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1. 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.

2. Canada has what percentage of the world's forests?


Select One:
 20 %
 10 %
 5 %
 50 %

3. What is the most significant difference between Canadian football and American football?


Select One:
 Canadian football uses a bigger ball
 Canadian football allows three downs instead of four
 Canadian football is played on a bigger field
 All of above

4. Which province is Canada's leading wheat producer?


Select One:
 New Brunswick.
 Manitoba
 Saskatchewan
 Alberta

5. What is the Canadian Constitution?


Select One:
 The laws which formed the country.
  A system of laws and conventions which our country governs itself by.
 Municipal and local bylaws.
 The laws which govern the Territories in Canada.

6. Which is the capital city of Alberta?


Select One:
 Regina
 Calgary
 Edmonton
 Red Deer

7. How many Canadians served in the First World War?


Select One:
 More than 600,000.
 About 10,000.
 More than 60,000.
 About 170,000.

8. Who do Canadians vote for in a federal election?


Select One:
 The best speaker running the election campaign.
 Someone to become the Premier of the province.
 A candidate whom they want to represent them in Parliament
 All candidates in their electoral district.

9. Which of the followings are the responsibilities of Canadian citizenship?


Select One:
 Protecting our environment, buying a house and voting in elections.
 Obeying the law, serving on a jury, voting in elections and helping others in the community.
 Serving in an army, obeying the law and taking responsibility for oneself and one's family.
 Obeying the law, getting a job in the government and serving in Canadian Forces.

10. What do you mark on a federal election ballot?


Select One:
 The candidate's name
 The party's name
 An X
 The number for the candidate

11. Select four rights "Canadian Citizens" have under the Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms


Select One:
 Leave Canada freely, apply for a Canadian passport, be educated
 Work in Canada, vote, educated, drive
 Be educated in either official language, apply for a Canadian passport, to drive, exit Canada
 Be educated in either official language, apply for a passport,vote,enter/exit Canada freely

12. Who was the first prime minister of Canada?


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

13. "For here [in Canada], I want the marble to remain the marble; the granite to remain the granite; the oak to remain the oak; and out of these elements, I would build a nation great among the nations of the world." Which Prime Minister of Canada said this?


Select One:
 Sir John A. Macdonald
 Sir Wilfrid Laurier
 Richard B. Bennett
 Pierre E. Trudeau

14. Which of the following non-Canadians are not allowed to do?


Select One:
 Get Life Insurance
 Get higher education
 Vote in the Federal and Provincial election
 Buy a house or a property

15. When did the Prime Minister, on behalf of the Government of Canada, officially apologize in the House of Commons for the Chinese Head Tax that was imposed on Chinese newcomers in 1885?


Select One:
 2005
 2000
 2006
 2007

16. Which of the followings are the responsibilities of local government?


Select One:
 Education, foreign policy and transportation
 Health care, natural resources and transportation
 National defence, health care and transportation
 Social and community Health, snow removal and transportation.

17. How many Provinces are there in Canada ?


Select One:
 7
 13
 10
 3

18. What day is Armistice Day of First World War ?


Select One:
 Civic Holiday (first Monday of August)
 The first Monday of November.
 Remembrance Day (Nov 11)
 Canada Day (July 1)

19. What is a polling station?


Select One:
 Place where you vote.
 Campaign offices for candidates.
 Member of Parliament's constituency.
 Place where the number of votes are counted.

20. What year did Canada enact a free trade agreement with the United States?


Select One:
 1988
 1967
 1982
 1990

 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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