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

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

2 / 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.

3 / 50

What does M.N.A. stand for?

A) Member of the National Assembly

B) Member of the National Association

C) Member of the National Airline

D) Member of the National Aid

4 / 50

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

A) True

B) False

5 / 50

Which province in Canada is the smallest in land size?

A) New Brunswick

B) British Columbia

C) Prince Edward Island

D) Alberta

6 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes was nomadic?

A) Cree

B) Inuit

C) Iroquois

D) Sioux

7 / 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

8 / 50

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

A) Mobility Rights, Order, and Good Government

B) War, Order, and Good Government

C) Multiculturalism, Peace, and Order

D) Peace, Order and Good government

9 / 50

Chinese languages are the second most-spoken at home.

A) True

B) False

10 / 50

Canadians can live and work anywhere they choose in Canada.

A) True

B) False

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 Queen appoints the Prime Minister

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

12 / 50

Modern Canadian society is largely derived from which ethnic origin?

A) French and Danish

B) French and German

C) English and German

D) English and French

13 / 50

What is Canada's system of government called?

A) Communism

B) Military Rule

C) Dictatorship

D) Parliamentary government

14 / 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

15 / 50

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

A) Sir John A. Macdonald

B) Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine

C) Louis Riel

D) Sir William Riel

16 / 50

Canada first start appearing on maps?

A) 1450s

B) 1750s

C) 1650s

D) 1550s

17 / 50

Which of the following is not the coast of Canada

A) The Gulf of Mexico

B) The Arctic

C) The Pacific Ocean

D) The Atlantic Ocean

18 / 50

What level of government passes 'by-laws'?

A) Provincial

B) Senators

C) Federal

D) Municipal or local government

19 / 50

When did the United Empire Loyalists come to Canada?

A) Late 1700s

B) Early 1600s

C) Late 1600s

D) Early 1700s

20 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

21 / 50

What is a major river in Quebec?

A) Niagara

B) St. Lawrence River

C) Fraser River

D) Hudson's Bay

22 / 50

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

A) Newfoundland and Labrador

B) Alberta

C) Ontario

D) Quebec

23 / 50

Majority of Canadian Christians are affiliated to ______?

A) Orthodox

B) Methodist

C) Baptist

D) Catholic

24 / 50

Which of these Canadian tribes lived by farming and hunting?

A) Sioux

B) Dene

C) Cree

D) Iroquois

25 / 50

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

A) Québec city

B) Montréal

C) Ottawa

D) Toronto

26 / 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.

27 / 50

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

A) Quebec

B) Ontario

C) Saskatchewan

D) British Columbia

28 / 50

European explorers called the native people "Indians" because?

A) They thought they looked like Indians

B) They thought they reached the East Indies

C) They believed that native people migrated from Asia

D) Native people's introduced themselves as Indian

29 / 50

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

A) Central Canada

B) Maritime provinces

C) Prairie provinces

D) Quebec

30 / 50

Who was Sir George-Étienne Cartier?

A) The first head of a responsible government

B) Canada's first Prime minister

C) A railway lawyer and Montrealer

D) The first French-Canadian Prime Minister

31 / 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

32 / 50

How is a Cabinet Minister chosen?

A) By the Prime Minister

B) By the senators

C) By the voters

D) By the Queen

33 / 50

Which was the last province to join Canada?

A) Newfoundland

B) Prince Edward Island

C) Manitoba

D) Yukon

34 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

35 / 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

36 / 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

37 / 50

What are the parties that are not in power called?

A) Opponents parties

B) Tea parties

C) Opposition parties

D) Rival parties

38 / 50

Canada has compulsory military service.

A) True

B) False

39 / 50

Who is the greatest Canadian hockey player?

A) Donovan Bailey

B) Wayne Gretzky

C) Terry Fox

D) Mark Tewksbury

40 / 50

What happens when the federal government loses a confidence vote?

A) An election is called.

B) The official opposition party takes power.

C) The Prime Minister loses his job.

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

41 / 50

Who proclaimed the amended Constitution of Canada in 1982?

A) The people of Canada

B) The Senate

C) Queen Elizabeth II

D) The Prime Minister

42 / 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

43 / 50

The great majority of Canadians identify as Christians.

A) True

B) False

44 / 50

The first European who explore the St Lawrence River?

A) William Cormack

B) John Cabot

C) Christopher Columbus

D) Jacques Cartier

45 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

46 / 50

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

A) Dutch

B) Polish

C) Scottish

D) Ukrainian

47 / 50

Canada is the only constitutional monarchy in North America.

A) False

B) True

48 / 50

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

A) False

B) True

49 / 50

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

A) Manitoba

B) Québec

C) New Brunswick

D) Ontario

50 / 50

What are the colors of the Canadian Flag?

A) Green and white

B) Blue and white

C) Red and white

D) Red and blue

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The average score is 73%

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