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

A) Terry Fox

B) Rick Hansen

C) Gerhard Herzberg

D) Reginald Fessenden

2 / 50

What does M.N.A. stand for?

A) Member of the National Airline

B) Member of the National Association

C) Member of the National Assembly

D) Member of the National Aid

3 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

4 / 50

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

A) Summer daylight can last up to 24 hours.

B) It is closer to the Sun.

C) It is night most of the time.

D) The Northern lights appear at midnight.

5 / 50

The first European who explore the St Lawrence River?

A) Christopher Columbus

B) William Cormack

C) John Cabot

D) Jacques Cartier

6 / 50

How is a Cabinet Minister chosen?

A) By the senators

B) By the voters

C) By the Prime Minister

D) By the Queen

7 / 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

8 / 50

What happens when the federal government loses a confidence vote?

A) The official opposition party takes power.

B) An election is called.

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

D) The Prime Minister loses his job.

9 / 50

Which province in Canada is the smallest in land size?

A) Alberta

B) British Columbia

C) New Brunswick

D) Prince Edward Island

10 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

11 / 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.

12 / 50

What level of government passes 'by-laws'?

A) Municipal or local government

B) Federal

C) Provincial

D) Senators

13 / 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

14 / 50

Which was the last province to join Canada?

A) Prince Edward Island

B) Newfoundland

C) Manitoba

D) Yukon

15 / 50

Who discovered insulin?

A) Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best

B) Matthew Evans and Henry Woodward

C) Dr. Wilder Penfield

D) Dr. John A. Hopps

16 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes lived by farming and hunting?

A) Iroquois

B) Dene

C) Cree

D) Sioux

17 / 50

Canadians can live and work anywhere they choose in Canada.

A) False

B) True

18 / 50

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

A) Ontario

B) New Brunswick

C) Québec

D) Manitoba

19 / 50

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

A) Saskatchewan

B) British Columbia

C) Ontario

D) Quebec

20 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

21 / 50

Who are the Acadians?

A) Aboriginal people of the arctic

B) English speaking refugees who settled in Ontario

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

D) French-speaking Catholics who live in Ontario

22 / 50

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

A) Québec city

B) Toronto

C) Ottawa

D) Montréal

23 / 50

Majority of Canadian Christians are affiliated to ______?

A) Baptist

B) Orthodox

C) Catholic

D) Methodist

24 / 50

Canada first start appearing on maps?

A) 1750s

B) 1550s

C) 1450s

D) 1650s

25 / 50

Who proclaimed the amended Constitution of Canada in 1982?

A) The Senate

B) The people of Canada

C) The Prime Minister

D) Queen Elizabeth II

26 / 50

Who was Sir George-Étienne Cartier?

A) The first head of a responsible government

B) The first French-Canadian Prime Minister

C) Canada's first Prime minister

D) A railway lawyer and Montrealer

27 / 50

Who is the greatest Canadian hockey player?

A) Mark Tewksbury

B) Donovan Bailey

C) Wayne Gretzky

D) Terry Fox

28 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

29 / 50

Canada has compulsory military service.

A) False

B) True

30 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

31 / 50

What is Canada's system of government called?

A) Military Rule

B) Parliamentary government

C) Communism

D) Dictatorship

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

Which of these Canadian tribes was nomadic?

A) Inuit

B) Sioux

C) Iroquois

D) Cree

34 / 50

Which of the following is not the coast of Canada

A) The Gulf of Mexico

B) The Arctic

C) The Atlantic Ocean

D) The Pacific Ocean

35 / 50

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

A) Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine

B) Sir William Riel

C) Louis Riel

D) Sir John A. Macdonald

36 / 50

When did the United Empire Loyalists come to Canada?

A) Early 1700s

B) Late 1700s

C) Late 1600s

D) Early 1600s

37 / 50

Chinese languages are the second most-spoken at home.

A) True

B) False

38 / 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

39 / 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

40 / 50

The great majority of Canadians identify as Christians.

A) False

B) True

41 / 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

42 / 50

Who is the Queen's representative in Canada?

A) The Prime Minister

B) The Prime Minister's spouse

C) The Premier

D) The Governor General of Canada

43 / 50

Canada is the only constitutional monarchy in North America.

A) True

B) False

44 / 50

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

A) Newfoundland and Labrador

B) Alberta

C) Quebec

D) Ontario

45 / 50

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

A) Prairie provinces

B) Quebec

C) Central Canada

D) Maritime provinces

46 / 50

Canada is often referred as ____ ?

A) The land of opportunities

B) The land of immigrants

C) The land of lakes

D) The land of freedom

47 / 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

48 / 50

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

A) Dutch

B) Ukrainian

C) Scottish

D) Polish

49 / 50

What is a major river in Quebec?

A) St. Lawrence River

B) Niagara

C) Fraser River

D) Hudson's Bay

50 / 50

What are the parties that are not in power called?

A) Opposition parties

B) Opponents parties

C) Rival parties

D) Tea parties

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The average score is 73%

See also

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