passed by Parliament?


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 Within 4 years of the most recent election.
 When the Queen wants to replace the Prime Minister
 The Prime Minister can call the election any time at his own will
 Within 5 years of the last election


18. Which Canadian province has Chinese and Punjabi as the most spoken languages in the cities after English ?


Select One:
 Ontario
 British Columbia
 Alberta
 Saskatchewan


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


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


20. Where did the name Alberta came from ?


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 Comes from the Huron-Iroquois language
 Named after a French Leader
 Named after a daughter of Queen Victoria
 Was proposed when it officially became a province in 1905


 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.