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1. Which party becomes Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition?


Select One:
 The party the Queen selects
 The party with the second most elected representatives.
 The party with the fewest number of elected representatives
 The party that Queen's representative selects


2. How many Canadians served in the World War II?


Select One:
 More than one million.
 About 100,000.
 About 800,000.
 About 440,000


3. 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


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


Select One:
 Zinc, gold and tin
 Silver, lead and zinc
 Gold, lead and zinc
 Tin, lead and aluminum


5. When does a federal election have to be held under legislation passed by Parliament?


Select One:
 Within 4 years of the most recent election.
 When the Queen wants to replace the Prime Minister
 The Prime Minister can call the election any time at his own will
 Within 5 years of the last election


6. In Canada, which temperature scale is used to measure temperature?
That should be easy eh!


Select One:
 Celsius
 Fahrenheit
 Both
 


7. 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


8. What is the capital city of Canada?


Select One:
 Ottawa
 Montreal
 Toronto
 Quebec


9. What is a minority government?


Select One:
 The party in power holds less than half of the seats in the House of Commons.
 The party in power holds at least half of the seats in the House of Commons.
 The party in power holds at least half of the seats in the Senate.
 The party in power holds at least half of the seats in the House of Commons and the Senate.


10. When was the Canadian Pacific Railway finished?


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


11. Who is above law according to Canadian Constitution?


Select One:
 Judges
 Police
 No one
 Queen and her representatives


12. When is the fixed election date of Canada's federal election?


Select One:
 The third Monday in October every four years following the most recent election
 March 1st every five years after the last election
 There's no fixed date of Canada's federal election
 The second Friday in September every four years following the most recent election


13. 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


14. Which province the highest mountain of Canada, 'Logan', is located in ?


Select One:
 Alberta
 Yukon
 Prince Edward Island
 Northwest Territories


15. Which animal is an official symbol of Canada?


Select One:
 The eagle
 The lion
 The tiger
 The beaver


16. Name three requirements you must meet in order to vote in a federal election.


Select One:
 Canadian citizen, at least 21 years old, and on the list of electors.
 Working for the government, at least 21 years old, and Canadian citizen.
 Canadian citizen, at least 16 years old, and on the list of voters.
 Canadian citizen, at least 18 years old and on the voters' list.


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


Select One:
 Commissioners
 Lieutenant-Governor
 Sir
 Lord


18. Which legal document recognizes the cultural diversity of Canadians?


Select One:
 The Multicultural Act of the United Nations.
 British Charter of Freedoms
 Canadian Multiculturalism Act
 Canada Charter of Rights and Freedoms


19. What is a ballot?


Select One:
 A form that tells you when and where to vote.
 A dance.
 A form for voting.
 An official who counts the number of votes.


20. On July 5, 1916, the assembly of the No. 2 Construction Battalion was approved. Why was this battalion different from the rest of the military's battalions?


Select One:
 It was Canada's first, and only, all-black battalion
 It was Canada's first, and only, battalion consisting of only construction workers
  It was Canada's first, and only, all-female battalion
  It was Canada's first, and only, Francophone battalion


 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.