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

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

A) True

B) False

2 / 50

What are the colors of the Canadian Flag?

A) Red and blue

B) Blue and white

C) Red and white

D) Green and white

3 / 50

Who was Sir George-Étienne Cartier?

A) The first head of a responsible government

B) Canada's first Prime minister

C) The first French-Canadian Prime Minister

D) A railway lawyer and Montrealer

4 / 50

What level of government passes 'by-laws'?

A) Municipal or local government

B) Federal

C) Senators

D) Provincial

5 / 50

Who proclaimed the amended Constitution of Canada in 1982?

A) The Prime Minister

B) The Senate

C) Queen Elizabeth II

D) The people of Canada

6 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

7 / 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

8 / 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 Governor General with the Senators appoint the Prime Minister

D) The MPs' vote on the Prime Minister

9 / 50

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

A) It is closer to the Sun.

B) It is night most of the time.

C) The Northern lights appear at midnight.

D) Summer daylight can last up to 24 hours.

10 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes was nomadic?

A) Sioux

B) Cree

C) Iroquois

D) Inuit

11 / 50

How is a Cabinet Minister chosen?

A) By the voters

B) By the Prime Minister

C) By the Queen

D) By the senators

12 / 50

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

A) Montréal

B) Québec city

C) Ottawa

D) Toronto

13 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

14 / 50

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

A) Polish

B) Ukrainian

C) Dutch

D) Scottish

15 / 50

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

A) Jean Talon

B) John Cabot

C) Georges Cartier

D) Jacques Cartier

16 / 50

Canada is the only constitutional monarchy in North America.

A) True

B) False

17 / 50

What does M.N.A. stand for?

A) Member of the National Assembly

B) Member of the National Airline

C) Member of the National Aid

D) Member of the National Association

18 / 50

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

A) Prairie provinces

B) Quebec

C) Central Canada

D) Maritime provinces

19 / 50

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

A) Saskatchewan

B) Quebec

C) British Columbia

D) Ontario

20 / 50

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

A) Rick Hansen

B) Reginald Fessenden

C) Terry Fox

D) Gerhard Herzberg

21 / 50

Which was the last province to join Canada?

A) Manitoba

B) Prince Edward Island

C) Newfoundland

D) Yukon

22 / 50

The first European who explore the St Lawrence River?

A) William Cormack

B) Jacques Cartier

C) Christopher Columbus

D) John Cabot

23 / 50

Which province in Canada is the smallest in land size?

A) British Columbia

B) Prince Edward Island

C) Alberta

D) New Brunswick

24 / 50

What do the initials MP stand for in Canadian politics?

A) Master of the Province

B) Minister of Parliament

C) Member of the Patriots

D) Member of Parliament

25 / 50

When did the United Empire Loyalists come to Canada?

A) Early 1600s

B) Early 1700s

C) Late 1700s

D) Late 1600s

26 / 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 official opposition party takes power.

D) The Prime Minister loses his job.

27 / 50

Chinese languages are the second most-spoken at home.

A) True

B) False

28 / 50

Canadians can live and work anywhere they choose in Canada.

A) True

B) False

29 / 50

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

A) Alberta

B) Newfoundland and Labrador

C) Quebec

D) Ontario

30 / 50

What is Canada's system of government called?

A) Military Rule

B) Communism

C) Parliamentary government

D) Dictatorship

31 / 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

32 / 50

Majority of Canadian Christians are affiliated to ______?

A) Baptist

B) Orthodox

C) Methodist

D) Catholic

33 / 50

The great majority of Canadians identify as Christians.

A) True

B) False

34 / 50

Who is the Queen's representative in Canada?

A) The Premier

B) The Governor General of Canada

C) The Prime Minister

D) The Prime Minister's spouse

35 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

36 / 50

Canada has compulsory military service.

A) False

B) True

37 / 50

Canada is often referred as ____ ?

A) The land of opportunities

B) The land of freedom

C) The land of immigrants

D) The land of lakes

38 / 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

39 / 50

Modern Canadian society is largely derived from which ethnic origin?

A) English and German

B) English and French

C) French and Danish

D) French and German

40 / 50

European explorers called the native people "Indians" because?

A) They believed that native people migrated from Asia

B) They thought they reached the East Indies

C) They thought they looked like Indians

D) Native people's introduced themselves as Indian

41 / 50

What is a major river in Quebec?

A) Fraser River

B) Hudson's Bay

C) St. Lawrence River

D) Niagara

42 / 50

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

A) Manitoba

B) New Brunswick

C) Québec

D) Ontario

43 / 50

Who discovered insulin?

A) Matthew Evans and Henry Woodward

B) Dr. John A. Hopps

C) Dr. Wilder Penfield

D) Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best

44 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes lived by farming and hunting?

A) Dene

B) Cree

C) Iroquois

D) Sioux

45 / 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.

46 / 50

What are the parties that are not in power called?

A) Opponents parties

B) Opposition parties

C) Tea parties

D) Rival parties

47 / 50

Canada first start appearing on maps?

A) 1550s

B) 1450s

C) 1650s

D) 1750s

48 / 50

Who is the greatest Canadian hockey player?

A) Mark Tewksbury

B) Wayne Gretzky

C) Donovan Bailey

D) Terry Fox

49 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

50 / 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

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The average score is 73%

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