Canadian Citizenship Practice Test 2023 [UPDATED]

Canadian Citizenship Practice Test 2023 [UPDATED]: There are a total of 50 multiple choice and true-false questions answers. Our Canadian Citizenship Practice Test 2023 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 2023.

Canadian Citizenship Practice Test 2023

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 the following is Canada's only officially bilingual province?

A) New Brunswick

B) Québec

C) Manitoba

D) Ontario

2 / 50

Canada first start appearing on maps?

A) 1650s

B) 1750s

C) 1550s

D) 1450s

3 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

4 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes lived by farming and hunting?

A) Dene

B) Cree

C) Sioux

D) Iroquois

5 / 50

Majority of Canadian Christians are affiliated to ______?

A) Methodist

B) Baptist

C) Orthodox

D) Catholic

6 / 50

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

A) Rick Hansen

B) Terry Fox

C) Gerhard Herzberg

D) Reginald Fessenden

7 / 50

How is a Cabinet Minister chosen?

A) By the Queen

B) By the Prime Minister

C) By the senators

D) By the voters

8 / 50

European explorers called the native people "Indians" because?

A) They thought they looked like Indians

B) Native people's introduced themselves as Indian

C) They believed that native people migrated from Asia

D) They thought they reached the East Indies

9 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

10 / 50

Canadians can live and work anywhere they choose in Canada.

A) False

B) True

11 / 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

12 / 50

What is Canada's system of government called?

A) Parliamentary government

B) Communism

C) Dictatorship

D) Military Rule

13 / 50

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

A) The Northern lights appear at midnight.

B) It is closer to the Sun.

C) Summer daylight can last up to 24 hours.

D) It is night most of the time.

14 / 50

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

A) Quebec

B) Saskatchewan

C) Ontario

D) British Columbia

15 / 50

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

A) Central Canada

B) Quebec

C) Maritime provinces

D) Prairie provinces

16 / 50

Who was Sir George-Étienne Cartier?

A) Canada's first Prime minister

B) The first French-Canadian Prime Minister

C) The first head of a responsible government

D) A railway lawyer and Montrealer

17 / 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

18 / 50

What happens when the federal government loses a confidence vote?

A) The official opposition party takes power.

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

C) The Prime Minister loses his job.

D) An election is called.

19 / 50

What do the initials MP stand for in Canadian politics?

A) Member of Parliament

B) Member of the Patriots

C) Master of the Province

D) Minister of Parliament

20 / 50

When did the United Empire Loyalists come to Canada?

A) Early 1700s

B) Late 1700s

C) Late 1600s

D) Early 1600s

21 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

22 / 50

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

A) War, Order, and Good Government

B) Multiculturalism, Peace, and Order

C) Peace, Order and Good government

D) Mobility Rights, Order, and Good Government

23 / 50

Canada is the only constitutional monarchy in North America.

A) True

B) False

24 / 50

Which province in Canada is the smallest in land size?

A) New Brunswick

B) British Columbia

C) Alberta

D) Prince Edward Island

25 / 50

The first European who explore the St Lawrence River?

A) William Cormack

B) Christopher Columbus

C) John Cabot

D) Jacques Cartier

26 / 50

What is a major river in Quebec?

A) Hudson's Bay

B) Fraser River

C) St. Lawrence River

D) Niagara

27 / 50

Who is the greatest Canadian hockey player?

A) Terry Fox

B) Mark Tewksbury

C) Wayne Gretzky

D) Donovan Bailey

28 / 50

Canada has compulsory military service.

A) False

B) True

29 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

30 / 50

Which of the following is not the coast of Canada

A) The Pacific Ocean

B) The Gulf of Mexico

C) The Atlantic Ocean

D) The Arctic

31 / 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) Contact Election Canada.

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

D) Call your local municipality.

32 / 50

Canada is often referred as ____ ?

A) The land of lakes

B) The land of immigrants

C) The land of opportunities

D) The land of freedom

33 / 50

The great majority of Canadians identify as Christians.

A) True

B) False

34 / 50

What are the colors of the Canadian Flag?

A) Red and white

B) Green and white

C) Red and blue

D) Blue and white

35 / 50

Chinese languages are the second most-spoken at home.

A) True

B) False

36 / 50

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

A) John Cabot

B) Georges Cartier

C) Jacques Cartier

D) Jean Talon

37 / 50

Who is the Queen's representative in Canada?

A) The Governor General of Canada

B) The Premier

C) The Prime Minister

D) The Prime Minister's spouse

38 / 50

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

A) Montréal

B) Ottawa

C) Québec city

D) Toronto

39 / 50

Who are the Acadians?

A) French-speaking Catholics who live in Ontario

B) Aboriginal people of the arctic

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

D) English speaking refugees who settled in Ontario

40 / 50

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

A) Scottish

B) Polish

C) Dutch

D) Ukrainian

41 / 50

What level of government passes 'by-laws'?

A) Municipal or local government

B) Provincial

C) Senators

D) Federal

42 / 50

What are the parties that are not in power called?

A) Opponents parties

B) Tea parties

C) Opposition parties

D) Rival parties

43 / 50

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

A) Newfoundland and Labrador

B) Quebec

C) Alberta

D) Ontario

44 / 50

Which was the last province to join Canada?

A) Prince Edward Island

B) Yukon

C) Newfoundland

D) Manitoba

45 / 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

46 / 50

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

A) Louis Riel

B) Sir John A. Macdonald

C) Sir William Riel

D) Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine

47 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

48 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes was nomadic?

A) Iroquois

B) Sioux

C) Inuit

D) Cree

49 / 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

50 / 50

Who proclaimed the amended Constitution of Canada in 1982?

A) The Prime Minister

B) The Senate

C) The people of Canada

D) Queen Elizabeth II

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The average score is 74%

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