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

Which of these Canadian tribes lived by farming and hunting?

A) Iroquois

B) Dene

C) Sioux

D) Cree

2 / 50

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

A) Québec

B) Ontario

C) Manitoba

D) New Brunswick

3 / 50

Who proclaimed the amended Constitution of Canada in 1982?

A) The people of Canada

B) The Prime Minister

C) The Senate

D) Queen Elizabeth II

4 / 50

What happens when the federal government loses a confidence vote?

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

B) An election is called.

C) The Prime Minister loses his job.

D) The official opposition party takes power.

5 / 50

What is Canada's system of government called?

A) Parliamentary government

B) Communism

C) Dictatorship

D) Military Rule

6 / 50

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

A) Jean Talon

B) Jacques Cartier

C) John Cabot

D) Georges Cartier

7 / 50

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

A) Ukrainian

B) Polish

C) Scottish

D) Dutch

8 / 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.

9 / 50

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

A) Quebec

B) Newfoundland and Labrador

C) Ontario

D) Alberta

10 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes was nomadic?

A) Iroquois

B) Cree

C) Inuit

D) Sioux

11 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

12 / 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

13 / 50

Chinese languages are the second most-spoken at home.

A) True

B) False

14 / 50

Which province in Canada is the smallest in land size?

A) British Columbia

B) Alberta

C) New Brunswick

D) Prince Edward Island

15 / 50

Which of the following is not the coast of Canada

A) The Pacific Ocean

B) The Gulf of Mexico

C) The Arctic

D) The Atlantic Ocean

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

Canadians can live and work anywhere they choose in Canada.

A) False

B) True

18 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

19 / 50

What level of government passes 'by-laws'?

A) Senators

B) Municipal or local government

C) Provincial

D) Federal

20 / 50

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

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

B) Contact Election Canada.

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

D) Call your local municipality.

21 / 50

The first European who explore the St Lawrence River?

A) John Cabot

B) William Cormack

C) Jacques Cartier

D) Christopher Columbus

22 / 50

Who was Sir George-Étienne Cartier?

A) Canada's first Prime minister

B) A railway lawyer and Montrealer

C) The first head of a responsible government

D) The first French-Canadian Prime Minister

23 / 50

Who is the greatest Canadian hockey player?

A) Wayne Gretzky

B) Donovan Bailey

C) Terry Fox

D) Mark Tewksbury

24 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

25 / 50

Canada is often referred as ____ ?

A) The land of immigrants

B) The land of opportunities

C) The land of freedom

D) The land of lakes

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

What does M.N.A. stand for?

A) Member of the National Association

B) Member of the National Assembly

C) Member of the National Aid

D) Member of the National Airline

28 / 50

What are the parties that are not in power called?

A) Rival parties

B) Tea parties

C) Opposition parties

D) Opponents parties

29 / 50

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

A) Quebec

B) Saskatchewan

C) British Columbia

D) Ontario

30 / 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 Queen appoints the Prime Minister

D) The MPs' vote on the Prime Minister

31 / 50

The great majority of Canadians identify as Christians.

A) False

B) True

32 / 50

Canada has compulsory military service.

A) True

B) False

33 / 50

Majority of Canadian Christians are affiliated to ______?

A) Orthodox

B) Baptist

C) Methodist

D) Catholic

34 / 50

Who discovered insulin?

A) Dr. Wilder Penfield

B) Dr. John A. Hopps

C) Matthew Evans and Henry Woodward

D) Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best

35 / 50

Modern Canadian society is largely derived from which ethnic origin?

A) English and French

B) French and Danish

C) English and German

D) French and German

36 / 50

Who is the Queen's representative in Canada?

A) The Prime Minister's spouse

B) The Governor General of Canada

C) The Prime Minister

D) The Premier

37 / 50

What is a major river in Quebec?

A) Niagara

B) St. Lawrence River

C) Fraser River

D) Hudson's Bay

38 / 50

Canada first start appearing on maps?

A) 1450s

B) 1750s

C) 1650s

D) 1550s

39 / 50

Which was the last province to join Canada?

A) Manitoba

B) Prince Edward Island

C) Yukon

D) Newfoundland

40 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

41 / 50

When did the United Empire Loyalists come to Canada?

A) Early 1700s

B) Early 1600s

C) Late 1700s

D) Late 1600s

42 / 50

Canada is the only constitutional monarchy in North America.

A) True

B) False

43 / 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

44 / 50

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

A) Sir William Riel

B) Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine

C) Sir John A. Macdonald

D) Louis Riel

45 / 50

What are the colors of the Canadian Flag?

A) Red and blue

B) Green and white

C) Red and white

D) Blue and white

46 / 50

How is a Cabinet Minister chosen?

A) By the Queen

B) By the senators

C) By the voters

D) By the Prime Minister

47 / 50

Who are the Acadians?

A) English speaking refugees who settled in Ontario

B) French-speaking Catholics who live in Ontario

C) Aboriginal people of the arctic

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

48 / 50

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

A) Toronto

B) Ottawa

C) Québec city

D) Montréal

49 / 50

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

A) Peace, Order and Good government

B) War, Order, and Good Government

C) Multiculturalism, Peace, and Order

D) Mobility Rights, Order, and Good Government

50 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

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The average score is 73%

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