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1. What is the Canada Health Act?


Select One:
 Ensures availability of drugs
 Ensures availability of Doctors and Nurses
 Ensures common elements and a basic standard of coverage
 Ensures availability of doctors, Drug and Nurses to Canadians


2. Name the battle which United States lost near Niagara Falls, in the War of 1812. Hint: Sir Isaac Brock, Governor of Upper Canada and Commander-in-Chief, was killed in the battle.


Select One:
 Plains of Abraham
 Niagara Falls
 Queenston Heights
 Independence


3. The British North America Act of 1867 united Upper and Lower Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Today, Upper and Lower Canada are known as _______ and Quebec.


Select One:
 Quebec
 Ontario
 British Columbia
 Kingston


4. What is the capital city of Quebec?


Select One:
 Gatineau
 Ottawa
 Montreal
 Quebec City


5. What is the name of the Canadian who created worldwide system of standard time zones?


Select One:
 Sir Sandford Fleming
 Reginald Fessenden
 Matthew Evans
 Henry Woodward


6. "O Canada" was sung for over a century before becoming Canada's national anthem. In which year was the song officially designated by Parliament as our national anthem?


Select One:
 1980
 1958
 1920
 1899


7. What is meaning of the Canadian coat of arms and motto: A Mari Usque Ad Mare?


Select One:
 From coast to coast.
 From sea to sea.
 From land to land.
 From land to sea.


8. What are three key facts about Canada's system of government?


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 A kingdom, a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy.
 A federal nation, a constitutional democracy and a parliamentary monarchy.
 A socialist country, a constitutional democracy and a parliamentary monarchy.
 A federal state, a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy.


9. The Liberation of Western Europe from Nazi rule began in 1944 on:


Select One:
 VE-Day
 VJ-Day
 D-Day
 Remembrance Day


10. What does the Iroquoian word "Kanata" mean?


Select One:
 The Land
 The People
 The Village
 The place


11. Which document first defined the responsibilities of federal and provincial governments?


Select One:
 The Constitution Act, 1982.
 The Confederation Act.
 The British North America Act.
 The Multicultural Act


12. Which two are Great Lakes?


Select One:
 Huron and Erie
 St. Lawrence and Superior
 Michigan and Okanagan
 Ontario and Okanagan


13. Why is the North sometimes called the - Land of the Midnight Sun- ?


Select One:
 Fall daylight can last up to 24 hours.
 Summer daylight can last up to 24 hours
 Winter daylight can last up to 24 hours
 Spring daylight can last up to 24 hours


14. What country is Canada's largest trading partner?


Select One:
 Japan
 China
 United States of America
 Pakistan


15. What level of government in Canada is in charge of education and health care ?


Select One:
 Federal
 Provincial and territorial
 Local
 Muncipal


16. What is known as the effort by women to achieve the right to vote?


Select One:
 The suffrage motion of women
 The election law
 The women's suffrage movement.
 The women's voting law


17. 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


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


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 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.


19. How is the government formed after an election?


Select One:
 The Premiers of each province vote for the party to be in power.
 The party with the most elected representatives becomes in power.
 The Queen selects a party to form the government.
 The Governor General proposes a plan to form the government.


20. What does equality under the law mean?


Select One:
 To be protected against any discrimination.
 To be discriminated against.
 To be the same as anywhere in the world.
 To be like anyone else in Canada.


 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.