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

What is a major river in Quebec?

A) St. Lawrence River

B) Hudson's Bay

C) Niagara

D) Fraser River

2 / 50

What do the initials MP stand for in Canadian politics?

A) Master of the Province

B) Member of Parliament

C) Minister of Parliament

D) Member of the Patriots

3 / 50

Canada first start appearing on maps?

A) 1750s

B) 1650s

C) 1450s

D) 1550s

4 / 50

Who are the Acadians?

A) English speaking refugees who settled in Ontario

B) Aboriginal people of the arctic

C) French-speaking Catholics who live in Ontario

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

5 / 50

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

A) Gerhard Herzberg

B) Reginald Fessenden

C) Rick Hansen

D) Terry Fox

6 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

7 / 50

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

A) Contact Election Canada.

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

C) Call your local municipality.

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

8 / 50

What happens when the federal government loses a confidence vote?

A) An election is called.

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

C) The official opposition party takes power.

D) The Prime Minister loses his job.

9 / 50

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

A) Sir William Riel

B) Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine

C) Louis Riel

D) Sir John A. Macdonald

10 / 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) The Northern lights appear at midnight.

D) Summer daylight can last up to 24 hours.

11 / 50

What level of government passes 'by-laws'?

A) Provincial

B) Municipal or local government

C) Federal

D) Senators

12 / 50

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

A) Ottawa

B) Toronto

C) Montréal

D) Québec city

13 / 50

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

A) Georges Cartier

B) Jean Talon

C) John Cabot

D) Jacques Cartier

14 / 50

When did the United Empire Loyalists come to Canada?

A) Late 1600s

B) Early 1600s

C) Late 1700s

D) Early 1700s

15 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

16 / 50

Who is the greatest Canadian hockey player?

A) Mark Tewksbury

B) Wayne Gretzky

C) Donovan Bailey

D) Terry Fox

17 / 50

Which province in Canada is the smallest in land size?

A) Alberta

B) Prince Edward Island

C) New Brunswick

D) British Columbia

18 / 50

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

A) Prairie provinces

B) Central Canada

C) Quebec

D) Maritime provinces

19 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

20 / 50

What is Canada's system of government called?

A) Communism

B) Parliamentary government

C) Military Rule

D) Dictatorship

21 / 50

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

A) New Brunswick

B) Ontario

C) Québec

D) Manitoba

22 / 50

Canada has compulsory military service.

A) True

B) False

23 / 50

How is the Prime Minister chosen?

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

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

C) The MPs' vote on the Prime Minister

D) The Queen appoints the Prime Minister

24 / 50

Who was Sir George-Étienne Cartier?

A) The first head of a responsible government

B) A railway lawyer and Montrealer

C) Canada's first Prime minister

D) The first French-Canadian Prime Minister

25 / 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

26 / 50

What does M.N.A. stand for?

A) Member of the National Association

B) Member of the National Aid

C) Member of the National Assembly

D) Member of the National Airline

27 / 50

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

A) Alberta

B) Newfoundland and Labrador

C) Quebec

D) Ontario

28 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

29 / 50

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

A) Ontario

B) Saskatchewan

C) Quebec

D) British Columbia

30 / 50

How is a Cabinet Minister chosen?

A) By the voters

B) By the Prime Minister

C) By the Queen

D) By the senators

31 / 50

Who discovered insulin?

A) Dr. Wilder Penfield

B) Matthew Evans and Henry Woodward

C) Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best

D) Dr. John A. Hopps

32 / 50

Canada is often referred as ____ ?

A) The land of freedom

B) The land of opportunities

C) The land of immigrants

D) The land of lakes

33 / 50

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

A) Polish

B) Scottish

C) Ukrainian

D) Dutch

34 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes was nomadic?

A) Sioux

B) Iroquois

C) Inuit

D) Cree

35 / 50

Who proclaimed the amended Constitution of Canada in 1982?

A) Queen Elizabeth II

B) The people of Canada

C) The Senate

D) The Prime Minister

36 / 50

The first European who explore the St Lawrence River?

A) John Cabot

B) William Cormack

C) Christopher Columbus

D) Jacques Cartier

37 / 50

The great majority of Canadians identify as Christians.

A) True

B) False

38 / 50

What are the colors of the Canadian Flag?

A) Blue and white

B) Red and blue

C) Green and white

D) Red and white

39 / 50

Chinese languages are the second most-spoken at home.

A) False

B) True

40 / 50

Canada is the only constitutional monarchy in North America.

A) True

B) False

41 / 50

Which was the last province to join Canada?

A) Newfoundland

B) Manitoba

C) Prince Edward Island

D) Yukon

42 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes lived by farming and hunting?

A) Sioux

B) Iroquois

C) Cree

D) Dene

43 / 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

44 / 50

Which of the following is not the coast of Canada

A) The Arctic

B) The Pacific Ocean

C) The Gulf of Mexico

D) The Atlantic Ocean

45 / 50

What are the parties that are not in power called?

A) Tea parties

B) Opponents parties

C) Rival parties

D) Opposition parties

46 / 50

Canadians can live and work anywhere they choose in Canada.

A) False

B) True

47 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

48 / 50

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

A) Peace, Order and Good government

B) Mobility Rights, Order, and Good Government

C) Multiculturalism, Peace, and Order

D) War, Order, and Good Government

49 / 50

Modern Canadian society is largely derived from which ethnic origin?

A) French and German

B) French and Danish

C) English and French

D) English and German

50 / 50

Majority of Canadian Christians are affiliated to ______?

A) Methodist

B) Baptist

C) Orthodox

D) Catholic

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The average score is 74%

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