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

The first European who explore the St Lawrence River?

A) Jacques Cartier

B) John Cabot

C) William Cormack

D) Christopher Columbus

2 / 50

Majority of Canadian Christians are affiliated to ______?

A) Methodist

B) Catholic

C) Orthodox

D) Baptist

3 / 50

How is a Cabinet Minister chosen?

A) By the voters

B) By the senators

C) By the Prime Minister

D) By the Queen

4 / 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

5 / 50

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

A) John Cabot

B) Jacques Cartier

C) Jean Talon

D) Georges Cartier

6 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

7 / 50

What level of government passes 'by-laws'?

A) Senators

B) Provincial

C) Federal

D) Municipal or local government

8 / 50

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

A) Multiculturalism, Peace, and Order

B) War, Order, and Good Government

C) Mobility Rights, Order, and Good Government

D) Peace, Order and Good government

9 / 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

10 / 50

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

A) Manitoba

B) Ontario

C) Québec

D) New Brunswick

11 / 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 Aid

D) Member of the National Association

12 / 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

13 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes lived by farming and hunting?

A) Iroquois

B) Dene

C) Sioux

D) Cree

14 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

15 / 50

What is Canada's system of government called?

A) Dictatorship

B) Military Rule

C) Communism

D) Parliamentary government

16 / 50

Canada is the only constitutional monarchy in North America.

A) False

B) True

17 / 50

Canada has compulsory military service.

A) False

B) True

18 / 50

What are the colors of the Canadian Flag?

A) Blue and white

B) Green and white

C) Red and white

D) Red and blue

19 / 50

What do the initials MP stand for in Canadian politics?

A) Minister of Parliament

B) Master of the Province

C) Member of the Patriots

D) Member of Parliament

20 / 50

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

A) Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine

B) Sir William Riel

C) Sir John A. Macdonald

D) Louis Riel

21 / 50

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

A) British Columbia

B) Quebec

C) Ontario

D) Saskatchewan

22 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

23 / 50

What is a major river in Quebec?

A) Niagara

B) St. Lawrence River

C) Hudson's Bay

D) Fraser River

24 / 50

Who proclaimed the amended Constitution of Canada in 1982?

A) The people of Canada

B) Queen Elizabeth II

C) The Prime Minister

D) The Senate

25 / 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

26 / 50

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

A) Quebec

B) Maritime provinces

C) Central Canada

D) Prairie provinces

27 / 50

Who discovered insulin?

A) Matthew Evans and Henry Woodward

B) Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best

C) Dr. Wilder Penfield

D) Dr. John A. Hopps

28 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes was nomadic?

A) Iroquois

B) Inuit

C) Cree

D) Sioux

29 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

30 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

31 / 50

When did the United Empire Loyalists come to Canada?

A) Early 1700s

B) Late 1600s

C) Early 1600s

D) Late 1700s

32 / 50

Who is the greatest Canadian hockey player?

A) Donovan Bailey

B) Mark Tewksbury

C) Terry Fox

D) Wayne Gretzky

33 / 50

What are the parties that are not in power called?

A) Rival parties

B) Tea parties

C) Opposition parties

D) Opponents parties

34 / 50

Who was Sir George-Étienne Cartier?

A) The first French-Canadian Prime Minister

B) Canada's first Prime minister

C) The first head of a responsible government

D) A railway lawyer and Montrealer

35 / 50

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

A) Call your local municipality.

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

C) Contact Election Canada.

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

36 / 50

European explorers called the native people "Indians" because?

A) They believed that native people migrated from Asia

B) They thought they reached the East Indies

C) They thought they looked like Indians

D) Native people's introduced themselves as Indian

37 / 50

Which of the following is not the coast of Canada

A) The Gulf of Mexico

B) The Atlantic Ocean

C) The Arctic

D) The Pacific Ocean

38 / 50

Canada first start appearing on maps?

A) 1650s

B) 1750s

C) 1550s

D) 1450s

39 / 50

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

A) Alberta

B) Newfoundland and Labrador

C) Quebec

D) Ontario

40 / 50

Who is the Queen's representative in Canada?

A) The Prime Minister's spouse

B) The Prime Minister

C) The Governor General of Canada

D) The Premier

41 / 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 night most of the time.

C) The Northern lights appear at midnight.

D) It is closer to the Sun.

42 / 50

Canadians can live and work anywhere they choose in Canada.

A) True

B) False

43 / 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) An election is called.

D) The official opposition party takes power.

44 / 50

The great majority of Canadians identify as Christians.

A) False

B) True

45 / 50

Which province in Canada is the smallest in land size?

A) Alberta

B) British Columbia

C) New Brunswick

D) Prince Edward Island

46 / 50

Chinese languages are the second most-spoken at home.

A) False

B) True

47 / 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

48 / 50

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

A) Ukrainian

B) Polish

C) Dutch

D) Scottish

49 / 50

Who are the Acadians?

A) English speaking refugees who settled in Ontario

B) French-speaking Catholics who live in Ontario

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

D) Aboriginal people of the arctic

50 / 50

Which was the last province to join Canada?

A) Prince Edward Island

B) Manitoba

C) Yukon

D) Newfoundland

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The average score is 74%

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