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 level of government passes 'by-laws'?

A) Municipal or local government

B) Provincial

C) Federal

D) Senators

2 / 50

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

A) Dutch

B) Ukrainian

C) Scottish

D) Polish

3 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes lived by farming and hunting?

A) Cree

B) Dene

C) Iroquois

D) Sioux

4 / 50

Who was Sir George-Étienne Cartier?

A) The first French-Canadian Prime Minister

B) A railway lawyer and Montrealer

C) The first head of a responsible government

D) Canada's first Prime minister

5 / 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

6 / 50

What do the initials MP stand for in Canadian politics?

A) Master of the Province

B) Minister of Parliament

C) Member of Parliament

D) Member of the Patriots

7 / 50

Which province in Canada is the smallest in land size?

A) New Brunswick

B) Alberta

C) British Columbia

D) Prince Edward Island

8 / 50

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

A) It is closer to the Sun.

B) Summer daylight can last up to 24 hours.

C) The Northern lights appear at midnight.

D) It is night most of the time.

9 / 50

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

A) Quebec

B) Ontario

C) British Columbia

D) Saskatchewan

10 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

11 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

12 / 50

Chinese languages are the second most-spoken at home.

A) False

B) True

13 / 50

European explorers called the native people "Indians" because?

A) They believed that native people migrated from Asia

B) They thought they looked like Indians

C) They thought they reached the East Indies

D) Native people's introduced themselves as Indian

14 / 50

Which of the following is not the coast of Canada

A) The Pacific Ocean

B) The Arctic

C) The Gulf of Mexico

D) The Atlantic Ocean

15 / 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

16 / 50

When did the United Empire Loyalists come to Canada?

A) Late 1600s

B) Late 1700s

C) Early 1700s

D) Early 1600s

17 / 50

What happens when the federal government loses a confidence vote?

A) The Prime Minister loses his job.

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

C) The official opposition party takes power.

D) An election is called.

18 / 50

How is the Prime Minister chosen?

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

B) The Queen appoints the Prime Minister

C) The MPs' vote on the Prime Minister

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

19 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

20 / 50

Which was the last province to join Canada?

A) Newfoundland

B) Prince Edward Island

C) Manitoba

D) Yukon

21 / 50

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

A) Québec city

B) Montréal

C) Toronto

D) Ottawa

22 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

23 / 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

24 / 50

What does M.N.A. stand for?

A) Member of the National Assembly

B) Member of the National Association

C) Member of the National Airline

D) Member of the National Aid

25 / 50

How is a Cabinet Minister chosen?

A) By the voters

B) By the Prime Minister

C) By the senators

D) By the Queen

26 / 50

Majority of Canadian Christians are affiliated to ______?

A) Catholic

B) Methodist

C) Baptist

D) Orthodox

27 / 50

Who are the Acadians?

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

B) French-speaking Catholics who live in Ontario

C) Aboriginal people of the arctic

D) English speaking refugees who settled in Ontario

28 / 50

Canada is the only constitutional monarchy in North America.

A) False

B) True

29 / 50

What is Canada's system of government called?

A) Communism

B) Parliamentary government

C) Military Rule

D) Dictatorship

30 / 50

The first European who explore the St Lawrence River?

A) John Cabot

B) William Cormack

C) Christopher Columbus

D) Jacques Cartier

31 / 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

32 / 50

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

A) Manitoba

B) Québec

C) Ontario

D) New Brunswick

33 / 50

Canada first start appearing on maps?

A) 1750s

B) 1550s

C) 1650s

D) 1450s

34 / 50

Who proclaimed the amended Constitution of Canada in 1982?

A) The Prime Minister

B) Queen Elizabeth II

C) The Senate

D) The people of Canada

35 / 50

The great majority of Canadians identify as Christians.

A) False

B) True

36 / 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) War, Order, and Good Government

D) Mobility Rights, Order, and Good Government

37 / 50

Who is the greatest Canadian hockey player?

A) Wayne Gretzky

B) Terry Fox

C) Donovan Bailey

D) Mark Tewksbury

38 / 50

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

A) Alberta

B) Ontario

C) Newfoundland and Labrador

D) Quebec

39 / 50

Canada is often referred as ____ ?

A) The land of freedom

B) The land of lakes

C) The land of opportunities

D) The land of immigrants

40 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes was nomadic?

A) Sioux

B) Inuit

C) Iroquois

D) Cree

41 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

42 / 50

Canadians can live and work anywhere they choose in Canada.

A) True

B) False

43 / 50

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

A) Georges Cartier

B) John Cabot

C) Jean Talon

D) Jacques Cartier

44 / 50

What is a major river in Quebec?

A) Niagara

B) Fraser River

C) St. Lawrence River

D) Hudson's Bay

45 / 50

What are the parties that are not in power called?

A) Rival parties

B) Tea parties

C) Opposition parties

D) Opponents parties

46 / 50

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

A) Louis Riel

B) Sir John A. Macdonald

C) Sir William Riel

D) Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine

47 / 50

Who discovered insulin?

A) Dr. John A. Hopps

B) Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best

C) Dr. Wilder Penfield

D) Matthew Evans and Henry Woodward

48 / 50

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

A) Call your local municipality.

B) Contact Election Canada.

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

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

49 / 50

Canada has compulsory military service.

A) False

B) True

50 / 50

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

A) Gerhard Herzberg

B) Reginald Fessenden

C) Terry Fox

D) Rick Hansen

Your score is

The average score is 74%

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