How to Prepare for the Canada Citizenship Test

  • Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada official study guide Discover Canada: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/discover/index.asp

  • Canada Citizenship Test Study Guide Questions http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/discover/questions.asp

  • What are three responsibilities of citizenship?

  • What is the meaning of the Remembrance Day poppy?

  • How are Members of Parliament chosen?

  • Name two key documents that contain our rights and freedoms.

  • Identify four (4) rights that Canadians enjoy.

  • Name four (4) fundamental freedoms that Canadians enjoy.

  • What is meant by the equality of women and men?

  • What are some examples of taking responsibility for yourself and your family?

  • Who were the founding peoples of Canada?

  • Who are the Métis?

  • What does the word “Inuit” mean?

  • What is meant by the term “responsible government”?

  • Who was Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine?

  • What did the Canadian Pacific Railway symbolize?

  • What does Confederation mean?

  • What is the significance of the discovery of insulin by Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best?

  • What does it mean to say that Canada is a constitutional monarchy?

  • What are the three branches of government?

  • What is the difference between the role of the Queen and that of the Prime Minister?

  • What is the highest honour that Canadians can receive?

  • When you go to vote on election day, what do you do?

  • Who is entitled to vote in Canadian federal elections?

  • In Canada, are you obliged to tell other people how you voted?

  • After an election, which party forms the government?

  • Who is your member of Parliament?

  • What are the three levels of government?

  • What is the role of the courts in Canada?

  • In Canada, are you allowed to question the police about their service or conduct?

  • Name two Canadian symbols.

  • What provinces are referred to as the Atlantic Provinces?

  • What is the capital of the province or territory that you live in?

  • Discover Canada is always free; and available to read online, listen to the MP3 version, or download the PDF or eBook http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/discover/index.asp

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