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1. In what year did Canada become a country?


Select One:
 1867
 1876
 1866
 1800


2. 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


3. 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


4. How old is the Canadian Shield?


Select One:
 More than 2.0 Billion years
 More than 3.96 Billion years
 More than 6.0 Billion years
 More than 5.03 Billion years


5. What should you do if you don't receive a voter's card?


Select One:
 Call the police
 Call your Member of Parliament
 Contact Elections Canada or visit their website to ensure your name is on the voter's list
 Assume you cannot vote


6. What are the provinces of the Atlantic region?


Select One:
 Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Quebec.
 New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec.
 Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.
 Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Quebec.


7. In the Canadian justice system, what are the roles of the courts and the police?


Select One:
 The courts make laws and the police enforce them.
 The courts enforce federal laws and the police enforce provincial laws.
 The courts settle disputes and the police enforce the laws.
 The courts enforce laws and the police settle disputes.


8. When did thousands of miners first come to Yukon?


Select One:
 Early 1700s.
 Early 1800s.
 1890s.
 1790s.


9. What is the capital city of British Columbia?


Select One:
 Vancouver
 Victoria
 Surrey
 British Columbia


10. 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


11. How are Members of Parliament chosen?


Select One:
 Appointed by Governor of each province.
 Elected by Canadian citizens.
 Appointed by the Prime Minister
 Appointed by the Queen


12. When did the name Canada begin first appearing on maps?


Select One:
 1880
 1920
 1550
 1760


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


Select One:
 1975
 1982
 1981
 1980


14. 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


15. In what year did the Iroquois and the French finally make peace?


Select One:
 1701
 1900
 1804
 1943


16. 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


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


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


18. Who is credited with establishing the first permanent European settlement in what became Canada?


Select One:
 Jacques Cartier
 Samuel de Champlain
 Henry Hudson
 Christopher Columbus


19. When is Canada Day?


Select One:
 July 1st every year
 The second Monday of July.
 September 6th of each year.
 The third Monday of May.


20. 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.


 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