Canadian Citizenship Practice Test 2022 [UPDATED]

Canadian Citizenship Practice Test 2022 [UPDATED]: There are a total of 50 multiple choice and true-false questions answers. Our Canadian Citizenship Practice Test 2022 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 2022.

Canadian Citizenship Practice Test 2022

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

Modern Canadian society is largely derived from which ethnic origin?

A) French and Danish

B) English and French

C) English and German

D) French and German

2 / 50

What do the initials MP stand for in Canadian politics?

A) Minister of Parliament

B) Member of the Patriots

C) Master of the Province

D) Member of Parliament

3 / 50

What are the parties that are not in power called?

A) Tea parties

B) Rival parties

C) Opponents parties

D) Opposition parties

4 / 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

5 / 50

Which province in Canada is the smallest in land size?

A) British Columbia

B) Alberta

C) Prince Edward Island

D) New Brunswick

6 / 50

The first European who explore the St Lawrence River?

A) Christopher Columbus

B) Jacques Cartier

C) William Cormack

D) John Cabot

7 / 50

Who was Sir George-Étienne Cartier?

A) The first French-Canadian Prime Minister

B) A railway lawyer and Montrealer

C) Canada's first Prime minister

D) The first head of a responsible government

8 / 50

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

A) Scottish

B) Ukrainian

C) Dutch

D) Polish

9 / 50

Chinese languages are the second most-spoken at home.

A) False

B) True

10 / 50

Who is the Queen's representative in Canada?

A) The Governor General of Canada

B) The Premier

C) The Prime Minister's spouse

D) The Prime Minister

11 / 50

Canada is often referred as ____ ?

A) The land of freedom

B) The land of immigrants

C) The land of opportunities

D) The land of lakes

12 / 50

Majority of Canadian Christians are affiliated to ______?

A) Catholic

B) Methodist

C) Baptist

D) Orthodox

13 / 50

Canada is the only constitutional monarchy in North America.

A) False

B) True

14 / 50

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

A) Sir John A. Macdonald

B) Sir William Riel

C) Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine

D) Louis Riel

15 / 50

How is a Cabinet Minister chosen?

A) By the Queen

B) By the senators

C) By the Prime Minister

D) By the voters

16 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

17 / 50

What is a major river in Quebec?

A) Fraser River

B) St. Lawrence River

C) Hudson's Bay

D) Niagara

18 / 50

What level of government passes 'by-laws'?

A) Senators

B) Municipal or local government

C) Federal

D) Provincial

19 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

20 / 50

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

A) It is night most of the time.

B) It is closer to the Sun.

C) Summer daylight can last up to 24 hours.

D) The Northern lights appear at midnight.

21 / 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) An election is called.

D) The official opposition party takes power.

22 / 50

Canada first start appearing on maps?

A) 1650s

B) 1550s

C) 1750s

D) 1450s

23 / 50

European explorers called the native people "Indians" because?

A) They thought they reached the East Indies

B) Native people's introduced themselves as Indian

C) They thought they looked like Indians

D) They believed that native people migrated from Asia

24 / 50

What does M.N.A. stand for?

A) Member of the National Association

B) Member of the National Airline

C) Member of the National Assembly

D) Member of the National Aid

25 / 50

How is the Prime Minister chosen?

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

B) The MPs' vote on the Prime Minister

C) The Queen appoints the Prime Minister

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

26 / 50

Who is the greatest Canadian hockey player?

A) Donovan Bailey

B) Wayne Gretzky

C) Mark Tewksbury

D) Terry Fox

27 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes was nomadic?

A) Cree

B) Inuit

C) Sioux

D) Iroquois

28 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

29 / 50

Which was the last province to join Canada?

A) Newfoundland

B) Yukon

C) Prince Edward Island

D) Manitoba

30 / 50

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

A) British Columbia

B) Ontario

C) Quebec

D) Saskatchewan

31 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

32 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes lived by farming and hunting?

A) Cree

B) Dene

C) Iroquois

D) Sioux

33 / 50

Which of the following is not the coast of Canada

A) The Atlantic Ocean

B) The Gulf of Mexico

C) The Pacific Ocean

D) The Arctic

34 / 50

Who are the Acadians?

A) English speaking refugees who settled in Ontario

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

C) French-speaking Catholics who live in Ontario

D) Aboriginal people of the arctic

35 / 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) Call your local municipality.

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

36 / 50

The great majority of Canadians identify as Christians.

A) False

B) True

37 / 50

When did the United Empire Loyalists come to Canada?

A) Late 1700s

B) Late 1600s

C) Early 1700s

D) Early 1600s

38 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

39 / 50

Who proclaimed the amended Constitution of Canada in 1982?

A) Queen Elizabeth II

B) The people of Canada

C) The Prime Minister

D) The Senate

40 / 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

41 / 50

What are the colors of the Canadian Flag?

A) Blue and white

B) Red and white

C) Red and blue

D) Green and white

42 / 50

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

A) Maritime provinces

B) Prairie provinces

C) Central Canada

D) Quebec

43 / 50

Canada has compulsory military service.

A) True

B) False

44 / 50

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

A) Gerhard Herzberg

B) Rick Hansen

C) Terry Fox

D) Reginald Fessenden

45 / 50

What is Canada's system of government called?

A) Communism

B) Parliamentary government

C) Military Rule

D) Dictatorship

46 / 50

Who discovered insulin?

A) Dr. Wilder Penfield

B) Matthew Evans and Henry Woodward

C) Dr. John A. Hopps

D) Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best

47 / 50

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

A) Newfoundland and Labrador

B) Quebec

C) Ontario

D) Alberta

48 / 50

Canadians can live and work anywhere they choose in Canada.

A) False

B) True

49 / 50

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

A) War, Order, and Good Government

B) Peace, Order and Good government

C) Multiculturalism, Peace, and Order

D) Mobility Rights, Order, and Good Government

50 / 50

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

A) Ontario

B) Québec

C) Manitoba

D) New Brunswick

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The average score is 75%

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