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1. What do political parties do?


Select One:
 Work with the local governments.
 Follow commands from the Queen.
 Plan for the celebration of Canada Day
 Share ideas about how government should work

2. What are the Prairie Provinces?


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 Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
 Saskatchewan and Alberta.
 Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba.
 Alberta, Manitoba and British Columbia.

3. What was the first language O Canada was written in ?


Select One:
 Inuit & Huron Language (Aboriginal)
 French
 English
 Both English and French

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


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 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

5. What are three minerals still being mined in the territories today?


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 Zinc, gold and tin
 Silver, lead and zinc
 Gold, lead and zinc
 Tin, lead and aluminum

6. What is the capital city of Nova Scotia?


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 New Glasgow
 Halifax
 Cape Breton
 Amherst

7. In 1970, there was a major change to the Canadian federal election voting system. What was that change?


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 Women gained the right to vote
 Personal identification became a necessity to vote
 The voting age was lowered from 21 to 18
 Voting rights were extended to all inmates

8. What battle can be described as the Royal Canadian Navy's "finest hour"?


Select One:
 Battle of the Pacific
 Battle of the Caribbean Sea
 Battle of the Atlantic
 Battle of the Arctic

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


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 20 %
 10 %
 5 %
 50 %

10. Which was the last province to join Canada?


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 New Brunswick
 Prince Edward Island
 Newfoundland
 Quebec

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


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 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

12. What is a Cabinet Minister?


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 MP selected by the Queen to make laws.
 MP appointed by the Prime Minister to run federal departments.
 MP picked by the Premier of each province.
 Persons appointed by the Prime Minister to run federal departments.

13. What does a Member of Parliament do?


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 He or she liaises with the municipal government.
 He or she represents the Queen.
 He or she links Canadians to the federal government.
 He or she works for the Governor General.

14. From where does the name Canada come?


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 From Kanata, the First Nations word for village.
 From the Inuit word meaning home.
 From the First Nations word meaning land.
 From the Inuit word Kanata meaning nations.

15. How is the government formed after an election?


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 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.

16. Give an example of where English and French have equal status in Canada.


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 In the School
 In Day to day life
 In parliament of Canada
 In workplace

17. What is the final step before a bill becomes a law?


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 Approved by the Governor General.
 Approved by the Queen.
 Approved by all the Senators.
 Approved by the Governors.

18. What does the word "Inuit" mean?


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 "Eskimo" in Inuktitut language
 "The Arctic Land" in Inuktitut language
 "Home" in English
 "The people" in the Inuktitut language

19. Which TERRITORY shares a border with another country?


Select One:
 Northwest Territories
 Yukon Territory.
 British Columbia
 Alberta

20. Which national project to connect Canadians across the country began in 1871 and was completed six years ahead of schedule in 1885, with the final section constructed in Craigellachie, British Columbia?


Select One:
 Canadian Pacific Railway
 Trans-Canada Highway
 Telephone lines
 Trans-Canada Trail

 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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