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 level of government passes 'by-laws'?

A) Federal

B) Senators

C) Municipal or local government

D) Provincial

2 / 50

Canada is the only constitutional monarchy in North America.

A) False

B) True

3 / 50

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

A) Ontario

B) New Brunswick

C) Québec

D) Manitoba

4 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes lived by farming and hunting?

A) Iroquois

B) Dene

C) Sioux

D) Cree

5 / 50

Which province in Canada is the smallest in land size?

A) British Columbia

B) Prince Edward Island

C) New Brunswick

D) Alberta

6 / 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

7 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

8 / 50

Canada has compulsory military service.

A) False

B) True

9 / 50

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

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

B) Call your local municipality.

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

D) Contact Election Canada.

10 / 50

When did the United Empire Loyalists come to Canada?

A) Early 1600s

B) Late 1700s

C) Late 1600s

D) Early 1700s

11 / 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

12 / 50

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

A) Alberta

B) Newfoundland and Labrador

C) Ontario

D) Quebec

13 / 50

Who is the greatest Canadian hockey player?

A) Donovan Bailey

B) Terry Fox

C) Mark Tewksbury

D) Wayne Gretzky

14 / 50

Chinese languages are the second most-spoken at home.

A) True

B) False

15 / 50

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

A) Ukrainian

B) Dutch

C) Polish

D) Scottish

16 / 50

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

A) Quebec

B) Ontario

C) British Columbia

D) Saskatchewan

17 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

18 / 50

Who proclaimed the amended Constitution of Canada in 1982?

A) Queen Elizabeth II

B) The people of Canada

C) The Senate

D) The Prime Minister

19 / 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 Association

D) Member of the National Aid

20 / 50

How is the Prime Minister chosen?

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

B) The MPs' vote on the Prime Minister

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

D) The Queen appoints the Prime Minister

21 / 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) The Northern lights appear at midnight.

D) It is night most of the time.

22 / 50

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

A) Ottawa

B) Montréal

C) Québec city

D) Toronto

23 / 50

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

A) Maritime provinces

B) Quebec

C) Prairie provinces

D) Central Canada

24 / 50

What are the colors of the Canadian Flag?

A) Blue and white

B) Red and white

C) Green and white

D) Red and blue

25 / 50

Which of the following is not the coast of Canada

A) The Pacific Ocean

B) The Atlantic Ocean

C) The Arctic

D) The Gulf of Mexico

26 / 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

27 / 50

How is a Cabinet Minister chosen?

A) By the voters

B) By the Queen

C) By the Prime Minister

D) By the senators

28 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

29 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

30 / 50

Which was the last province to join Canada?

A) Prince Edward Island

B) Newfoundland

C) Manitoba

D) Yukon

31 / 50

What is Canada's system of government called?

A) Communism

B) Dictatorship

C) Military Rule

D) Parliamentary government

32 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

33 / 50

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

A) Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine

B) Louis Riel

C) Sir John A. Macdonald

D) Sir William Riel

34 / 50

Canadians can live and work anywhere they choose in Canada.

A) True

B) False

35 / 50

Modern Canadian society is largely derived from which ethnic origin?

A) French and German

B) English and German

C) English and French

D) French and Danish

36 / 50

Canada is often referred as ____ ?

A) The land of lakes

B) The land of freedom

C) The land of immigrants

D) The land of opportunities

37 / 50

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

A) Georges Cartier

B) Jacques Cartier

C) Jean Talon

D) John Cabot

38 / 50

Majority of Canadian Christians are affiliated to ______?

A) Catholic

B) Baptist

C) Methodist

D) Orthodox

39 / 50

What is a major river in Quebec?

A) Fraser River

B) Hudson's Bay

C) St. Lawrence River

D) Niagara

40 / 50

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

A) Terry Fox

B) Reginald Fessenden

C) Gerhard Herzberg

D) Rick Hansen

41 / 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.

42 / 50

Canada first start appearing on maps?

A) 1450s

B) 1750s

C) 1650s

D) 1550s

43 / 50

The great majority of Canadians identify as Christians.

A) False

B) True

44 / 50

What are the parties that are not in power called?

A) Tea parties

B) Opponents parties

C) Rival parties

D) Opposition parties

45 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes was nomadic?

A) Sioux

B) Iroquois

C) Inuit

D) Cree

46 / 50

The first European who explore the St Lawrence River?

A) John Cabot

B) Christopher Columbus

C) Jacques Cartier

D) William Cormack

47 / 50

Who discovered insulin?

A) Dr. John A. Hopps

B) Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best

C) Matthew Evans and Henry Woodward

D) Dr. Wilder Penfield

48 / 50

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

A) Mobility Rights, Order, and Good Government

B) Multiculturalism, Peace, and Order

C) Peace, Order and Good government

D) War, Order, and Good Government

49 / 50

Who is the Queen's representative in Canada?

A) The Prime Minister

B) The Governor General of Canada

C) The Premier

D) The Prime Minister's spouse

50 / 50

Who was Sir George-Étienne Cartier?

A) Canada's first Prime minister

B) A railway lawyer and Montrealer

C) The first French-Canadian Prime Minister

D) The first head of a responsible government

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The average score is 73%

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