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1. 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.

2. Who has the right to enter and leave Canada at will?


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 Landed immigrants
 British citizens
 Citizens of United States
 Canadian citizens.

3. 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

4. What is the government of all of Canada called?


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 National assembly
 Legislature
 Council
 Federal

5. Where are the highest tides in the world?


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 Hudson's Bay, between Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and Nunavut
 James Bay, between Ontario and Quebec
 Cowichan Bay, British Columbia
 The Bay of Fundy, between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick

6. Who are the Métis?


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 The distinct aboriginal people of Atlantic Canada
 First Nations people speaking the Michif dialect
 People of mixed Inuit/First Nations ancestry most of whom live in Prairies
 Distinct People of mixed Aboriginal and European Ancestry

7. What is the capital city of British Columbia?


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 Vancouver
 Victoria
 Surrey
 British Columbia

8. Canada's economy of the 17th and 18th century depended mainly on:


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 Invensions
 Tourism
 Fur Trade
 All of above

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


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 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

10. What are the three group of nations that are considered founding peoples for Canada ?


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 Metis, British, French
 Metis, Americans, British
 French, British, Aboriginals
 Aboriginals, Americans, British

11. What are the Prairie Provinces?


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

12. What is the oldest English settlement in Canada?


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 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
 Québec, Quebec
 Ottawa, Ontario
 Halifax, Nova Scotia

13. Which region is known as the industrial and manufacturing heartland of Canada?


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 Prairie provinces
 Central Canada
 Atlantic provinces
 Southern Canada.

14. Which two fundamental freedoms are protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?


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 Freedom of belief and freedom of religion.
 Aboriginal peoples' rights and to volunteer.
 Equal employment rights and opportunities
 Basic living rights and obey laws.

15. Who are the Acadians?


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 The descendants of French colonists who began settling in what are now the Maritime provinces in 1604
 English-speaking refugees who settled in Louisiana
 French-speaking Catholics living in Ontario
 Aboriginal people of the arctic

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


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 Battle of the Pacific
 Battle of the Caribbean Sea
 Battle of the Atlantic
 Battle of the Arctic

17. When was the Canadian Pacific Railway finished?


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 Late 1600s.
 Late 1700s.
 Late 1800s.
 Early 1700s.

18. What are the three parts of Parliament?


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 The House of Commons, the Legislative Assembly and the Senate.
 The Governor General, the Legislative Assembly and the Senate.
 The Queen, the House of Commons and the Senate.
 The Queen, Governor General and Prime Minister.

19. Which was the last province to join Canada?


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 New Brunswick
 Prince Edward Island
 Newfoundland
 Quebec

20. What are the first two lines of Canada's national anthem?


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  O Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot love in all thy sons command.
 O Canada! We stand on guard for thee.
 O Canada! From far and wide, O Canada, We stand on guard for thee.
 O Canadian! Our home and private land! True love in all thy sons command.

 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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