Free Simulation of the Official Canadian Citizenship Test - 2026

1. What do you call the Queen's representative in the Territories?

Select One:
 Member of the Legislative Assembly
 Lieutenant-Governor
 Commissioner
 Sir

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2. What is a minority government?

Select One:
 The party in power holds less than half of the seats in the House of Commons.
 The party in power holds at least half of the seats in the House of Commons.
 The party in power holds at least half of the seats in the Senate.
 The party in power holds at least half of the seats in the House of Commons and the Senate.

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

Select One:
 Jacques Cartier
 John Cabot
 Sir John A. Macdonald
 King Charles V

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

Select One:
 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

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5. When did Nunavut become a territory?

Select One:
 2000
 1989
 1996
 1999

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6. What does Confederation mean?

Select One:
 The combination of neighborhood to build a larger community.
 The joining of provinces to become a new country.
 The United States Confederate army came to settle in Canada.
 The merger of colonies to form a province.

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7. Where are the Parliament Buildings located?

Select One:
 Ottawa
 Toronto
 Montreal
 Quebec City

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8. 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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9. What is the capital city of Quebec?

Select One:
 Gatineau
 Ottawa
 Montreal
 Quebec City

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

Select One:
 Thomas Edison
  Mathew Evans
 Henry Woodward
  Alexander Graham Bell

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

Select One:
 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.

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12. What is written on an election ballot?

Select One:
 The names of the candidates in your electoral district.
 The names of Canadians eligible to vote.
 The candidates running for Prime Minister listed.
 The results of the election.

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13. What form of transportation did Aboriginal peoples and fur traders use?

Select One:
 Highway
 Roads
 Waterways
 Railway

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

Select One:
 Atlantic Canada
 Central Canada
 Prairies
 Coastal Pacific

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15. Jacques Cartier was the first European to explore which great Canadian river?

Select One:
 Grand River
 Red River
  St. Lawrence River
 Hillsborough River

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16. When did settlers from France first establish communities on the St. Lawrence River?

Select One:
 Early 1500s.
 Early 1600s.
 Mid 1700s.
 Late 1800s.

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17. Where is the Canadian Shield?

Select One:
 Ontario
 Quebec
 Alberta and Ontario and Labrador
 Northern Quebec and Ontario and Labrador

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18. What is the largest city in Canada?

Select One:
 Toronto
 Calgary
 Ottawa
 Montreal

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19. When did the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms become part of the Constitution?

Select One:
 1975
 1982
 1981
 1980

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20. What is the capital city of Nova Scotia?

Select One:
 New Glasgow
 Halifax
 Cape Breton
 Amherst

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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.