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 are the parties that are not in power called?

A) Opponents parties

B) Rival parties

C) Tea parties

D) Opposition parties

2 / 50

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

A) Québec city

B) Ottawa

C) Montréal

D) Toronto

3 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

4 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

5 / 50

Canada first start appearing on maps?

A) 1450s

B) 1650s

C) 1750s

D) 1550s

6 / 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.

7 / 50

Which province in Canada is the smallest in land size?

A) British Columbia

B) New Brunswick

C) Prince Edward Island

D) Alberta

8 / 50

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

A) Georges Cartier

B) Jacques Cartier

C) John Cabot

D) Jean Talon

9 / 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

10 / 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 Prime Minister loses his job.

C) The official opposition party takes power.

D) An election is called.

11 / 50

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

A) Louis Riel

B) Sir William Riel

C) Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine

D) Sir John A. Macdonald

12 / 50

Which was the last province to join Canada?

A) Prince Edward Island

B) Newfoundland

C) Yukon

D) Manitoba

13 / 50

Modern Canadian society is largely derived from which ethnic origin?

A) French and German

B) English and French

C) English and German

D) French and Danish

14 / 50

How is the Prime Minister chosen?

A) The Queen appoints 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 MPs' vote on the Prime Minister

15 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes lived by farming and hunting?

A) Sioux

B) Dene

C) Cree

D) Iroquois

16 / 50

Majority of Canadian Christians are affiliated to ______?

A) Methodist

B) Orthodox

C) Catholic

D) Baptist

17 / 50

What is a major river in Quebec?

A) St. Lawrence River

B) Niagara

C) Hudson's Bay

D) Fraser River

18 / 50

What are the colors of the Canadian Flag?

A) Red and white

B) Blue and white

C) Green and white

D) Red and blue

19 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

20 / 50

What level of government passes 'by-laws'?

A) Provincial

B) Municipal or local government

C) Federal

D) Senators

21 / 50

Who was Sir George-Étienne Cartier?

A) The first head of a responsible government

B) Canada's first Prime minister

C) A railway lawyer and Montrealer

D) The first French-Canadian Prime Minister

22 / 50

The first European who explore the St Lawrence River?

A) William Cormack

B) John Cabot

C) Jacques Cartier

D) Christopher Columbus

23 / 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

24 / 50

Who are the Acadians?

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

B) Aboriginal people of the arctic

C) English speaking refugees who settled in Ontario

D) French-speaking Catholics who live in Ontario

25 / 50

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

A) Multiculturalism, Peace, and Order

B) Mobility Rights, Order, and Good Government

C) Peace, Order and Good government

D) War, Order, and Good Government

26 / 50

European explorers called the native people "Indians" because?

A) They thought they reached the East Indies

B) They thought they looked like Indians

C) Native people's introduced themselves as Indian

D) They believed that native people migrated from Asia

27 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

28 / 50

Chinese languages are the second most-spoken at home.

A) False

B) True

29 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

30 / 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

31 / 50

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

A) Québec

B) Manitoba

C) Ontario

D) New Brunswick

32 / 50

Who is the Queen's representative in Canada?

A) The Premier

B) The Prime Minister

C) The Governor General of Canada

D) The Prime Minister's spouse

33 / 50

Who proclaimed the amended Constitution of Canada in 1982?

A) Queen Elizabeth II

B) The Prime Minister

C) The Senate

D) The people of Canada

34 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes was nomadic?

A) Inuit

B) Iroquois

C) Cree

D) Sioux

35 / 50

How is a Cabinet Minister chosen?

A) By the senators

B) By the voters

C) By the Queen

D) By the Prime Minister

36 / 50

The great majority of Canadians identify as Christians.

A) False

B) True

37 / 50

Which of the following is not the coast of Canada

A) The Atlantic Ocean

B) The Pacific Ocean

C) The Gulf of Mexico

D) The Arctic

38 / 50

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

A) Quebec

B) Ontario

C) Saskatchewan

D) British Columbia

39 / 50

Canadians can live and work anywhere they choose in Canada.

A) False

B) True

40 / 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) You should assume you were not chosen to vote.

D) Call your local municipality.

41 / 50

Canada has compulsory military service.

A) True

B) False

42 / 50

Who is the greatest Canadian hockey player?

A) Donovan Bailey

B) Terry Fox

C) Mark Tewksbury

D) Wayne Gretzky

43 / 50

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

A) Reginald Fessenden

B) Terry Fox

C) Rick Hansen

D) Gerhard Herzberg

44 / 50

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

A) Ontario

B) Alberta

C) Newfoundland and Labrador

D) Quebec

45 / 50

What is Canada's system of government called?

A) Parliamentary government

B) Communism

C) Military Rule

D) Dictatorship

46 / 50

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

A) Scottish

B) Ukrainian

C) Polish

D) Dutch

47 / 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

48 / 50

When did the United Empire Loyalists come to Canada?

A) Late 1700s

B) Early 1700s

C) Early 1600s

D) Late 1600s

49 / 50

Canada is the only constitutional monarchy in North America.

A) False

B) True

50 / 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 Aid

D) Member of the National Assembly

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The average score is 74%

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