Canadian citizenship mock test 2

All 20 questions in this mock test, each with the right answer, the reason, and where it is in Discover Canada. Try the test first.

1. Question 1. Which elections should you vote in?

   • A. Federal elections only, and not local ones
   • B. Local, provincial or territorial, and federal elections
   • C. Local elections only, and not federal ones
   • D. Only the elections held for the Senate

   Answer: B. Local, provincial or territorial, and federal elections

   Having the vote means you are expected to use it in every kind of election: local, provincial or territorial, and federal.

   In Discover Canada: Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship (Citizenship Responsibilities)

2. Question 2. What are the three parts of Parliament?

   • A. The House of Commons, the Senate and the Sovereign
   • B. The Prime Minister, the Cabinet and the courts
   • C. The Senate, the House of Commons and the Supreme Court
   • D. The Governor General, the premiers and the mayors

   Answer: A. The House of Commons, the Senate and the Sovereign

   Parliament is made up of the Sovereign (King or Queen), the Senate and the House of Commons.

   In Discover Canada: How Canadians Govern Themselves (Parliamentary Democracy)

3. Question 3. True or false. According to the guide, Canadian and American businesses work together in supply chains that compete with the rest of the world.

   • A. True
   • B. False

   Answer: A. True

   The guide describes integrated Canada–U.S. supply chains that compete around the world.

   In Discover Canada: Canada's Economy (Canada and the United States)

4. Question 4. In what year was the new Canadian flag with the red maple leaf first raised?

   • A. 1867
   • B. 1921
   • C. 1965
   • D. 1982

   Answer: C. 1965

   The red-white-red maple leaf flag was raised for the first time in 1965.

   In Discover Canada: Canadian Symbols (Flags in Canada)

5. Question 5. In what year did English settlement begin in Newfoundland?

   • A. 1497
   • B. 1534
   • C. 1610
   • D. 1759

   Answer: C. 1610

   Cabot claimed the land in 1497, but English settlement did not begin until 1610.

   In Discover Canada: Canada's History (The First Europeans)

6. Question 6. Which king issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763?

   • A. King George III
   • B. King Charles II
   • C. King Francis I
   • D. King George V

   Answer: A. King George III

   King George III issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763.

   In Discover Canada: Who We Are (Aboriginal Peoples)

7. Question 7. What are the five regions of Canada?

   • A. Maritimes, Quebec, Ontario, the Western Provinces and the Arctic Islands
   • B. Eastern Canada, the Centre, the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains and the Islands
   • C. Atlantic Coast, St. Lawrence Valley, Great Lakes, Rocky Mountains and Yukon
   • D. Northern Territories, West Coast, Prairie Provinces, Central Canada and Atlantic Provinces

   Answer: D. Northern Territories, West Coast, Prairie Provinces, Central Canada and Atlantic Provinces

   Canada's five regions are Central Canada, the Atlantic Provinces, the Prairie Provinces, the West Coast and the Northern Territories.

   In Discover Canada: Canada's Regions

8. Question 8. From whom did Canada take control of the vast northwest in 1869?

   • A. The King of France
   • B. The Hudson's Bay Company
   • C. The United States of America
   • D. The Métis

   Answer: B. The Hudson's Bay Company

   The Hudson's Bay Company handed the northwest over to Canada in 1869.

   In Discover Canada: Canada's History (Challenge in the West)

9. Question 9. In the guide, what name is used for Anglophones?

   • A. United Empire Loyalists
   • B. Canadiens
   • C. British subjects
   • D. English Canadians

   Answer: D. English Canadians

   Anglophones are usually called English Canadians.

   In Discover Canada: Who We Are (English and French)

10. Question 10. In the guide's table, which of these is a job for Members of Parliament (the federal level)?

    • A. Recycling and garbage programs
    • B. Education
    • C. International trade
    • D. Snow removal

    Answer: C. International trade

    International trade is federal. Recycling and snow removal are municipal, and education is provincial.

    In Discover Canada: Federal Elections (Other Levels of Government in Canada)

11. Question 11. When is the Sovereign's role as the focus of citizenship and allegiance most visible?

    • A. During royal visits
    • B. During federal budgets
    • C. During court trials
    • D. During hockey games

    Answer: A. During royal visits

    The Sovereign's role is most visible during royal visits to Canada.

    In Discover Canada: How Canadians Govern Themselves (Constitutional Monarchy)

12. Question 12. In what year was Banff National Park established?

    • A. 1867
    • B. 1885
    • C. 1905
    • D. 1927

    Answer: B. 1885

    Banff, one of Alberta's five national parks, was established in 1885.

    In Discover Canada: Canada's Regions (The Prairie Provinces)

13. Question 13. Which province did Canada create after the Red River uprising?

    • A. Saskatchewan
    • B. Alberta
    • C. British Columbia
    • D. Manitoba

    Answer: D. Manitoba

    After the 1870 uprising, Canada created the province of Manitoba. Many see Riel as the father of Manitoba.

    In Discover Canada: Canada's History (Challenge in the West)

14. Question 14. True or false. The maple leaf is carved into the headstones of Canada's fallen soldiers.

    • A. True
    • B. False

    Answer: A. True

    The maple leaf appears on the headstones of fallen soldiers buried overseas and in Canada.

    In Discover Canada: Canadian Symbols (The Maple Leaf)

15. Question 15. Which writers are named in the guide for diversifying Canada's literary landscape?

    • A. Emily Carr, Tom Thomson and Jean-Paul Riopelle
    • B. Michael Ondaatje, Rohinton Mistry and Joy Kogawa
    • C. Frederick Banting, Charles Best and Wilder Penfield
    • D. Leacock, Hébert and Bombardier

    Answer: B. Michael Ondaatje, Rohinton Mistry and Joy Kogawa

    Joy Kogawa, Michael Ondaatje and Rohinton Mistry brought new voices to Canadian literature.

    In Discover Canada: Modern Canada (Arts and Culture in Canada)

16. Question 16. From which year could most female Canadian citizens aged 21 or over vote in federal elections?

    • A. 1916
    • B. 1917
    • C. 1918
    • D. 1940

    Answer: C. 1918

    Women in Manitoba voted from 1916, some women in federal elections from 1917, and most women 21 and over federally from 1918.

    In Discover Canada: Canada's History (Women Get the Vote)

17. Question 17. Which of these is a Canadian filmmaker named in the guide?

    • A. Stephen Leacock
    • B. Denys Arcand
    • C. Healey Willan
    • D. Rohinton Mistry

    Answer: B. Denys Arcand

    Denys Arcand's films won international awards. Norman Jewison and Atom Egoyan are other Canadian filmmakers.

    In Discover Canada: Modern Canada (Arts and Culture in Canada)

18. Question 18. Where do most Cabinet ministers come from?

    • A. The Senate
    • B. The House of Commons
    • C. The provincial legislatures
    • D. The Supreme Court

    Answer: B. The House of Commons

    The Prime Minister picks the Cabinet ministers, and most of them sit in the House of Commons.

    In Discover Canada: Federal Elections (After an Election)

19. Question 19. In what year did British Columbia join Canada?

    • A. 1867
    • B. 1871
    • C. 1873
    • D. 1905

    Answer: B. 1871

    Ottawa's promise of a railway to the West Coast brought British Columbia into Canada in 1871.

    In Discover Canada: Canada's History (Expansion of the Dominion)

20. Question 20. What was the Great Depression also called?

    • A. The Roaring Twenties
    • B. The Quiet Revolution
    • C. The Great Upheaval
    • D. The Dirty Thirties

    Answer: D. The Dirty Thirties

    The Great Depression of the 1930s is also called the Dirty Thirties.

    In Discover Canada: Canada's History (Between the Wars)