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1. Who was the leader that led the expedition that burnt down the White House and other buildings in Washington, D.C.?


Select One:
 Major-General Sir Isaac Brock
 The Duke of Wellington
 Major-General Robert Ross
 Lieutenant-Colonel Charles de Salaberry


2. The Trans-Canada Highway is the longest national highway in the world.


Select One:
 TRUE
 FALSE
 -
 -


3. What level of government passes by-laws?


Select One:
 Provincial government
 Municipal or local government.
 Regional government
 Territorial government


4. Who was the first prime minister of Canada?


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


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


Select One:
 1880
 1920
 1550
 1760


6. What do you promise when you take the oath of citizenship?


Select One:
 To pledge your loyalty to Canada from sea to sea
 To pledge your loyalty to the Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II
 To pledge your allegiance to the flag and fulfill the duties of a Canadian
 To pledge your allegiance to the Canadian Constitution


7. Which country is Canada's major trade partner for energy products?


Select One:
 UK
 China
 United States
 Asia


8. Which of following sports are official in Canada?


Select One:
 Basketball and curling
 Hockey and basketball
 Soccer and curling
 Hockey and Lacrosse


9. Who are Anglophones?


Select One:
 People speaking English as a first language.
 English speaking Aboriginal peoples.
 British people
 People speaking French as a first language


10. What did the government do to make immigration to western Canada much easier?


Select One:
 Completed the Trans Canada Railway.
 Completed the Canadian Pacific Railway.
 Offered land at very low cost.
 Completed the St. Lawrence Waterway.


11. This person drew the map of East Coast Canada.


Select One:
 Jacques Cartier
 John Cabot
 Sir John A. Macdonald
 King Charles V


12. To what ocean is Newfoundland closest?


Select One:
 Pacific
 Atlantic
 Arctic
 Labrador Sea


13. More than half of Canada's aeronautics and space industry are located in which province?


Select One:
 Ontario
 Alberta
 Manitoba
 Quebec


14. What does - official language rights and minority language educational rights - mean?


Select One:
 French and English have equal status in Parliament and throughout the government.
 French is more important in Quebec and English is more important in other provinces.
 All languages have equal status in Canada's government.
 English is more important than French in Canada.


15. Which biennial sports event that began in 1970 features such sports as snowshoeing and dog sledding, as well as athletes from northern communities like the Northwest Territories, Yukon, Nunavut, Alaska, Greenland and several northern Russian provinces?


Select One:
 Arctic Cup
 Northern Winter Olympics
 Arctic Winter Games
 Northern Games


16. Which province is known as as the 'wheat province' of Canada?


Select One:
 Saskatchewan
 Alberta
 Ontario
 Quebec


17. Why are the Great Lakes important to Canada?


Select One:
 Water for agriculture
 Fishing
 Fresh water and waterways
 Waterways.


18. In what year did Canada become a country?


Select One:
 1867
 1876
 1866
 1800


19. In Canada, are you allowed to question the police about their service or conduct?


Select One:
 No, police service and conduct is not open to discussion with Canadians
 Yes, you can question their service but not their conduct.
 Yes, if you feel the need to
 Yes, you can question their conduct but not their service.


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


Select One:
 The Land
 The People
 The Village
 The place


 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.