Canadian citizenship test: practice questions
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Rights and responsibilities
- Which document protects the rights and freedoms of everyone in Canada?
- Which of these is a fundamental freedom in the Charter?
- What is a responsibility of Canadian citizens?
- Is it mandatory to serve on a jury if you are called?
- What can Canadian citizens do that permanent residents cannot?
- Which of these is a right of Canadian citizens?
- What are the official languages of Canada?
- What must you be to vote in a federal election?
- What does equality of women and men mean in Canada?
- What does 'the rule of law' mean in Canada?
History
- Which Indigenous peoples are recognised in Canada's Constitution?
- Who founded the first permanent French settlement at Québec City in 1608?
- Which explorer reached Canada's Atlantic coast in 1497 for England?
- What company controlled the fur trade across much of Canada from 1670?
- What happened on the Plains of Abraham in 1759?
- What did the Quebec Act of 1774 do?
- Who are the United Empire Loyalists?
- What war from 1812 to 1814 helped define Canada's border with the US?
- In which year did Confederation create the Dominion of Canada?
- Who was Canada's first Prime Minister?
- Which railway, completed in 1885, linked Canada from coast to coast?
- Who led the Métis in the Red River and North-West resistances?
- Which province joined Confederation last, in 1949?
- What was Vimy Ridge in 1917?
- What day do Canadians remember those who died in war?
- Which landing in 1944 involved Canadian troops on Juno Beach?
- In which year did the Maple Leaf flag become Canada's national flag?
- What happened to Canada's Constitution in 1982?
- What were residential schools?
Government and law
- What type of government does Canada have?
- What are the three branches of government in Canada?
- What are the three parts of Parliament?
- How are Members of Parliament (MPs) chosen?
- How are senators chosen?
- What is the role of the Prime Minister?
- What is the role of the Governor General?
- What is a federal system?
- Who is responsible for municipal matters such as local roads and garbage collection?
- What is the head of a provincial government called?
- What are the territories of Canada?
- What is the highest court in Canada?
- Who is the sovereign of Canada's constitutional monarchy?
- What is the role of the opposition in Parliament?
- What does 'responsible government' mean?
Geography
- What is the capital of Canada?
- How many provinces does Canada have?
- What is the largest province by population?
- Which oceans border Canada?
- What are the Great Lakes shared by Canada and the United States?
- Which mountain range lies in western Canada?
- What is the capital of British Columbia?
- What is the capital of Quebec?
- What are the Prairie provinces?
- What are the Atlantic provinces?
- What is the capital of Nunavut?
Symbols and people
- What is on Canada's national flag?
- What animal is on the Canadian five-cent coin?
- What is Canada's national anthem?
- What is Canada's national winter sport?
- What is Canada Day?
- What does the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) do?
- What is the Canadian dollar coin nicknamed?
- Which Canadian is known for the 1980 Marathon of Hope?
- Which Canadian invented basketball?
- Which Canadian scientists discovered insulin?