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

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) French-speaking Catholics who live in Ontario

D) Aboriginal people of the arctic

2 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

3 / 50

The great majority of Canadians identify as Christians.

A) False

B) True

4 / 50

What does M.N.A. stand for?

A) Member of the National Assembly

B) Member of the National Aid

C) Member of the National Association

D) Member of the National Airline

5 / 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

6 / 50

How is a Cabinet Minister chosen?

A) By the senators

B) By the Prime Minister

C) By the voters

D) By the Queen

7 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

8 / 50

Which province in Canada is the smallest in land size?

A) Alberta

B) Prince Edward Island

C) New Brunswick

D) British Columbia

9 / 50

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

A) Ontario

B) Québec

C) New Brunswick

D) Manitoba

10 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

11 / 50

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

A) It is night most of the time.

B) It is closer to the Sun.

C) Summer daylight can last up to 24 hours.

D) The Northern lights appear at midnight.

12 / 50

What are the parties that are not in power called?

A) Opponents parties

B) Rival parties

C) Tea parties

D) Opposition parties

13 / 50

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

A) Contact Election Canada.

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

C) Call your local municipality.

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

14 / 50

The first European who explore the St Lawrence River?

A) Jacques Cartier

B) Christopher Columbus

C) William Cormack

D) John Cabot

15 / 50

Who proclaimed the amended Constitution of Canada in 1982?

A) The people of Canada

B) The Prime Minister

C) Queen Elizabeth II

D) The Senate

16 / 50

European explorers called the native people "Indians" because?

A) Native people's introduced themselves as Indian

B) They thought they looked like Indians

C) They believed that native people migrated from Asia

D) They thought they reached the East Indies

17 / 50

What level of government passes 'by-laws'?

A) Federal

B) Municipal or local government

C) Senators

D) Provincial

18 / 50

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

A) Central Canada

B) Quebec

C) Prairie provinces

D) Maritime provinces

19 / 50

Who is the greatest Canadian hockey player?

A) Donovan Bailey

B) Mark Tewksbury

C) Wayne Gretzky

D) Terry Fox

20 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes was nomadic?

A) Inuit

B) Cree

C) Sioux

D) Iroquois

21 / 50

Which was the last province to join Canada?

A) Newfoundland

B) Manitoba

C) Yukon

D) Prince Edward Island

22 / 50

Which of the following is not the coast of Canada

A) The Gulf of Mexico

B) The Atlantic Ocean

C) The Arctic

D) The Pacific Ocean

23 / 50

Canada is the only constitutional monarchy in North America.

A) False

B) True

24 / 50

Canada first start appearing on maps?

A) 1450s

B) 1650s

C) 1750s

D) 1550s

25 / 50

Modern Canadian society is largely derived from which ethnic origin?

A) French and Danish

B) English and French

C) French and German

D) English and German

26 / 50

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

A) Jacques Cartier

B) Georges Cartier

C) John Cabot

D) Jean Talon

27 / 50

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

A) Terry Fox

B) Reginald Fessenden

C) Rick Hansen

D) Gerhard Herzberg

28 / 50

Who was Sir George-Étienne Cartier?

A) Canada's first Prime minister

B) The first head of a responsible government

C) A railway lawyer and Montrealer

D) The first French-Canadian Prime Minister

29 / 50

Canada has compulsory military service.

A) False

B) True

30 / 50

Majority of Canadian Christians are affiliated to ______?

A) Orthodox

B) Catholic

C) Methodist

D) Baptist

31 / 50

When did the United Empire Loyalists come to Canada?

A) Late 1700s

B) Early 1600s

C) Late 1600s

D) Early 1700s

32 / 50

What are the colors of the Canadian Flag?

A) Red and blue

B) Blue and white

C) Green and white

D) Red and white

33 / 50

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

A) Montréal

B) Québec city

C) Toronto

D) Ottawa

34 / 50

What is Canada's system of government called?

A) Parliamentary government

B) Dictatorship

C) Military Rule

D) Communism

35 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

36 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

37 / 50

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

A) Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine

B) Sir John A. Macdonald

C) Louis Riel

D) Sir William Riel

38 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes lived by farming and hunting?

A) Sioux

B) Cree

C) Iroquois

D) Dene

39 / 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 Queen appoints the Prime Minister

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

40 / 50

What happens when the federal government loses a confidence vote?

A) The official opposition party takes power.

B) The Prime Minister loses his job.

C) An election is called.

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

41 / 50

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

A) Saskatchewan

B) Quebec

C) Ontario

D) British Columbia

42 / 50

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

A) Ukrainian

B) Dutch

C) Polish

D) Scottish

43 / 50

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

A) War, Order, and Good Government

B) Peace, Order and Good government

C) Multiculturalism, Peace, and Order

D) Mobility Rights, Order, and Good Government

44 / 50

Canadians can live and work anywhere they choose in Canada.

A) True

B) False

45 / 50

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

A) Newfoundland and Labrador

B) Quebec

C) Ontario

D) Alberta

46 / 50

Canada is often referred as ____ ?

A) The land of freedom

B) The land of opportunities

C) The land of lakes

D) The land of immigrants

47 / 50

What do the initials MP stand for in Canadian politics?

A) Master of the Province

B) Member of Parliament

C) Member of the Patriots

D) Minister of Parliament

48 / 50

Chinese languages are the second most-spoken at home.

A) False

B) True

49 / 50

What is a major river in Quebec?

A) St. Lawrence River

B) Fraser River

C) Niagara

D) Hudson's Bay

50 / 50

Who is the Queen's representative in Canada?

A) The Governor General of Canada

B) The Prime Minister's spouse

C) The Prime Minister

D) The Premier

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The average score is 73%

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