Citizenship Simulation Test

How many First Nations people live on reserve land today?

When was the Yukon Gold Rush?

What do Canadians vote for in a federal election?

Who refused to surrender Quebec to the English in 1690?

In the territories, who represents the government?

Who were pioneers of modern abstract art in the 1950s?

What is known as the women's suffrage movement?

Which of the following is the only part of the original Parliament building that still remains?

What was Pierre Le Moyne famous for?

Which of the following borders Nova Scotia?

Which Act guarantees French and English services in the federal government across Canada?

Which natives were nomadic, following the bison (buffalo) herds?

Who considers and reviews proposals for new laws?

What is the meaning of the Remembrance Day poppy?

When do Canadians celebrate Remembrance Day?

Where does the majority of the Métis live?

Which of the following is a responsibility of a municipality?

Who was Mary Ann (Shadd) Carey?

In Canadian politics, what are the people who run for office called?

Which one of the following is a responsibility of Canadian citizenship?

Which province has 40% of the arable land in Canada?

By the 1960s, how many Canadians had origins that were neither British nor French?

There is no compulsory military service in Canada

Who gained control over North America in the 1700s?

Who was the first to map Canada's Atlantic shore?

As what have poets and songwriters hailed Canada?

What is the capital of Alberta?

Since when has Canada been a constitutional monarchy?

Who was the first Canadian to be awarded the Victoria Cross?

Who is the Sovereign represented by in Canada?

Name three beliefs that have enabled Canadians to build a prosperous society in a rugged environment?

What is the capital of Nova Scotia?

When was the Bank of Canada created?

Which province is Canada's major producer of oil and gas?

From where were the ancestors of Aboriginal peoples believed to have migrated?

Which of the following are Prairie Provinces?

What is an excellent way to gain useful skills and develop friends and contacts?

How did the native people live when the first European arrived in Canada?

In a federal election, in each electoral district, what does the candidate who receives the most votes become?

Who has the right to vote in a federal election?

What is a proposal for a new law called?

What is the name of the highest mountain in Canada?

What was driving the vast fur trade economy?

Canadians cannot leave their country freely

What percentage of Aboriginal people are Inuit?

What is the meaning of the Canadian national motto, "A Mari Usque Ad Mare"?

Where is the world-famous Lake Louise?

On election day, what should you bring to the polling station?

Which of the following is a responsibility of the members to the House of Commons in Ottawa and to the provincial and territorial legislatures?

What led to the Great Depression in the 1930s?

Which oceans line Canada's frontiers?

Canada is a member of the United Nations (UN)

Who was Canada's First Prime Minister?

Which sport has the most registered players of any game in Canada?

Why is the North sometimes called the "Land of the Midnight Sun"?

If you cannot pay for a lawyer, how can you get legal help?

What is the official Royal Flag of Canada?

What is a noble way to contribute to Canada and an excellent career choice?

What do you mark on a federal election ballot?

In what area do Canadians mostly work nowadays?

Which industries make products to sell in Canada and around the world?

Who does a member of Parliament represent?

What is the highest honour available to Canadians?

What do Canadians wear on Remembrance Day?

Who are Francophones?

Which of the following does not border Saskatchewan?

How many Canadians served in the First World War?

In which province does the majority of Francophones live?

Which region contains one-third of Canada's land mass?

What does "NAFTA" mean?

Which of the following is a responsibility of the provinces?

In Canada, how did democratic institutions develop?

Which phrase embodied the vision for the Dominion of Canada?

What made it possible for immigrants to settle in Western Canada?

The citizenship test will assess

What is Canada's second most popular sport?

What is often referred to as "the goal heard around the world"?

Which industries have played an important part in Canada's story and development?

In Canadian politics, what does MPP stand for?

What is Canada's second largest, mainly French-speaking city in the world, after Paris?

Which of the following is not a responsibility of the RCMP in Canada?

When did Canada draw closer to the United States and other trading partners?

Which court is the highest one in Canada?

What forms the Cabinet?

What was the Underground Railroad?

Who represents the majority population in Nunavut?

Who battled with the French settlements for a century?

What is the NAFTA agreement?

What does "federalism" do?

What is the role of opposition parties?

How are Senators appointed?

In which of the following situations can you not ask the police for help?

In Canada, we profess our loyalty to the Sovereign (King or Queen)

What happens if the cabinet ministers are defeated in a non-confidence vote?

The Prime Minister and the party in power run the government:

The Great Charter of Freedoms was signed in:

Who invented the telephone?

What is usually the result of a party in power being defeated?

What is known as the birthplace of Confederation?

To which religious affiliation do the great majority of Canadians identify?

Which province has its own time zone?

What does the Great Charter of Freedom include?

As a Canadian citizen, in which elections do you have a responsibility to vote?

Who was Canada's greatest soldier during the First World War?

Which British Empire province was the first to abolish slavery?

What are the levels of government in Canada?

Who will receive a voter information card?

When was ice hockey developed in Canada?

Who pioneered modern Inuit art?

Which of the following provinces/territories borders with the Atlantic Ocean?

In Canadian politics, what does MNA stand for?

Which Act granted to the Canadas, for the first time, legislative assemblies elected by the people?

Who proclaimed the amended Constitution of Canada in 1982?

How big is Canada?

When were the majority of Canadians able to afford adequate food, shelter and clothing for the first time?

What represents a significant part of the economy of the Yukon?

When must federal elections be held?

How is the Governor General chosen?

When you take the Oath of Citizenship you will swear to:

Which of the following is not a responsibility of a municipality?

Where are the Great Lakes located?

What were the men who worked together to establish Canada called?

Who are Anglophones?

How often are members of Parliament elected?

What are the responsibilities of the Cabinet?

To which industries do forestry, fishing, agriculture, mining and energy belong to?

During an election period, where is the location of your polling station indicated?

Which province hosts the vast cattle ranches that make Canada one of the world's major beef producers?

What are the regions of Canada?

What was the view on immigration of John Buchan, a popular Governor General of Canada in the 1930s?

Which of the following symbolizes the close ties and common interests of Canada and the U.S.A.?

Which province has the world's richest deposits of uranium and potash?

Since the 1800s, where were the majority of Canadians born?

When did English settlement begin in Canada?

In Canada, where do more than half of the people live?

When do Canadians celebrate Sir John A. Macdonald Day?

In Canada, how are the laws administered?

Which of the following does not contain the Canadian coat of arms?

What is the name of the Canadian river that represents the second-longest river system in North America?

Which one of the following is not included in the Great Charter of Freedom?

What is "Habeas corpus"?

Which natives lived off Arctic wildlife?

Which of the following statement is true

Which of the following does not border Nunavut?

For how many years has the Crown been a symbol of the state in Canada?

Canada's economy is among the top:

Who do the citizens in each electoral district elect?

When did Canadian medical officer Lt. Col. John McCrae composed the poem “In Flanders Fields” that is often recited on Remembrance Day?

What do Canadians celebrate on Victoria Day?

Which of the following defines Northern Canada?

When was Old Age Security devised?

When did the House of Commons recognize that the Quebecois form a nation within a united Canada?

How does Elections Canada give the election card to the electors whose names are in the National Register of Electors?

When did Canada enjoy one of the strongest economies among industrialized nations?

The Blackberry is a Canadian invention

What year did Canada start its own honours system?

In which year did the American attempt to conquer Canada fail?

For what did the first companies in Canada compete?

What began Canada's modern energy industry in 1947?

Which one of the following is not a responsibility of Canadian citizenship?

When did the first financial institutions open in Canada?

Who was a champion of French language rights?

When did the United States launch an invasion on Canada?

What are leaders like Jean Talon, Bishop Laval, and Count Frontenac famous for?

What is the difference between the Head of State and the Head of Government?

As what is the "right to challenge unlawful detention by the state" known?

Which of the following is the home to the training academy of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)?

Who has the right to run as a candidate in federal elections?

What does "Confederation" mean?

Who first adopted the maple leaf as a symbol in Canada?

Canadians work hard to respect:

For what are the provincial governments responsible?

What is "Magna Carta"?

When was the Constitutional Act passed?

The federal government is required by law to provide services throughout Canada in

What are three responsibilities of Canadian citizenship?

Which four provinces formed the new country called the Dominion of Canada?

In Canadian politics, what does MHA stand for?

Who was the first European to explore the St. Lawrence River?

In Canadian politics, what does MLA stand for?

What is "La Francophonie"?

As a new immigrant to Canada, why can a woman get the same education as any man?

In Canada, where can you find one of the longest continuous multispan bridges in the world?

When were most Canadian female citizens, aged 21 and over, granted the right to vote in federal elections?

Canada is not a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Which of the following statement is true

How does Canada's Head of State reign?

How many Anglophones are there in Canada today?

Who was Upper Canada’s first Lieutenant Governor and founder of the City of York (now Toronto)?

Who was the key architect of Confederation from Quebec?

Who can question the decisions of the government?

What is the name of the highest judiciary court in Canada?

What marked the end of France's empire in America in the 1700s?

Which of the following statements about residential schools is false?

What is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police?

Where is the highest mountain in Canada located?

What are the two official languages of Canada?

What is a voter information card?

What is Canada's most westerly province?

Who recognized in 2006 that the Quebecois form a nation within a united Canada?

The rights guaranteed in the Canadian Charter will not adversely affect any treaty or other rights or freedoms of Aboriginal peoples

The right to apply for a passport is included in:

When did the Japanese-Canadians gain the right to vote?

What do you call the people who run for office?

How many provinces and territories are there in Canada?

Who proclaimed the first territorial right guarantee for the First Nations?

Who claimed Canadian land for King Francis I of France between 1534 and 1542?

Who invented Basketball?

In which year was Canada's first Prime Minister elected?

Why is Terry Fox a Canadian national hero?

Where is Western Canada's largest Francophone community?

What is the National Register of Electors?

How many national parks does Alberta have?

When were the Parliament buildings completed?

What animal is a symbol of Canada's North?

What was the name of the free association of states that the British Empire had evolved into after the First World War?

Which natives were hunter-gatherers?

When was the current flag of Canada raised for the first time?

Who became the first French-Canadian prime minister since Confederation?

What is the first sentence of the National Anthem?

What is the name of Metis dialect?

What comprises a provincial legislature?

Who selects the Cabinet Ministers?

Who granted the Hudson's Bay Company exclusive trading rights?