Canadian Citizenship Practice Test - Free Online Exam 23

Q1) From the oppression of the American Revolution, more than 40,000 people fled to settle down in Quebec and Nova Scotia. They were called:

Loyalists
Canadiens
Coureurs de Bois
Voyageurs

Q2) Members of the House of Commons are also known as MPs or Members of Parliament.

True
False

Q3) Where was the first representative assembly elected?

Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1791
Fort Langley, British Columbia
Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1758
Vancouver, British Columbia, i

Q4) The Canadian Constitution amended to entrench the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in the year:

1982
1985
1965
1892

Q5) What is the combined population of the three Canadian territories?

10000
10XXX00
10XXXX00
100000

Q6) Who plays a ceremonial role and represents the federal government in the three territories?

the Sovereign
the Prime Minister
the Commissioner
the Lieutenant-Governor

Q7) The following persons can run in a federal election:

Canadian citizens or permanent
Canadian citizens who are 21 o
Male Canadian citizens who own
Canadian citizens who are 18 y

Q8) Who invented the Cardiac pacemaker?

Sir Frederick Banting and Char
Mike Lazaridis
Dr John A. Hopps
Mathew Evans and Henry Woodwar

Q9) The women's suffrage movement in Canada was founded by:

Mary Ann (Shadd) Carey
Chantal Petitclerc
Norah Michener
Dr. Emily Stowe

Q10) The national anthem of Canada is entitled:

True North
God Save the Queen
A mari usque ad mare
O Canada

Q11) Immigration and Agriculture are examples of a responsibility shared by

Federal and Municipal governme
Provincial and Municipal gover
Territorial and Municipal gove
Federal and provincial governm

Q12) Royal Assent is granted by:

the Speaker of the Parliament
the Governor General on behalf
The Prime Minister
the Supreme Court

Q13) Who was Sir John Alexander MacDonald?

Canada's first Prime Minister
the founder of the Group of Se
executed for high treason, dec
a pioneer in the modern Inuit

Q14) What is a fundamental characteristic of the Canadian heritage and identity?

habeas corpus
multiculturalism

Q15) John Cabot claimed the New Founde Land for England in the year:

1589
1610
1497
1550

Q16) The Cabinet ministers are selected in the federal government by:

the Parliament
the Sovereign
the People
Prime Minister

Q17) John Graves Simcoe was:

Founder of the city of Montrea
Founder of the City of Vancouv
Founder of Fort Langley
Founder of the City of York (n

Q18) During when did the Battle of Amiens take place?

the First World War
the South-African War
the War of 1812
the Second World War

Q19) Where do more than 75% of working Canadians have jobs?

manufacturing industries
federal government
service industries
natural resources industries

Q20) Raid on Dieppe (1942) and defence of Hong Kong (1941) are examples of

battles that took place during
battles where Canada did not p
battles lost by Canadians
Canadian victories

Q21) Who did Jacques Cartier claim the land he explored for?

King Francis I of England
King Francis II of France
King Charles II of England
King Francis I of France

Q22) What does the Iroquoian word kanata mean?

forest
village
sea
sky

Q23) The three branches of government are:

the Civil, Military and Religi
the Industrial, Agricultural a
the Executive, Judicial and So
the Executive, Legislative and

Q24) In which year did the European exploration of Canada begin with the expedition of John Cabot?

1497
1610
1589
1550

Q25) In 1840, Upper and Lower Canada were united as what?

the Province of Canada
the British North America
the Dominion of Canada
the Canadian Confederation

Q26) Which province was once known as "the wheat province" or "the breadbasket of the world"?

Saskatchewan
Quebec
Manitoba
Ontario