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 is Canada's system of government called?

A) Military Rule

B) Dictatorship

C) Parliamentary government

D) Communism

2 / 50

How is the Prime Minister chosen?

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

3 / 50

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

A) Québec city

B) Ottawa

C) Toronto

D) Montréal

4 / 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

5 / 50

Which of the following is not the coast of Canada

A) The Pacific Ocean

B) The Atlantic Ocean

C) The Gulf of Mexico

D) The Arctic

6 / 50

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

A) Sir William Riel

B) Sir John A. Macdonald

C) Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine

D) Louis Riel

7 / 50

What does M.N.A. stand for?

A) Member of the National Aid

B) Member of the National Airline

C) Member of the National Assembly

D) Member of the National Association

8 / 50

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

A) Peace, Order and Good government

B) Mobility Rights, Order, and Good Government

C) War, Order, and Good Government

D) Multiculturalism, Peace, and Order

9 / 50

Majority of Canadian Christians are affiliated to ______?

A) Orthodox

B) Baptist

C) Catholic

D) Methodist

10 / 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

11 / 50

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

A) Quebec

B) Central Canada

C) Maritime provinces

D) Prairie provinces

12 / 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

13 / 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

14 / 50

When did the United Empire Loyalists come to Canada?

A) Early 1600s

B) Late 1600s

C) Late 1700s

D) Early 1700s

15 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

16 / 50

Who are the Acadians?

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

B) English speaking refugees who settled in Ontario

C) French-speaking Catholics who live in Ontario

D) Aboriginal people of the arctic

17 / 50

Canadians can live and work anywhere they choose in Canada.

A) False

B) True

18 / 50

Canada is the only constitutional monarchy in North America.

A) True

B) False

19 / 50

What happens when the federal government loses a confidence vote?

A) The Prime Minister loses his job.

B) An election is called.

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

D) The official opposition party takes power.

20 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes was nomadic?

A) Sioux

B) Inuit

C) Iroquois

D) Cree

21 / 50

Chinese languages are the second most-spoken at home.

A) False

B) True

22 / 50

What are the parties that are not in power called?

A) Tea parties

B) Opposition parties

C) Rival parties

D) Opponents parties

23 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

24 / 50

What level of government passes 'by-laws'?

A) Senators

B) Federal

C) Provincial

D) Municipal or local government

25 / 50

Canada first start appearing on maps?

A) 1450s

B) 1750s

C) 1550s

D) 1650s

26 / 50

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

A) Ontario

B) British Columbia

C) Quebec

D) Saskatchewan

27 / 50

What do the initials MP stand for in Canadian politics?

A) Member of Parliament

B) Master of the Province

C) Member of the Patriots

D) Minister of Parliament

28 / 50

Which was the last province to join Canada?

A) Yukon

B) Manitoba

C) Newfoundland

D) Prince Edward Island

29 / 50

The great majority of Canadians identify as Christians.

A) False

B) True

30 / 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) The Northern lights appear at midnight.

D) Summer daylight can last up to 24 hours.

31 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes lived by farming and hunting?

A) Iroquois

B) Sioux

C) Cree

D) Dene

32 / 50

Which province in Canada is the smallest in land size?

A) Prince Edward Island

B) Alberta

C) New Brunswick

D) British Columbia

33 / 50

The first European who explore the St Lawrence River?

A) Jacques Cartier

B) John Cabot

C) Christopher Columbus

D) William Cormack

34 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

35 / 50

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

A) Polish

B) Ukrainian

C) Scottish

D) Dutch

36 / 50

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

A) Alberta

B) Ontario

C) Newfoundland and Labrador

D) Quebec

37 / 50

Who was Sir George-Étienne Cartier?

A) A railway lawyer and Montrealer

B) Canada's first Prime minister

C) The first head of a responsible government

D) The first French-Canadian Prime Minister

38 / 50

Who is the greatest Canadian hockey player?

A) Donovan Bailey

B) Mark Tewksbury

C) Terry Fox

D) Wayne Gretzky

39 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

40 / 50

What is a major river in Quebec?

A) Hudson's Bay

B) St. Lawrence River

C) Niagara

D) Fraser River

41 / 50

Who is the Queen's representative in Canada?

A) The Governor General of Canada

B) The Prime Minister

C) The Prime Minister's spouse

D) The Premier

42 / 50

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

A) Manitoba

B) New Brunswick

C) Ontario

D) Québec

43 / 50

European explorers called the native people "Indians" because?

A) They believed that native people migrated from Asia

B) They thought they looked like Indians

C) Native people's introduced themselves as Indian

D) They thought they reached the East Indies

44 / 50

Modern Canadian society is largely derived from which ethnic origin?

A) English and French

B) French and Danish

C) French and German

D) English and German

45 / 50

How is a Cabinet Minister chosen?

A) By the Prime Minister

B) By the senators

C) By the voters

D) By the Queen

46 / 50

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

A) Gerhard Herzberg

B) Reginald Fessenden

C) Rick Hansen

D) Terry Fox

47 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

48 / 50

Who proclaimed the amended Constitution of Canada in 1982?

A) The Senate

B) The Prime Minister

C) The people of Canada

D) Queen Elizabeth II

49 / 50

Canada has compulsory military service.

A) True

B) False

50 / 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) You should assume you were not chosen to vote.

D) Call your local municipality.

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The average score is 73%

See also

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