Canadian Citizenship Practice Test 2025 [UPDATED]

Canadian Citizenship Practice Test 2025 [UPDATED]: There are a total of 50 multiple choice and true-false questions answers. Our Canadian Citizenship Practice Test 2025 will help you prepare to become a Canadian citizen.

You can check your score at the end of this quiz. This practice test is designed to help you prepare for and pass your Canadian Citizenship Test in 2025.

Canadian Citizenship Practice Test 2025

The citizenship test is usually a written test, but it could be an interview. You will be tested on two basic requirements for citizenship: 1) knowledge of Canada and of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, and 2) adequate knowledge of English or French.

Name of the Test	Canadian Citizenship Test
Total Number of Questions	50 sample questions
Questions Format	True/False and MCQs
Minimum Passing Score	75 %
Test Language	English

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Canadian Citizenship Test Questions Answers

1 / 50

Canada has compulsory military service.

A) False

B) True

2 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes lived by farming and hunting?

A) Iroquois

B) Cree

C) Dene

D) Sioux

3 / 50

Who was Sir George-Étienne Cartier?

A) Canada's first Prime minister

B) A railway lawyer and Montrealer

C) The first head of a responsible government

D) The first French-Canadian Prime Minister

4 / 50

Who are the Acadians?

A) English speaking refugees who settled in Ontario

B) The descendants of French colonists who began settling in what are now the Maritime provinces in 1604

C) Aboriginal people of the arctic

D) French-speaking Catholics who live in Ontario

5 / 50

Who is the Queen's representative in Canada?

A) The Prime Minister

B) The Governor General of Canada

C) The Prime Minister's spouse

D) The Premier

6 / 50

Which region of Canada is known for its fertile agricultural land and energy resources?

A) Quebec

B) Central Canada

C) Prairie provinces

D) Maritime provinces

7 / 50

European explorers called the native people "Indians" because?

A) They thought they looked like Indians

B) They thought they reached the East Indies

C) They believed that native people migrated from Asia

D) Native people's introduced themselves as Indian

8 / 50

What are the colors of the Canadian Flag?

A) Red and blue

B) Green and white

C) Blue and white

D) Red and white

9 / 50

Chinese languages are the second most-spoken at home.

A) True

B) False

10 / 50

Canada first start appearing on maps?

A) 1750s

B) 1450s

C) 1650s

D) 1550s

11 / 50

Which of the following is Canada's only officially bilingual province?

A) Ontario

B) Manitoba

C) New Brunswick

D) Québec

12 / 50

In 1608 Samuel de Champlain built a fortress in an area which is now called ___?

A) Ottawa

B) Montréal

C) Toronto

D) Québec city

13 / 50

Canada is the only constitutional monarchy in North America.

A) False

B) True

14 / 50

’Anse aux Meadows' is a World Heritage site as well as National Historic Site of Canada.

A) True

B) False

15 / 50

What is Canada's system of government called?

A) Communism

B) Dictatorship

C) Parliamentary government

D) Military Rule

16 / 50

What level of government passes 'by-laws'?

A) Senators

B) Provincial

C) Federal

D) Municipal or local government

17 / 50

How is a Cabinet Minister chosen?

A) By the voters

B) By the Queen

C) By the senators

D) By the Prime Minister

18 / 50

What should you do if you do not receive a voter information card before an election?

A) Turn up at your nearest polling station on election day.

B) Call your local municipality.

C) Contact Election Canada.

D) You should assume you were not chosen to vote.

19 / 50

Who circled the globe in a wheelchair to raise funds for spinal cord research?

A) Rick Hansen

B) Reginald Fessenden

C) Terry Fox

D) Gerhard Herzberg

20 / 50

What principles out of the following is Canada's constitution based on?

A) Mobility Rights, Order, and Good Government

B) Multiculturalism, Peace, and Order

C) Peace, Order and Good government

D) War, Order, and Good Government

21 / 50

What are the parties that are not in power called?

A) Rival parties

B) Tea parties

C) Opponents parties

D) Opposition parties

22 / 50

Which province is Canada's main producer of pulp and paper?

A) Saskatchewan

B) Ontario

C) British Columbia

D) Quebec

23 / 50

Canada is often referred as ____ ?

A) The land of opportunities

B) The land of freedom

C) The land of immigrants

D) The land of lakes

24 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes was nomadic?

A) Iroquois

B) Cree

C) Sioux

D) Inuit

25 / 50

Which of the following is the oldest colony of British Empire in Canada?

A) Quebec

B) Alberta

C) Newfoundland and Labrador

D) Ontario

26 / 50

Who discovered insulin?

A) Dr. John A. Hopps

B) Matthew Evans and Henry Woodward

C) Dr. Wilder Penfield

D) Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best

27 / 50

Which of the following is not one of the 13 largest ethnic groups in Canada?

A) Polish

B) Scottish

C) Ukrainian

D) Dutch

28 / 50

Who was the first person to draw a map of Canada's east coast?

A) John Cabot

B) Jean Talon

C) Jacques Cartier

D) Georges Cartier

29 / 50

Which province in Canada is the smallest in land size?

A) British Columbia

B) Alberta

C) Prince Edward Island

D) New Brunswick

30 / 50

Who is the greatest Canadian hockey player?

A) Terry Fox

B) Wayne Gretzky

C) Donovan Bailey

D) Mark Tewksbury

31 / 50

How is the Prime Minister chosen?

A) The MPs' vote on the Prime Minister

B) The leader of the party with the most elected Member of Parliament

C) The Governor General with the Senators appoint the Prime Minister

D) The Queen appoints the Prime Minister

32 / 50

The great majority of Canadians identify as Christians.

A) False

B) True

33 / 50

What do the initials MP stand for in Canadian politics?

A) Member of the Patriots

B) Master of the Province

C) Minister of Parliament

D) Member of Parliament

34 / 50

Why is the North sometimes called the 'Land of the idnight Sun'?

A) The Northern lights appear at midnight.

B) Summer daylight can last up to 24 hours.

C) It is night most of the time.

D) It is closer to the Sun.

35 / 50

Majority of Canadian Christians are affiliated to ______?

A) Catholic

B) Baptist

C) Methodist

D) Orthodox

36 / 50

What does M.N.A. stand for?

A) Member of the National Assembly

B) Member of the National Airline

C) Member of the National Aid

D) Member of the National Association

37 / 50

Who proclaimed the amended Constitution of Canada in 1982?

A) Queen Elizabeth II

B) The Prime Minister

C) The people of Canada

D) The Senate

38 / 50

The three founding peoples are Aboriginal, Americans, and British.

A) False

B) True

39 / 50

What is a major river in Quebec?

A) St. Lawrence River

B) Niagara

C) Fraser River

D) Hudson's Bay

40 / 50

What happens when the federal government loses a confidence vote?

A) The Prime Minister is no longer the leader of his party.

B) The Prime Minister loses his job.

C) The official opposition party takes power.

D) An election is called.

41 / 50

When did the United Empire Loyalists come to Canada?

A) Late 1600s

B) Late 1700s

C) Early 1600s

D) Early 1700s

42 / 50

Modern Canadian society is largely derived from which ethnic origin?

A) French and Danish

B) French and German

C) English and German

D) English and French

43 / 50

Magna Carta is also known as the "Great Charter of Canadians".

A) True

B) False

44 / 50

Canada is a constitutional monarchy, a parliamentary democracy and a federal state.

A) False

B) True

45 / 50

The first European who explore the St Lawrence River?

A) William Cormack

B) John Cabot

C) Christopher Columbus

D) Jacques Cartier

46 / 50

Canadians can live and work anywhere they choose in Canada.

A) False

B) True

47 / 50

Which of the following is not the coast of Canada

A) The Atlantic Ocean

B) The Arctic

C) The Gulf of Mexico

D) The Pacific Ocean

48 / 50

The "Inuit", means “human” in the Inuktitut language.

A) False

B) True

49 / 50

Who is the father of Manitoba and defender of métis right?

A) Sir John A. Macdonald

B) Sir William Riel

C) Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine

D) Louis Riel

50 / 50

Which was the last province to join Canada?

A) Yukon

B) Manitoba

C) Newfoundland

D) Prince Edward Island

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The average score is 73%

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