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

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

A) Montréal

B) Toronto

C) Ottawa

D) Québec city

2 / 50

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

A) Québec

B) Ontario

C) New Brunswick

D) Manitoba

3 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

4 / 50

Which of the following is not the coast of Canada

A) The Pacific Ocean

B) The Gulf of Mexico

C) The Atlantic Ocean

D) The Arctic

5 / 50

What is a major river in Quebec?

A) St. Lawrence River

B) Hudson's Bay

C) Fraser River

D) Niagara

6 / 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

7 / 50

Canada is often referred as ____ ?

A) The land of opportunities

B) The land of freedom

C) The land of lakes

D) The land of immigrants

8 / 50

What do the initials MP stand for in Canadian politics?

A) Member of Parliament

B) Member of the Patriots

C) Minister of Parliament

D) Master of the Province

9 / 50

Who is the Queen's representative in Canada?

A) The Governor General of Canada

B) The Prime Minister's spouse

C) The Premier

D) The Prime Minister

10 / 50

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

A) The Northern lights appear at midnight.

B) It is closer to the Sun.

C) It is night most of the time.

D) Summer daylight can last up to 24 hours.

11 / 50

Canada has compulsory military service.

A) False

B) True

12 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

13 / 50

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

A) Ontario

B) British Columbia

C) Saskatchewan

D) Quebec

14 / 50

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

A) Reginald Fessenden

B) Rick Hansen

C) Terry Fox

D) Gerhard Herzberg

15 / 50

Majority of Canadian Christians are affiliated to ______?

A) Methodist

B) Baptist

C) Orthodox

D) Catholic

16 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes lived by farming and hunting?

A) Cree

B) Sioux

C) Iroquois

D) Dene

17 / 50

The great majority of Canadians identify as Christians.

A) False

B) True

18 / 50

The first European who explore the St Lawrence River?

A) Jacques Cartier

B) Christopher Columbus

C) William Cormack

D) John Cabot

19 / 50

What are the colors of the Canadian Flag?

A) Red and blue

B) Red and white

C) Green and white

D) Blue and white

20 / 50

How is a Cabinet Minister chosen?

A) By the Prime Minister

B) By the voters

C) By the senators

D) By the Queen

21 / 50

Who are the Acadians?

A) French-speaking Catholics who live in Ontario

B) Aboriginal people of the arctic

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

D) English speaking refugees who settled in Ontario

22 / 50

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

A) Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine

B) Sir John A. Macdonald

C) Sir William Riel

D) Louis Riel

23 / 50

Which province in Canada is the smallest in land size?

A) New Brunswick

B) British Columbia

C) Alberta

D) Prince Edward Island

24 / 50

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

A) Polish

B) Scottish

C) Dutch

D) Ukrainian

25 / 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.

26 / 50

When did the United Empire Loyalists come to Canada?

A) Early 1600s

B) Late 1700s

C) Late 1600s

D) Early 1700s

27 / 50

Canadians can live and work anywhere they choose in Canada.

A) True

B) False

28 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

29 / 50

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

A) Peace, Order and Good government

B) Multiculturalism, Peace, and Order

C) Mobility Rights, Order, and Good Government

D) War, Order, and Good Government

30 / 50

Who is the greatest Canadian hockey player?

A) Mark Tewksbury

B) Terry Fox

C) Wayne Gretzky

D) Donovan Bailey

31 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes was nomadic?

A) Sioux

B) Cree

C) Iroquois

D) Inuit

32 / 50

Who proclaimed the amended Constitution of Canada in 1982?

A) The Senate

B) Queen Elizabeth II

C) The Prime Minister

D) The people of Canada

33 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

34 / 50

What does M.N.A. stand for?

A) Member of the National Airline

B) Member of the National Assembly

C) Member of the National Association

D) Member of the National Aid

35 / 50

Chinese languages are the second most-spoken at home.

A) False

B) True

36 / 50

What is Canada's system of government called?

A) Dictatorship

B) Parliamentary government

C) Military Rule

D) Communism

37 / 50

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

A) Georges Cartier

B) John Cabot

C) Jacques Cartier

D) Jean Talon

38 / 50

How is the Prime Minister chosen?

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

B) The MPs' vote on the Prime Minister

C) The Queen appoints the Prime Minister

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

39 / 50

What are the parties that are not in power called?

A) Opponents parties

B) Rival parties

C) Opposition parties

D) Tea parties

40 / 50

Who was Sir George-Étienne Cartier?

A) The first French-Canadian Prime Minister

B) Canada's first Prime minister

C) The first head of a responsible government

D) A railway lawyer and Montrealer

41 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

42 / 50

Which was the last province to join Canada?

A) Yukon

B) Prince Edward Island

C) Newfoundland

D) Manitoba

43 / 50

European explorers called the native people "Indians" because?

A) They thought they reached the East Indies

B) They thought they looked like Indians

C) They believed that native people migrated from Asia

D) Native people's introduced themselves as Indian

44 / 50

Modern Canadian society is largely derived from which ethnic origin?

A) English and German

B) English and French

C) French and Danish

D) French and German

45 / 50

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

A) Call your local municipality.

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

C) Contact Election Canada.

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

46 / 50

Canada first start appearing on maps?

A) 1750s

B) 1450s

C) 1650s

D) 1550s

47 / 50

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

A) Maritime provinces

B) Central Canada

C) Quebec

D) Prairie provinces

48 / 50

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

A) Ontario

B) Alberta

C) Newfoundland and Labrador

D) Quebec

49 / 50

Canada is the only constitutional monarchy in North America.

A) True

B) False

50 / 50

What level of government passes 'by-laws'?

A) Senators

B) Federal

C) Municipal or local government

D) Provincial

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The average score is 73%

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