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

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

A) Ontario

B) Manitoba

C) New Brunswick

D) Québec

2 / 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 official opposition party takes power.

C) An election is called.

D) The Prime Minister loses his job.

3 / 50

Who is the Queen's representative in Canada?

A) The Governor General of Canada

B) The Prime Minister

C) The Premier

D) The Prime Minister's spouse

4 / 50

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

A) Sir John A. Macdonald

B) Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine

C) Sir William Riel

D) Louis Riel

5 / 50

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

A) Ottawa

B) Québec city

C) Montréal

D) Toronto

6 / 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

7 / 50

What is a major river in Quebec?

A) Hudson's Bay

B) Fraser River

C) St. Lawrence River

D) Niagara

8 / 50

Who discovered insulin?

A) Matthew Evans and Henry Woodward

B) Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best

C) Dr. John A. Hopps

D) Dr. Wilder Penfield

9 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

10 / 50

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

A) It is closer to the Sun.

B) It is night most of the time.

C) Summer daylight can last up to 24 hours.

D) The Northern lights appear at midnight.

11 / 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

12 / 50

Which province in Canada is the smallest in land size?

A) Prince Edward Island

B) New Brunswick

C) Alberta

D) British Columbia

13 / 50

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

A) Ontario

B) Alberta

C) Newfoundland and Labrador

D) Quebec

14 / 50

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

A) Jean Talon

B) Jacques Cartier

C) John Cabot

D) Georges Cartier

15 / 50

Canada is often referred as ____ ?

A) The land of immigrants

B) The land of lakes

C) The land of freedom

D) The land of opportunities

16 / 50

Canada is the only constitutional monarchy in North America.

A) True

B) False

17 / 50

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

A) Quebec

B) British Columbia

C) Ontario

D) Saskatchewan

18 / 50

European explorers called the native people "Indians" because?

A) They believed that native people migrated from Asia

B) Native people's introduced themselves as Indian

C) They thought they reached the East Indies

D) They thought they looked like Indians

19 / 50

When did the United Empire Loyalists come to Canada?

A) Late 1700s

B) Early 1700s

C) Late 1600s

D) Early 1600s

20 / 50

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

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

B) Contact Election Canada.

C) Call your local municipality.

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

21 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

22 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

23 / 50

The first European who explore the St Lawrence River?

A) William Cormack

B) Jacques Cartier

C) John Cabot

D) Christopher Columbus

24 / 50

What are the colors of the Canadian Flag?

A) Blue and white

B) Red and white

C) Green and white

D) Red and blue

25 / 50

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

A) Dutch

B) Ukrainian

C) Scottish

D) Polish

26 / 50

How is a Cabinet Minister chosen?

A) By the voters

B) By the senators

C) By the Queen

D) By the Prime Minister

27 / 50

Which was the last province to join Canada?

A) Manitoba

B) Prince Edward Island

C) Yukon

D) Newfoundland

28 / 50

Who proclaimed the amended Constitution of Canada in 1982?

A) The people of Canada

B) The Prime Minister

C) The Senate

D) Queen Elizabeth II

29 / 50

Majority of Canadian Christians are affiliated to ______?

A) Orthodox

B) Catholic

C) Methodist

D) Baptist

30 / 50

Chinese languages are the second most-spoken at home.

A) False

B) True

31 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes lived by farming and hunting?

A) Cree

B) Iroquois

C) Dene

D) Sioux

32 / 50

What level of government passes 'by-laws'?

A) Senators

B) Federal

C) Municipal or local government

D) Provincial

33 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

34 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

35 / 50

What do the initials MP stand for in Canadian politics?

A) Minister of Parliament

B) Member of the Patriots

C) Member of Parliament

D) Master of the Province

36 / 50

Canadians can live and work anywhere they choose in Canada.

A) False

B) True

37 / 50

Canada first start appearing on maps?

A) 1450s

B) 1750s

C) 1650s

D) 1550s

38 / 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

39 / 50

How is the Prime Minister chosen?

A) The MPs' vote on the Prime Minister

B) The Queen appoints the Prime Minister

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

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

40 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes was nomadic?

A) Iroquois

B) Inuit

C) Cree

D) Sioux

41 / 50

Who is the greatest Canadian hockey player?

A) Donovan Bailey

B) Mark Tewksbury

C) Terry Fox

D) Wayne Gretzky

42 / 50

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

A) Terry Fox

B) Rick Hansen

C) Reginald Fessenden

D) Gerhard Herzberg

43 / 50

The great majority of Canadians identify as Christians.

A) False

B) True

44 / 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

45 / 50

Canada has compulsory military service.

A) False

B) True

46 / 50

What is Canada's system of government called?

A) Military Rule

B) Parliamentary government

C) Communism

D) Dictatorship

47 / 50

Modern Canadian society is largely derived from which ethnic origin?

A) French and Danish

B) French and German

C) English and French

D) English and German

48 / 50

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

A) Central Canada

B) Quebec

C) Maritime provinces

D) Prairie provinces

49 / 50

Who was Sir George-Étienne Cartier?

A) Canada's first Prime minister

B) The first head of a responsible government

C) The first French-Canadian Prime Minister

D) A railway lawyer and Montrealer

50 / 50

What are the parties that are not in power called?

A) Tea parties

B) Opponents parties

C) Rival parties

D) Opposition parties

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The average score is 74%

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