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1. How many provinces and territories are there in Canada?


Select One:
 Ten provinces and three territories.
 Eight provinces and three territories.
 Nine provinces and two territory.
 Ten provinces and two territories.

2. What is the highest honor available to Canadians?


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

3. How is a Cabinet Minister chosen ?


Select One:
 By the Queen
 By the Governor General
 By the voters
 By the Prime Minister

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


Select One:
 Executive, Legislative and Judicial
 Executive, Legislative and Monarchy
 Executive, Senate and Judicial
 Executive, Police and Judicial

5. A Member of Parliament from Toronto decides to spend the weekend in his electoral district. This means he will be:


Select One:
 In some part of Toronto where he was elected
 Somewhere in USA
 Taking a tour in the province of Ontario
 In Ottawa

6. 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.

7. What leaf is on the Canadian flag?


Select One:
 Birch
 Oak
 Bay Leaf
 Maple Leaf

8. 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

9. Select the answer that lists the Canadian Symbols.


Select One:
 the Crown, the Canadian flag, the maple leaf, the Parliament Buildings and the beaver
 the maple leaf, Basketball and the beaver
 the Canadian flag, the maple leaf, Niagra Fall and the beaver
 the Crown, the Canadian flag, the maple leaf and the beaver

10. 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)

11. What are the provinces of the Atlantic?


Select One:
 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. Who donated the Stanley Cup to the National Hockey League?


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

13. Which biennial sports event that began in 1970 features such sports as snowshoeing and dog sledding, as well as athletes from northern communities like the Northwest Territories, Yukon, Nunavut, Alaska, Greenland and several northern Russian provinces?


Select One:
 Arctic Cup
 Northern Winter Olympics
 Arctic Winter Games
 Northern Games

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


Select One:
 French
 Métis
 Chinese
 English

15. What are the provinces of Central Canada?


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

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


Select One:
 True
 False
 ..
 ..

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


Select One:
 Ontario
 Yukon
 Northwest Territories
 Alberta

18. Which of the followings are the responsibilities of provincial government?


Select One:
 Education, health care, natural resources and policing.
 National defence, foreign policy, highways and aboriginal affairs.
 Education, foreign policy, natural resources and policing.
 National defence, health care, citizenship and firefighting.

19. Why is the Constitution Act of 1982 important in Canadian history?


Select One:
 It made changes to the Citizenship Act.
 Canada can modify the Constitution without the approval from the British Government.
 The Queen has more power in Canadian Government.
 It lets Canadians to enjoy more freedom.

20. Who was the first prime minister of Canada?


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

 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.

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