Citizenship test practice questions, by chapter

In the Oath of Citizenship, to whom do new citizens promise their loyalty?

1. The Chief Justice and the judges of the Supreme Court
2. The Prime Minister and the federal Cabinet
3. King Charles III and his heirs and successors
4. The Governor General and the Senate

According to the Oath of Citizenship, which rights does Canada’s Constitution recognize and affirm?

1. The rights of the provinces to mint and issue their own currency
2. The Aboriginal and treaty rights of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples
3. The rights of citizens to free university education
4. The rights of landowners to the minerals beneath their land

New citizens may either swear or solemnly affirm the Oath of Citizenship.

True or false?

At which event do new citizens take the Oath of Citizenship?

1. A citizenship interview
2. A citizenship ceremony
3. A citizenship test
4. A hearing with a citizenship officer

Which English document from 1215 is the root of the freedom under the law that Canadians enjoy?

1. The Royal Proclamation
2. The British North America Act
3. The Quebec Act
4. Magna Carta

What is habeas corpus?

1. The right to a trial by jury for a serious crime
2. The right to live and work in any province
3. The right to vote in secret in federal elections
4. The right to have a judge decide if a detention is lawful

Which of these is one of the sources of Canadian law?

1. The legal code of the Netherlands
2. The civil code of France
3. The civil code of Spain
4. The Constitution of the United States

In what year did the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms become part of the Constitution?

1. 1867
2. 1931
3. 1960
4. 1982

The Charter of Rights and Freedoms opens by saying that Canada is founded on principles that recognize what?

1. The will of the majority and free markets
2. The authority of the provinces and the courts
3. The supremacy of God and the rule of law
4. The supremacy of Parliament and the Crown

Which of these is one of the fundamental freedoms of people in Canada?

1. Freedom of contract
2. Freedom of peaceful assembly
3. Freedom of private enterprise
4. Freedom of trade and commerce

In Canada, freedom of expression includes freedom of speech and of the press.

True or false?

What do mobility rights allow Canadians to do?

1. Settle and work in any province, and leave and return to Canada
2. Vote in another province’s election, wherever they live
3. Drive in other provinces without a driver’s licence
4. Move to the United States without a passport or a visa

What does the Charter say about the rights of Aboriginal peoples?

1. It ends treaty rights when a person moves to a city
2. It limits Aboriginal peoples’ rights to the territories
3. It lets provincial governments decide Aboriginal peoples’ rights
4. It cannot reduce their treaty rights or other rights

Neither English nor French ranks above the other in Parliament or in federal institutions.

True or false?

Which of these does the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms set out?

1. Rights to a basic income
2. The right to a job in the public service
3. The right to free dental and eye care
4. Minority language educational rights

Which statement about multiculturalism in Canada is true?

1. It requires newcomers to give up their own cultures
2. It is a program for newcomers in their first year
3. It is the reason Canada has two official languages
4. It is central to who Canadians are

Canadian law treats women and men as equals.

True or false?

Forced marriage is accepted in Canada when it is part of a family’s tradition.

True or false?

Which of these is one of the responsibilities of Canadian citizenship?

1. Joining a political party
2. Owning a home
3. Voting in elections
4. Belonging to a union

If you are called for jury duty, what does the law say?

1. You may refuse without giving a reason
2. You must first pass a test on the law
3. You must answer the summons and serve
4. You can pay a fee instead of serving

Which responsibility of citizenship reflects the principle that the same rules bind everyone, including those in power?

1. Serving on a jury
2. Protecting and enjoying our heritage and environment
3. Obeying the law
4. Taking responsibility for oneself and one’s family

Which duty of citizenship includes earning a living and caring for your household?

1. Voting in elections
2. Taking responsibility for oneself and one’s family
3. Protecting and enjoying our heritage and environment
4. Helping others in the community

Military service is compulsory in Canada.

True or false?

Which three branches make up the regular Canadian Forces?

1. The air force, the cadets and the militia
2. The navy, the army and the Coast Guard
3. The navy, the army and the air force
4. The army, the police and the reserves

Which youth program, linked to the Canadian Forces, trains young people to be disciplined and responsible?

1. The Senate page program
2. The cadets
3. The Order of Canada
4. The Coast Guard

Which freedom lets people in Canada follow any faith, or none?

1. Freedom of association
2. Freedom of conscience and religion
3. Freedom of the press
4. Freedom of peaceful assembly

What does the responsibility to protect and enjoy our heritage and environment ask of citizens?

1. Paying a yearly fee to help run the national parks
2. Staying for life in the province where they were born
3. Visiting each national park at least once in their lifetime
4. Wasting less, polluting less and caring for historic places

Which of these came to Canadian law from Great Britain?

1. An unwritten constitution
2. A republican constitution
3. The Declaration of Independence
4. The civil code

Canada is often described as having three founding peoples. Who are they?

1. The French, British and American peoples
2. The Spanish, Irish and American peoples
3. The Aboriginal, French and British peoples
4. The Aboriginal, Spanish and Irish peoples

Which part of the world has sent the most newcomers to Canada since the 1970s?

1. Africa
2. South America
3. Europe
4. Asia

What did the Royal Proclamation of 1763 do for Aboriginal peoples?

1. It gave them the right to vote in federal elections
2. It recognized their rights to their territories for the first time
3. It made them subjects of the King of France
4. It moved them to reserves in the Prairies

What was the aim of the residential schools that many Aboriginal children were sent to, starting in the 1800s?

1. To train them for the fur trade
2. To assimilate them into the majority culture
3. To prepare them for military service
4. To teach them their own languages

Which three groups make up the Aboriginal peoples of Canada?

1. Inuit, Québécois and Acadians
2. First Nations, Acadians and Loyalists
3. First Nations, Inuit and Métis
4. Métis, Loyalists and Québécois

In Inuktitut, what does the word “Inuit” mean?

1. The great river
2. The North
3. The people
4. Our land

Who are the Métis?

1. A people with both Aboriginal and European roots
2. Loyalists who came from the United States in the 1780s
3. The first French colonists to settle in Acadia
4. The Inuit who live in the eastern Arctic

Which people speak Michif?

1. The Métis
2. The Acadians
3. The Huron-Wendat
4. The Inuit

Which is the only officially bilingual province?

1. New Brunswick
2. Ontario
3. Quebec
4. Prince Edward Island

Who are the Acadians?

1. Descendants of the colonists who founded Québec City
2. Descendants of Irish families who fled the famine of the 1840s
3. Descendants of the French who settled the Maritimes starting in 1604
4. Descendants of Scottish settlers who came to Nova Scotia in the 1770s

What is the deportation of the Acadians, from 1755 to 1763, called?

1. The Great Upheaval
2. The Quiet Revolution
3. The Underground Railroad
4. The Rebellions of 1837–38

In 2006, the House of Commons passed a motion saying the Québécois form “a nation within a united Canada.”

True or false?

Europe has been the leading source of Canada’s newcomers since the 1970s.

True or false?

In Canada, the law protects gay and lesbian people equally with everyone else, and they may marry in a civil ceremony.

True or false?

Around the Great Lakes, which people lived by growing crops as well as by hunting?

1. The Huron-Wendat
2. The Sioux
3. The Inuit
4. The Blackfoot

Which Europeans were the first to explore Canada?

1. The Portuguese
2. The Vikings
3. The Spanish
4. The Dutch

Which explorer’s voyage of 1497 produced the first chart of Canada’s Atlantic coastline?

1. Martin Frobisher
2. Samuel de Champlain
3. John Cabot
4. Henry Hudson

Which French explorer claimed land along the St. Lawrence for King Francis I between 1534 and 1542?

1. Pierre de Monts
2. Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville
3. Jacques Cartier
4. Samuel de Champlain

What does “kanata,” the Iroquoian word that gave Canada its name, mean?

1. Village
2. Great river
3. Our land
4. Land of the north

Which two French explorers founded a settlement on St. Croix Island in 1604, then moved it to Port-Royal?

1. Pierre de Monts and Samuel de Champlain
2. Jacques Cartier and Jean Talon
3. Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville and René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle
4. Count Frontenac and Bishop Laval

Who established a settlement at Québec in 1608, the beginning of Québec City?

1. Count Frontenac
2. Samuel de Champlain
3. Jacques Cartier
4. John Cabot

Charles II’s charter of 1670 gave which company a monopoly on trade across a huge northern territory?

1. The North West Company
2. The East India Company
3. The Company of One Hundred Associates
4. The Hudson’s Bay Company

Which 1759 battle near Québec City ended in a British victory over France?

1. The Battle of Queenston Heights
2. The Battle of the Plains of Abraham
3. The Siege of Louisbourg
4. The Battle of Sainte-Foy

What did the Quebec Act of 1774 allow?

1. Freedom of worship for Catholics and French civil law
2. Full independence for the Province of Quebec
3. The use of English in the courts in place of French
4. The election of the governor by the colonists

Who were the Loyalists?

1. People who sided with Britain in the American Revolution and moved north
2. French settlers who stayed in Acadia under British rule
3. French soldiers who defended Québec City against the British in 1759
4. Fur traders who travelled the rivers of the North-West by canoe

Where did the first elected assembly in what is now Canada meet, from 1758?

1. Montréal
2. Québec City
3. Halifax, Nova Scotia
4. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Which two colonies did the Constitutional Act of 1791 create out of the Province of Quebec?

1. Rupert’s Land and Acadia
2. Canada East and Canada West
3. Upper Canada and Lower Canada
4. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick

Upper Canada took steps to end slavery in 1793, before any other province of the British Empire.

True or false?

What was the Underground Railroad?

1. A smuggling route for liquor during Prohibition
2. A secret mail service run by fur traders
3. A secret supply route for soldiers in the War of 1812
4. A network that helped enslaved people escape to Canada

Which British general was killed at Queenston Heights in the War of 1812?

1. Sir Isaac Brock
2. James Wolfe
3. John Graves Simcoe
4. Lord Durham

Where did Charles de Salaberry, leading a small and largely French-Canadian force, defeat an American invasion in 1813?

1. At Batoche
2. At Queenston Heights
3. At Châteauguay
4. At Lundy’s Lane

During the War of 1812, who walked about 30 kilometres to warn British troops of an American attack?

1. Agnes Macphail
2. Laura Secord
3. Madeleine de Verchères
4. Emily Carr

During the War of 1812, a British force burned down the White House in Washington.

True or false?

Whose report on the rebellions of 1837–38 called for a single Canada with responsible government?

1. Louis-Joseph Papineau
2. Sir John A. Macdonald
3. Lord Durham
4. Joseph Howe

What does responsible government mean?

1. The Cabinet must keep the confidence of the elected chamber
2. Judges are chosen by the people in local elections
3. The Governor General decides which laws Parliament passes
4. Each province chooses its own king or queen by vote

No colony in British North America had fully responsible government before Nova Scotia, which gained it in 1847–48.

True or false?

When responsible government came to the Province of Canada in 1848–49, who headed the government?

1. Sir John A. Macdonald
2. Sir Wilfrid Laurier
3. Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine
4. Sir George-Étienne Cartier

On what date was the Dominion of Canada created?

1. April 17, 1982
2. February 15, 1965
3. July 1, 1867
4. November 11, 1918

Which four provinces formed the Dominion of Canada in 1867?

1. Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
2. Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and Nova Scotia
3. Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and British Columbia
4. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland

Who were the Fathers of Confederation?

1. The first mayors of Canada’s largest cities
2. The bishops who led the Catholic Church in New France
3. The explorers who first mapped Canada’s Arctic coast
4. The leaders who negotiated Canada’s union from 1864 to 1867

In what year did Newfoundland and Labrador join Canada?

1. 1867
2. 1873
3. 1905
4. 1949

Which two provinces were created in 1905?

1. Alberta and Saskatchewan
2. Ontario and Quebec
3. Prince Edward Island and Manitoba
4. Manitoba and British Columbia

Who was Canada’s first Prime Minister?

1. Sir Robert Borden
2. Sir John A. Macdonald
3. Sir Wilfrid Laurier
4. Sir George-Étienne Cartier

Sir John A. Macdonald was born in Quebec.

True or false?

Which Métis leader took up arms at Red River in 1869 and again on the Saskatchewan prairie in 1885?

1. Joseph Brant
2. Louis-Joseph Papineau
3. Tecumseh
4. Louis Riel

Which police force did the federal government create in 1873 to bring order to the West?

1. The North West Mounted Police
2. The Ontario Provincial Police
3. The Sûreté du Québec
4. The Canadian Rangers

What did the last spike, driven in 1885, mark?

1. The end of the War of 1812
2. The founding of the North West Mounted Police
3. The completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway
4. The start of the Yukon gold rush

Chinese workers helped build the Canadian Pacific Railway. Which unfair measure did the federal government later apply to Chinese immigrants?

1. A ban on speaking Chinese
2. A head tax charged on entry
3. Compulsory military service
4. A rule to live in the territories

Who was the first French Canadian to serve as Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada?

1. Sir Wilfrid Laurier
2. Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine
3. Sir John A. Macdonald
4. Sir George-Étienne Cartier

Which battle did the Canadian Corps win in April 1917?

1. The Battle of the Somme
2. The Battle of Paardeberg
3. The Battle of Amiens
4. The Battle of Vimy Ridge

What do many Canadians wear on Remembrance Day, November 11, in memory of the war dead?

1. A white rose
2. A red poppy
3. A maple leaf pin
4. A blue ribbon

Which Canadian wrote the poem “In Flanders Fields” during the First World War?

1. Stephen Leacock
2. John McCrae
3. Calixa Lavallée
4. Robert Service

Which province let women vote before any other, in 1916?

1. Quebec
2. Nova Scotia
3. Manitoba
4. Ontario

Who became the first woman elected to the House of Commons, in 1921?

1. Laura Secord
2. Madeleine de Verchères
3. Agnes Macphail
4. Emily Carr

On D-Day, June 6, 1944, which beach in Normandy did Canadian troops capture?

1. Gold Beach
2. Omaha Beach
3. Utah Beach
4. Juno Beach

Which country owes its liberation in 1944–45 largely to the Canadian Army?

1. Czechoslovakia
2. Norway
3. Greece
4. The Netherlands

During the Second World War, what happened to many Japanese Canadians?

1. They were exempted from wartime rationing and taxes
2. They were put in charge of defending the West Coast
3. They were drafted into the Royal Canadian Navy
4. They were forced to leave their homes

Which military alliance did Canada and its Western allies set up after the Second World War?

1. ANZUS
2. NATO
3. SEATO
4. The Warsaw Pact

In which war did Canadian troops fight from 1950 to 1953?

1. The Korean War
2. The Vietnam War
3. The Gulf War
4. The Boer War

Quebec transformed quickly during the 1960s. What is that period called?

1. The Great Depression
2. The Quiet Revolution
3. The Rebellions of 1837–38
4. The Great Upheaval

In which years did Quebec hold referendums on sovereignty?

1. 1967 and 1976
2. 1970 and 1982
3. 1980 and 1995
4. 1990 and 2006

In what year did Aboriginal people gain the right to vote in federal elections?

1. 1918
2. 1948
3. 1960
4. 1982

After losing a leg to cancer, Terry Fox set out in 1980 to run the width of Canada and collect donations for research into the disease. What was his run called?

1. The Trans-Canada Relay
2. The Run for Canada
3. The Great Walk
4. The Marathon of Hope

What did Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best discover?

1. The polio vaccine
2. X-rays
3. Penicillin
4. Insulin

Which invention is Joseph-Armand Bombardier known for?

1. The snowmobile
2. The telephone
3. The pacemaker
4. The paint roller

The Group of Seven, founded in 1920, brought together which kind of artists?

1. Sculptors of public monuments
2. Landscape painters
3. Writers of national poetry
4. Composers of hymns

A 1947 oil find gave rise to the energy sector Canada has today. In which province was the oil found?

1. Ontario
2. British Columbia
3. Saskatchewan
4. Alberta

Which international organization did Canada help found in 1970?

1. La Francophonie
2. NATO
3. The Commonwealth
4. The United Nations

Which three terms describe Canada’s system of government?

1. A federal state, a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy
2. A unitary state, a direct democracy and a constitutional monarchy
3. A unitary state, a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy
4. A federal state, a direct democracy and a constitutional monarchy

Defence is a responsibility of the provinces.

True or false?

Which of these is a provincial responsibility?

1. Education
2. Citizenship
3. Defence
4. Currency

Which of these pairs of areas do the federal government and the provinces share?

1. Defence and currency
2. Agriculture and immigration
3. Citizenship and criminal law
4. Education and health

Which law, passed in 1867, divided powers between the federal and provincial governments?

1. The Canadian Bill of Rights
2. The British North America Act
3. The Quebec Act
4. The Statute of Westminster

What are the three parts of Parliament?

1. The Sovereign, the Senate and the House of Commons
2. The Prime Minister, the Cabinet and the Senate
3. The Senate, the House of Commons and the provincial premiers
4. The Governor General, the Supreme Court and the House of Commons

Senators are elected by the people of their province.

True or false?

Until what age may senators serve?

1. Age 65
2. Age 70
3. Age 75
4. Age 80

Who chooses the ministers of the Cabinet?

1. The Governor General, alone
2. The Prime Minister
3. The Senate
4. The voters, in a separate election

What must happen for a bill to become law?

1. It must win a national referendum and then be proclaimed by the Senate
2. It must pass the House of Commons and then be signed by the Prime Minister
3. It must be accepted by most provinces and then by the Supreme Court
4. It must pass the House of Commons and the Senate and then receive royal assent

Who gives royal assent to a bill on the Sovereign’s behalf?

1. The Speaker of the House of Commons
2. The Governor General
3. The Prime Minister
4. The Leader of the Official Opposition

The Prime Minister is Canada’s head of state.

True or false?

Who is the head of government in Canada?

1. The Governor General
2. The Prime Minister
3. The Sovereign
4. The Chief Justice

Who represents the Sovereign in Canada?

1. The Prime Minister
2. The Speaker of the Senate
3. The Governor General
4. A provincial Premier

For how long is the Governor General usually appointed?

1. Four years
2. Five years
3. Seven years
4. For life

Who represents the Sovereign in each province?

1. The Commissioner
2. The Premier
3. The Lieutenant Governor
4. The mayor of the capital

In each of the three territories, who represents the federal government?

1. The Lieutenant Governor
2. The Governor General
3. The territorial premier
4. The Commissioner

What are the three branches of government in Canada?

1. Federal, provincial and municipal
2. Police, courts and prisons
3. Senate, Commons and Crown
4. Executive, legislative and judicial

Who leads the government of a province?

1. The Premier
2. The Speaker of the provincial legislature
3. The Commissioner
4. The Lieutenant Governor

What do members of the House of Commons do?

1. They choose the Governor General in a secret vote
2. They run the schools and hospitals in each province
3. They appoint the judges of the Supreme Court of Canada
4. They make laws and watch over the government and its spending

The Sovereign’s role in Canada is above party politics.

True or false?

If the government is defeated on a confidence vote in the House of Commons, what usually happens?

1. The provinces vote on whether the government may stay
2. The Prime Minister asks the Governor General to call an election
3. The Senate chooses a new Prime Minister from among its own members
4. Nothing changes until the next fixed election date

When are federal elections normally held?

1. On the third Monday in October, every four years
2. On the first Monday in June, every five years
3. On Canada Day, every four years
4. Whenever the Senate decides

A federal election can be held before the usual four-year date.

True or false?

How many members of Parliament does each electoral district elect?

1. Three
2. Two
3. One for every 10,000 voters
4. One

Who can be a candidate in a federal election?

1. Only someone born in Canada
2. Only a Canadian citizen aged 18 or older
3. Any person aged 16 or older
4. Only a member of a political party

In a federal election, which candidate becomes the member of Parliament for an electoral district?

1. The candidate with the most votes
2. The candidate with the most experience
3. The candidate chosen by the party leader
4. The candidate who wins a runoff between the top two

Which of these is required to vote in a federal election?

1. Having lived in the same riding for ten years
2. Being a Canadian citizen aged 18 or older on voting day
3. Owning a home or land in the riding where you vote
4. Being a registered member of a political party

Which agency runs the vote when Canadians choose their members of Parliament?

1. Statistics Canada
2. Elections Canada
3. The Supreme Court of Canada
4. The Senate

At the start of a federal campaign, what document do registered voters get from Elections Canada?

1. A list of the candidates’ promises
2. A ballot to fill in at home
3. A citizenship certificate
4. A voter information card

A voter who is missing from the voters’ list before election day cannot vote in that election.

True or false?

Your employer has the right to know how you voted.

True or false?

After a federal election, who is usually invited to form the government?

1. The candidate who gets the most votes across Canada
2. The member of Parliament the Senate chooses
3. The leader of the party that wins the most seats
4. The leader of the oldest political party

What is a minority government?

1. A government led by the youngest of the party leaders
2. A government elected by the voters of one province
3. A government that governs without a Cabinet of ministers
4. A government whose party holds fewer than half the seats

Which party becomes the Official Opposition?

1. The opposition party the Senate chooses
2. The opposition party with the most seats
3. The party with the most seats overall
4. The opposition party that got the fewest votes

What is the role of the opposition parties?

1. To question the government’s plans and push for changes
2. To pass the government’s bills without debating them
3. To choose the ministers who sit in Cabinet
4. To run the federal departments and agencies

How do you mark your ballot in a federal election?

1. By putting an X in your candidate’s circle
2. By circling the logo of the party you support
3. By writing your own name next to your candidate’s
4. By signing your name on the back of the ballot

Apart from election day, how can you vote in a federal election?

1. Online or by telephone
2. By e-mail or by text message
3. At an advance poll or by special ballot
4. By proxy, through a friend who votes for you

Who leads a municipal council?

1. A senator
2. A Lieutenant Governor
3. A Premier
4. A mayor or reeve

Who leads many First Nations communities?

1. Lieutenant Governors
2. Provincial Premiers
3. Federal Cabinet ministers
4. Band chiefs and councillors

What does the presumption of innocence mean?

1. The police may hold anyone without giving a reason
2. An accused person must prove they did nothing wrong
3. The state must prove an accused person guilty
4. A judge decides guilt before the trial begins

What is due process?

1. The government is bound by every legal right a person has
2. The duty to pay court fees before a trial begins
3. The right to choose which judge will hear your case
4. The rule that serious cases go straight to the Supreme Court

What is the role of the police in Canada?

1. To protect the public and make sure laws are obeyed
2. To run federal elections and count the ballots
3. To decide the sentences of people found guilty
4. To make new laws for the city or province

What is Canada’s highest court?

1. The Court of Appeal for Ontario
2. The Supreme Court of Canada
3. The Federal Court
4. The Federal Court of Appeal

Which court specializes in cases involving the Government of Canada?

1. The Federal Court
2. A provincial family court
3. A provincial court of appeal
4. A small claims court

Which court is meant for lawsuits where little money is at stake?

1. The Federal Court
2. The Supreme Court of Canada
3. A small claims court
4. A court of appeal

In most provinces, what are the two main levels of courts below the Supreme Court of Canada?

1. An appeal court and a trial court
2. A police court and a jury court
3. A municipal court and a military court
4. A federal court and a Senate court

Which police force is responsible for federal laws in every province and territory?

1. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police
2. A municipal police service
3. The Ontario Provincial Police
4. The Sûreté du Québec

If you have concerns about how the police acted, you can raise them with the police.

True or false?

A person needs a lawyer but has no money to pay one. What help do most communities offer?

1. Help from their Member of Parliament
2. A police officer to argue their case
3. Legal aid
4. A loan from the court

In the figure of Lady Justice, what does her blindfold stand for?

1. The secrecy of judges’ discussions
2. Fairness that favours no one
3. The slowness of the courts
4. The rule that the accused cannot see the jury

What does the rule of law mean?

1. No one is above the law, not even governments or the police
2. The Prime Minister can overrule laws passed by Parliament
3. Each city writes its own criminal law for its residents
4. Citizens must obey the law, but visitors need not

Which of these people is trained to give legal advice and plead a case before a judge?

1. A police officer
2. A lawyer
3. A juror
4. A senator

In a criminal trial in Canada, the accused must prove they are innocent.

True or false?

In what year was the red-and-white maple leaf flag first flown as Canada’s flag?

1. 1867
2. 1921
3. 1965
4. 1982

Which flag is Canada’s Royal Flag?

1. The Union Jack
2. The fleur-de-lys flag
3. The Acadian flag
4. The Canadian Red Ensign

Which flag did Canada use for roughly a century before the maple leaf flag?

1. The fleur-de-lys flag
2. The Acadian flag
3. The Red Ensign
4. The flag of New France

What does Canada’s motto, “A mari usque ad mare,” mean?

1. From sea to sea
2. Strength in unity
3. Strong and free
4. Peace, order and good government

In the 1700s, French Canadians began using which symbol?

1. The loon
2. The Scottish thistle
3. The white trillium
4. The maple leaf

In 1948, which symbol did Quebec put on its flag?

1. The fleur-de-lys
2. The beaver
3. The maple leaf
4. The thistle

Which part of the original Centre Block survived the fire of 1916?

1. The House of Commons chamber
2. The Peace Tower
3. The Senate chamber
4. The Library

What does the Peace Tower, completed in 1927, commemorate?

1. The First World War
2. The War of 1812
3. Confederation
4. The coronation of King George V

What do the Books of Remembrance in the Peace Tower hold?

1. The diaries of soldiers who served overseas
2. The texts of the peace treaties Canada has signed
3. The names of veterans still living today
4. The names of Canadians who lost their lives in uniform

Soccer is Canada’s national summer sport.

True or false?

What office did Lord Stanley hold when he donated hockey’s Stanley Cup in 1892?

1. Prime Minister
2. Governor General
3. Speaker of the Senate
4. Chief Justice

Which animal, long a symbol of Canada, appears on the five-cent coin?

1. The loon
2. The moose
3. The beaver
4. The caribou

In what year did “O Canada” become the national anthem?

1. 1867
2. 1880
3. 1965
4. 1980

What is the title of Canada’s royal anthem?

1. “The Maple Leaf Forever”
2. “God Save the King”
3. “O Canada”
4. “God Bless the Prince of Wales”

Which decoration for courage in battle outranks every other Canadian honour?

1. The Medal of Bravery
2. The Star of Courage
3. The Victoria Cross
4. The Order of Canada

Which of these honours was created in 1967?

1. The Star of Courage
2. The Order of Canada
3. The Victoria Cross
4. The Medal of Bravery

When is Victoria Day, which marks the Sovereign’s birthday?

1. The first Monday in August
2. The first Monday after June 24
3. The second Monday in October
4. The Monday before May 25

When is Thanksgiving celebrated in Canada?

1. The Monday before May 25
2. The fourth Thursday in November
3. The second Monday in October
4. The first Monday in September

Which of these is one of the aims of the Official Languages Act?

1. Requiring Canadians to speak both languages
2. Making English the main language of the courts
3. Making English and French equal in federal institutions
4. Replacing French with English in Quebec schools

Canada adopted its coat of arms at Confederation.

True or false?

Canada’s economy rests on which three kinds of industry?

1. Mining, fishing and forestry industries
2. Banking, farming and tourism industries
3. Retail, transportation and construction industries
4. Service, manufacturing and resource industries

In which type of industry do most Canadians work?

1. No single type employs most Canadians
2. Manufacturing industries
3. Natural resources industries
4. Service industries

Which of these is a natural resources industry?

1. Tourism
2. Aerospace
3. Forestry
4. Banking

Which of these is a manufacturing industry in Canada?

1. Commercial fishing
2. Health care
3. Retail services
4. Aerospace technology

Banking, retail and tourism are service industries.

True or false?

China is Canada’s largest trading partner.

True or false?

How is the border between Canada and the United States often described?

1. As the most heavily guarded border in the world
2. As the shortest border in North America
3. As the longest undefended border in the world
4. As a border closed to trade

What does the Peace Arch, on the border between British Columbia and Washington State, stand for?

1. The building of the Alaska Highway
2. The friendship between Canada and the United States
3. The opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway
4. The signing of the 1965 Canada–U.S. Auto Pact

In 1994, which country joined Canada and the United States in the North American Free Trade Agreement?

1. Brazil
2. Chile
3. Mexico
4. Colombia

Canada’s past and its growth owe a great deal to its forests, fisheries, farms, mines and energy.

True or false?

Which three oceans border Canada?

1. The Atlantic, Indian and Southern oceans
2. The Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans
3. The Pacific, Arctic and Southern oceans
4. The Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic oceans

Into how many regions is Canada usually divided?

1. Three
2. Five
3. Seven
4. Ten

Who chose Ottawa as Canada’s capital in 1857?

1. Sir John A. Macdonald
2. Lord Durham
3. Queen Victoria
4. King George III

What is the capital of British Columbia?

1. Surrey
2. Kelowna
3. Victoria
4. Vancouver

What is the capital of Nunavut?

1. Whitehorse
2. Yellowknife
3. Rankin Inlet
4. Iqaluit

What is the capital of Saskatchewan?

1. Saskatoon
2. Regina
3. Winnipeg
4. Edmonton

Which city is the capital of Prince Edward Island?

1. Charlottetown
2. Moncton
3. Halifax
4. Summerside

Nova Scotia is Canada’s smallest province.

True or false?

Which body of water has the highest tides in the world?

1. The Bay of Fundy
2. Hudson Bay
3. The Gulf of St. Lawrence
4. Georgian Bay

Which province lies farthest east and keeps a time zone of its own?

1. Newfoundland and Labrador
2. Prince Edward Island
3. Nova Scotia
4. New Brunswick

Where does more than half of Canada’s population live?

1. In the Prairie provinces
2. In the Atlantic provinces
3. In Central Canada
4. On the West Coast

Montréal is Canada’s largest city.

True or false?

Which province is Canada’s largest producer of hydroelectricity?

1. Quebec
2. Prince Edward Island
3. Saskatchewan
4. Alberta

Which province was once known as the “breadbasket of the world”?

1. Nova Scotia
2. British Columbia
3. Ontario
4. Saskatchewan

Which province is Canada’s largest producer of oil and gas?

1. Quebec
2. Alberta
3. Nova Scotia
4. Manitoba

Which Canadian port serves as the country’s gateway to Asia and the Pacific?

1. The Port of Halifax
2. The Port of Vancouver
3. The Port of Montréal
4. The Port of Saint John

Yukon is home to Mount Logan, the tallest peak in Canada.

True or false?

In what year was Nunavut created?

1. 1867
2. 1949
3. 1982
4. 1999

In Inuktitut, what does “Nunavut” mean?

1. The people
2. Land of ice
3. Our land
4. Great north

Which part of Canada had a gold rush in the 1890s?

1. Yukon
2. Newfoundland and Labrador
3. Prince Edward Island
4. Nunavut