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

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

A) False

B) True

2 / 50

The first European who explore the St Lawrence River?

A) Jacques Cartier

B) John Cabot

C) Christopher Columbus

D) William Cormack

3 / 50

Modern Canadian society is largely derived from which ethnic origin?

A) French and German

B) French and Danish

C) English and German

D) English and French

4 / 50

Canada first start appearing on maps?

A) 1550s

B) 1650s

C) 1450s

D) 1750s

5 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

6 / 50

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

A) Newfoundland and Labrador

B) Quebec

C) Ontario

D) Alberta

7 / 50

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

A) Sir John A. Macdonald

B) Louis Riel

C) Sir William Riel

D) Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine

8 / 50

What level of government passes 'by-laws'?

A) Senators

B) Provincial

C) Federal

D) Municipal or local government

9 / 50

What are the parties that are not in power called?

A) Rival parties

B) Opponents parties

C) Opposition parties

D) Tea parties

10 / 50

The great majority of Canadians identify as Christians.

A) False

B) True

11 / 50

Majority of Canadian Christians are affiliated to ______?

A) Orthodox

B) Catholic

C) Baptist

D) Methodist

12 / 50

Who discovered insulin?

A) Dr. Wilder Penfield

B) Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best

C) Dr. John A. Hopps

D) Matthew Evans and Henry Woodward

13 / 50

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

A) Scottish

B) Ukrainian

C) Polish

D) Dutch

14 / 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 Aid

D) Member of the National Airline

15 / 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

16 / 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

17 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

18 / 50

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

A) British Columbia

B) Saskatchewan

C) Ontario

D) Quebec

19 / 50

Who proclaimed the amended Constitution of Canada in 1982?

A) Queen Elizabeth II

B) The Prime Minister

C) The people of Canada

D) The Senate

20 / 50

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

A) Rick Hansen

B) Reginald Fessenden

C) Gerhard Herzberg

D) Terry Fox

21 / 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

22 / 50

Which was the last province to join Canada?

A) Manitoba

B) Yukon

C) Prince Edward Island

D) Newfoundland

23 / 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 thought they reached the East Indies

D) They believed that native people migrated from Asia

24 / 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) Mobility Rights, Order, and Good Government

D) War, Order, and Good Government

25 / 50

What is a major river in Quebec?

A) Hudson's Bay

B) Fraser River

C) St. Lawrence River

D) Niagara

26 / 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

27 / 50

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

A) Jacques Cartier

B) John Cabot

C) Jean Talon

D) Georges Cartier

28 / 50

Which of the following is not the coast of Canada

A) The Gulf of Mexico

B) The Pacific Ocean

C) The Atlantic Ocean

D) The Arctic

29 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

30 / 50

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

A) The Northern lights appear at midnight.

B) Summer daylight can last up to 24 hours.

C) It is closer to the Sun.

D) It is night most of the time.

31 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes lived by farming and hunting?

A) Cree

B) Dene

C) Iroquois

D) Sioux

32 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

33 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes was nomadic?

A) Inuit

B) Cree

C) Iroquois

D) Sioux

34 / 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 Prime Minister loses his job.

D) The official opposition party takes power.

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

How is the Prime Minister chosen?

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

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

C) The MPs' vote on the Prime Minister

D) The Queen appoints the Prime Minister

37 / 50

Who was Sir George-Étienne Cartier?

A) The first head of a responsible government

B) The first French-Canadian Prime Minister

C) A railway lawyer and Montrealer

D) Canada's first Prime minister

38 / 50

Who is the greatest Canadian hockey player?

A) Terry Fox

B) Donovan Bailey

C) Wayne Gretzky

D) Mark Tewksbury

39 / 50

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

A) Manitoba

B) Québec

C) New Brunswick

D) Ontario

40 / 50

Which province in Canada is the smallest in land size?

A) New Brunswick

B) Prince Edward Island

C) Alberta

D) British Columbia

41 / 50

Canadians can live and work anywhere they choose in Canada.

A) True

B) False

42 / 50

What is Canada's system of government called?

A) Dictatorship

B) Communism

C) Military Rule

D) Parliamentary government

43 / 50

When did the United Empire Loyalists come to Canada?

A) Early 1600s

B) Late 1700s

C) Early 1700s

D) Late 1600s

44 / 50

How is a Cabinet Minister chosen?

A) By the senators

B) By the Queen

C) By the Prime Minister

D) By the voters

45 / 50

Canada is often referred as ____ ?

A) The land of immigrants

B) The land of lakes

C) The land of opportunities

D) The land of freedom

46 / 50

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

A) Montréal

B) Toronto

C) Ottawa

D) Québec city

47 / 50

Canada is the only constitutional monarchy in North America.

A) True

B) False

48 / 50

Canada has compulsory military service.

A) True

B) False

49 / 50

Chinese languages are the second most-spoken at home.

A) True

B) False

50 / 50

What are the colors of the Canadian Flag?

A) Red and blue

B) Green and white

C) Blue and white

D) Red and white

Your score is

The average score is 74%

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