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1. In the 1960s Quebec experienced rapid change. What is this period called?


Select One:
 The French Rebellion
 The Quiet Revolution
 The People's Revolution
 The Riel Rebellion


2. When was the Canadian Pacific Railway finished?


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


3. Who are the Aboriginal people of Canada?


Select One:
 The descendents of first Australian Immigrants
 The first European settlers to arrive in Canada
 The first people to live in Canada
 The first settlers of Newfoundland


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


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


5. Where did the name Alberta came from ?


Select One:
 Comes from the Huron-Iroquois language
 Named after a French Leader
 Named after a daughter of Queen Victoria
 Was proposed when it officially became a province in 1905


6. 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.


7. What is the oldest national park in Canada?


Select One:
 Fundy National Park
 Glacier National Park
 Waterton Lakes National Park
 Banff National Park


8. Which three legal rights are protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?


Select One:
 Mobility rights, official language rights and Aboriginal peoples' rights.
 Freedom of expression, right to buy a property and right to a fair trial.
 Right to have a job, to live and work anywhere in Canada and right to life.
 Right to become a Prime Minister, freedom of life and freedom of voting.


9. For what is the Okanagan Valley famous?


Select One:
 Salmon
 Fruit orchards & vineyards
 Country Life
 Grapes


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. Who is above law according to Canadian Constitution?


Select One:
 Judges
 Police
 No one
 Queen and her representatives


12. What is a “party platform”?


Select One:
 Place where the party headquarter exists
 the plans a political party develops for what they would do in government
 policies developed by the leaders of each party
 Place where party was officially started


13. After a federal election, which party forms the new government?


Select One:
 The Queen herself picks party to run the government after the results.
 The Governor General proposes a law for elected officials to become the governing body.
 The Premiers of each province pick a party to run the government
 The party with the most elected representatives is invited by the Governor General to become the party in power.


14. Where are the Great Lakes?


Select One:
 Ontario
 Quebec
 Southern Ontario along the border between Canada and the United States.
 Near Niagara Falls


15. What does the National Register of electors contain?


Select One:
 Database of landed immigrants
 Database of Canadian citizens at least 18 years of age who are qualified to vote in federal elections and referendums
 Database of all Canadian citizens
 Database of Canadian tax payers


16. What does 'Habeas corpus' means ?


Select One:
 Name given to a deceased person
 Family of deceased
 Name that refers to the rights of a person that has died
 The right to challenge unlawful detention by the state


17. "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


18. How many electoral districts are there in Canada?


Select One:
 355
 287
 338 (as per Google)
 308 (as per Discover Canada book)


19. 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


20. What is an electoral district?


Select One:
 The area in which elections are held.
 A geographical area represented by a member of the House of Commons.
 The office where you find a candidate's name.
 The building in which you vote.


 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.