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1. Which of the following not a Canadian Invention?


Select One:
 Basketball
 Refrigerator
 Insulin
 Telephone

2. Which Canadian province is the country's largest producer and exporter of maple syrup?


Select One:
 Ontario
 Quebec
 British Columbia
 New Brunswick

3. Who are the Métis?


Select One:
 The distinct aboriginal people of Atlantic Canada
 First Nations people speaking the Michif dialect
 People of mixed Inuit/First Nations ancestry most of whom live in Prairies
 Distinct People of mixed Aboriginal and European Ancestry

4. Who was the leader that led the expedition that burnt down the White House and other buildings in Washington, D.C.?


Select One:
 Major-General Sir Isaac Brock
 The Duke of Wellington
 Major-General Robert Ross
 Lieutenant-Colonel Charles de Salaberry

5. Which four provinces first formed the Confederation?


Select One:
 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

6. From where does the name Canada come?


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 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.

7. Which of the following answers is NOT true about the Canada/USA relationship?


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 Canada exports very little goods to USA
 They are largest trading partners
 The Canada/USA relationship is the closest and the most extensive in the world
 They share longest undefended border

8. What is an electoral district?


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 The area in which elections are held.
 A geographical area represented by a member of the House of Commons.
 The office where you find a candidate's name.
 The building in which you vote.

9. 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

10. What do you call a law before it is passed?


Select One:
 A proposal of a law
 A new law.
 A bill.
 A proposed law

11. The Battle of the Plains of Abraham was fought in:


Select One:
  The Fortress of Louisbourg
 Montréal
 Grand Pré
 Québec Citry

12. 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

13. What is Canada's system of governance?


Select One:
 Police state, parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy
 Federal state, Provincial state and constitutional monarchy
 Federal state, parliamentary democracy and dictatorship
 Federal state, parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy

14. What part of the Constitution legally protects basic rights and freedoms of Canadians?


Select One:
 The British Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
 The Canadian Charter of Responsibilities.
 The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
 The Canadian Charter of Freedoms.

15. The cornerstone of Centre Block in the Parliament Buildings was laid by Prince ______ in 1860; the son of Queen Victoria.


Select One:
 Harry
 Albert
 Charles
 William

16. What is the Underground Railroad?


Select One:
 The CPR's secret railway line
 The first railway to cross Canada
 The TTC subway system
 A network used by slaves who escaped the United States into Canada

17. Where do more than half of the people in Canada live?


Select One:
 Atlantic Canada
 Central Canada
 Prairies
 Coastal Pacific

18. What are the three parts of Parliament?


Select One:
 The House of Commons, the Legislative Assembly and the Senate.
 The Governor General, the Legislative Assembly and the Senate.
 The Queen, the House of Commons and the Senate.
 The Queen, Governor General and Prime Minister.

19. What are the two official languages of Canada?


Select One:
 English and French
 English and Chinese
 Inuit and French
 Canadian English and British English

20. What year women got rights to vote in Manitoba ?


Select One:
 1984
 1916
 1918
 1922

 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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