Canadian Citizenship Test 2024
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Canada’s History
Question 1 of 94
From where did the first European settlers in Canada come?
a. Germany
b. England
c. France
d. Iceland
Question 2 of 94
In what year did Canada become a country?
a. 1867
b. 1687
c. 1786
d. 1678
Question 3 of 94
Which Act granted, for the first time in Canada, legislative assemblies elected by the people?
a. The Constitutional Act of 1982
b. The Constitutional Act of 1891
c. The Constitutional Act of 1791
d. The Constitutional Act of 1972
Question 4 of 94
When did settlers from France first establish communities on the St. Lawrence River?
a. Late 1600s.
b. Early 1700s.
c. Late 1700s.
d. Early 1600s.
Question 5 of 94
Who was the first person to draw a map of Canada's east coast?
a. Jean Talon
b. Georges Cartier
c. John Cabot
d. Jacques Cartier
Question 6 of 94
Who is the father of Manitoba and defender of metis right?
a. Louis Riel.
b. Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine
c. Sir John A. Macdonald
d. Sir William Riel
Question 7 of 94
Who was the first leader of a responsible government in the Canada in 1849?
a. Louis Riel
b. Sir John A. Macdonald
c. Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine
d. Alec Baldwin
Question 8 of 94
Who recommended that the Upper and Lower Canada be merged and given a responsible government?
a. Sir Guy Carleton
b. Lord Durham
c. Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine
d. Sir Georage-Etienne Cartier.
Question 9 of 94
How many Canadians served in the World War II?
a. More than one million
b. Less than 500,000
c. About 900,000
d. About 500,000
Question 10 of 94
What outcome and significance did War of 1812 with USA have for Canada?
a. Canada formed part of the United States.
b. Canada lost a lot of people in the war.
c. Canada protected its independence from the United States.
d. Canada become an independent country.
Question 11 of 94
In which type of industry did most early European settlers work?
a. Fur trading.
b. Oil.
c. Gold mining.
d. Hunting.
Question 12 of 94
When did the name of "Canada" begin appearing on maps?
a. By the 1750s
b. By the 1580s
c. By the 1550s
d. By the 1650s
Question 13 of 94
When was the first representative assembly in Canada elected?
a. 1791
b. 1758
c. 1889
d. 1609
Question 14 of 94
Which phrase embodied the version for the Dominion of Canada?
a. "The land of the strong and free"
b. "Dominion from sea to sea and from the river to the end of the earth"
c. "Dominion from ocean to ocean"
d. "Oh Canada, my home and native land"
Question 15 of 94
What is the meaning of the Remembrance Day poppy?
a. To remember our Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II.
b. To remember the sacrifice of Canadians who have served or died in wars up to he present day.
c. To honor Prime Ministers who have died.
d. To celebrate Confederation.
Question 16 of 94
Who is General Sir Arthur Currie?
a. Canada's greatest soldier in the First World War.
b. A great frontier hero.
c. An explorer of western Canada.
d. A military leader of the Meties in the 19th century.
Question 17 of 94
What was the significance of June 6, 1944 invasion of Normandy?
a. Canadians made a significant contribution to the defeat of Nazism and Fascism in Europe during the Second World War.
b. It liberated North Africa from Nazi occupation.
c. It results in the forcible relocation of Canadians of Japanese origin.
d. It led to the establishment of the Juno Awards.
Question 18 of 94
Who had played an important part in building the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)?
a. Acadian railroad workers.
b. Afro-American slaves.
c. American railroad engineers.
d. Chinese railroad workers.
Question 19 of 94
Which group of people were important in the building of Canadian Pacfic Railway?
a. French
b. Chinese
c. Indians
d. English
Question 20 of 94
What year was Confederation?
a. 1867
b. 1687
c. 1876
d. 1786
Question 21 of 94
Why is the British North America Act important in Canadian history?
a. It was agreed to by the First Nations and Inuit.
b. It was written by the British government.
c. The Aboriginal people signed the act.
d. It made Confederation legal.
Question 22 of 94
Who was the first Prime Minister of Canada?
a. Sir John Macdonald.
b. Pierre Elliote Trudeau.
c. Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
d. Sir John McDonald.
Question 23 of 94
Which one is Canada's best known symbol and national police force?
a. RMCP
b. CIA
c. Canadian Police
d. RCMP
Question 24 of 94
What is the significance of the Quebec Act of 1774?
a. It allowed Quebec to gain independence.
b. It allowed the French to move into Quebec.
c. Canada's tolerance of religious tradition under the law.
d. It gave the French more power.
Question 25 of 94
In World War II, in which spect did Canada contribute more to Allied aire effort than any other Commonwealth country?
a. Trained 130,000 allied air crew.
b. Deployed paratroopers in France.
c. Provided ammunition.
d. Sent 130,000 soldiers to take France back from the Germans.
Question 26 of 94
When did the United Empire Loyalists come to Canada?
a. Late 1600s.
b. Early 1600s.
c. Early 1700s.
d. Late 1700s.
Question 27 of 94
Which countries fought in the battle of Plain of Abraham?
a. British and Germany
b. British and France
c. France and China
d. America and British
Question 28 of 94
When did thousands of miners first come to Yukon?
a. 1870s
b. 1980s
c. 1780s
d. 1890s
Question 29 of 94
What is known as the effort by women to achieve the right to vote?
a. The suffrage motion of women.
b. The women's voting law.
c. The election law.
d. The women's suffrage movement.
Question 30 of 94
Who were the United Empire Loyalists?
a. Inuit and First Nations.
b. French and British settlers.
c. First Nations and British settlers.
d. Settlers from the United States during the American Revolution.
Question 31 of 94
Why the Battle of Vimy Ridge is important in the Canadian history?
a. It was the last battle of the First World War.
b. It has come to symbolise Canada's becoming as a nation.
c. It was an important victory in the Boer War.
d. Out of it was formed the Canadian Corps.
Question 32 of 94
From where does the name "Canada" come?
a. From the Inuit word "Kanata" meaning nations.
b. From "Kanata", the First Nations word for village.
c. From the Inuit word meaning home.
d. From the First Nations word meaning land.
Question 33 of 94
What form of transportation did Aboriginal peoples and fur traders use?
a. Waterways.
b. Railway.
c. Highway.
d. Roads.
Question 34 of 94
Which countries fought in the War of 1812?
a. United Kingdom and United States of America.
b. France and United Kingdom.
c. Canada and United States of America.
d. France, Great Britain and United States of America.
Question 35 of 94
How many Canadians served in the First World War?
a. About 170,000.
b. About 10,000.
c. More than 60,000.
d. More than 600,000.
Question 36 of 94
When did the British North America Act come into effect?
a. 1867.
b. 1881.
c. 1901.
d. 1876.
Question 37 of 94
For how long did the Hudson Bay Company control the northern lands?
a. 180 years.
b. 150 years.
c. 300 years.
d. 220 years.
Question 38 of 94
Who built the French Empire in North America?
a. King Charles II.
b. Jean Talon, Bishop Laval and Count Frontenac.
c. Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur Iberville.
d. Great Britain.
Question 39 of 94
What important trade did the Hudson Bay Company control?
a. Gold.
b. Oil.
c. Fishery.
d. Fur.
Question 40 of 94
What does Confederation mean?
a. The joining of provinces to become a new country.
b. The United States Confederate army came to settle in Canada.
c. The combination of neighborhood to build a larger community.
d. The merger of colonies to form a province.
Question 41 of 94
In which period did Canada's economy and industry experience a boom?
a. 1880s.
b. 1890s and early 1900s.
c. 1920s.
d. 1860s.
Question 42 of 94
Why did early explorers first come to Atlantic Canada?
a. To look for new mines.
b. To build immigration sites for settlers.
c. To run away from religious persecution.
d. To fish and trade with First Nations people.
Question 43 of 94
What document made Confederation legal?
a. The Immigration Act.
b. The British North America Act.
c. The Citizenship Act.
d. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Question 44 of 94
From whom are the Acadians descended?
a. Métis and Inuit.
b. First Nations who began settling in what are now the Prairie provinces in 1600s.
c. British colonists who began settling in what are now the Maritime provinces in 1604.
d. French colonists who began settling in what are now the Maritime provinces in 1604.
Question 45 of 94
Which was the last province to join Canada?
a. Prince Edward Island.
b. Manitoba.
c. Newfoundland.
d. Yukon.
Question 46 of 94
Which four provinces first formed Confederation?
a. Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
b. Ontario, Newfoundland, Quebec and Nova Scotia.
c. Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and British Columbia.
d. Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and Nova Scotia.
Question 47 of 94
When was the Canadian Pacific Railway finished?
a. Late 1600s.
b. Late 1700s.
c. Late 1800s.
d. Early 1700s.
Question 48 of 94
What was the name of the new country formed in Confederation?
a. Britain.
b. Canada.
c. Canadian Confederation.
d. Dominion of Canada.
Question 49 of 94
The Quebec Act of 1774:
a. Allowed religious freedom for Catholics.
b. All of the above.
c. Is one of the constitutional foundations of Canada.
d. Permitted Catholics to hold public office.
Question 50 of 94
What did the Suffrage Movement achieve?
a. Quebec experienced an era of rapid change.
b. The Suffrage Movement abolished slavery in Canada.
c. The Suffrage Movement led to the introduction of employment insurance.
d. Women achieved the right to vote.
Question 51 of 94
What do Canadians remember on Remembrance Day?
a. Canadian victory in World War I
b. Canadian victory in battle of Vimy Ridge
c. Canadian victory in World War II
d. Sacrifices made by Canadian veterans and brave soldiers in wars
Question 52 of 94
Why was the Canadian Pacific Railway built?
a. The railway made it possible for immigrants to settle in the Central Canada.
b. British Columbia joined Canada in 1871 after Ottawa promised to build a railway to the West Coast.
c. To provide a spectacular tourist excursion across precipitous passes and bridges
d. So British Columbia could handle trade of goods worth billions of dollars all around the world
Question 53 of 94
What do Canadians normally wear on Remembrance Day?
a. A red poppy
b. A green shirt
c. A black tie
d. A white Shirt
Question 54 of 94
Which region was stormed and captured on D-Day (June 6, 1944) by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division?
a. Berlin
b. Juno Beach
c. London
d. Paris
Question 55 of 94
Who invented the sport of basketball?
a. Canadians
b. French
c. Germans
d. Americans
Question 56 of 94
What are the men who established Canada called?
a. Fathers of confederation
b. Fathers of Dominion of Canada
c. Fathers of Canada
d. Fathers of Constitution
Question 57 of 94
In which year was the British Parliament prohibited from buying and selling slaves?
a. 1793
b. 1877
c. 1807
d. 1833
Question 58 of 94
Who became the first French-Canadian Prime Minister since the formation of Confederation?
a. Sir John Alexander Macdonald
b. Sir Wilfrid Laurier
c. Sir George-Étienne Cartier
d. Sir Leonard Tilley
Question 59 of 94
What is celebrated on April 9th?
a. Vimy Day
b. Family Day
c. Thanksgiving Day
d. Boxing Day
Question 60 of 94
What is the reason behind the Canada-U.S. border?
a. To improve security
b. To maintain distance
c. Canada wishes to remain independent of the United States
d. To prevent war between the two countries
Question 61 of 94
Who was Sir George-Étienne Cartier?
a. A railway lawyer and Montrealer
b. The first French-Canadian Prime Minister
c. The first head of a responsible government
d. Canada’s first Prime minister
Question 62 of 94
Which of the following people were Loyalists?
a. People loyal to the Crown
b. The commanders of armies
c. British colonies
d. Aboriginal peoples
Question 63 of 94
When was Canada’s first financial institution opened?
a. Early 16th century
b. Late 19th century
c. Late 18th and early 19th centuries
d. Early 18th century
Question 64 of 94
Who are the national police force of Canada and one of its best-known symbols today?
a. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
b. The South East Mounted Police
c. The Military police
d. The North West Mounted Police
Question 65 of 94
When did "Canada" become the official name of the country?
a. 1799
b. 1773
c. 1791
d. 1758
Question 66 of 94
For what product did the first companies formed in Canada compete for?
a. Timber trade
b. Gold trade
c. Fur trade
d. Fish trade
Question 67 of 94
How many Canadians were killed in World War I, from 1914-1918?
a. 60,000
b. 170,000
c. 200,000
d. 70,000
Question 68 of 94
When were female Canadian citizens over the age of 21 granted the right to vote in federal elections?
a. 1933
b. 1928
c. 1818
d. 1918
Question 69 of 94
For how long was the title "Dominion of Canada" officially used?
a. 100 years
b. 250 years
c. 50 years
d. 200 years
Question 70 of 94
Who is considered Canada's greatest soldier?
a. General Sir Arthur Currie
b. Phil Edwards
c. Sir John A. Macdonald
d. Rick Hansen
Question 71 of 94
Which country was liberated by the Canadian Army in 1944 - 1945?
a. Germany
b. Austria
c. The Netherlands
d. Japan
Question 72 of 94
Who suggested the name Dominion of Canada in 1864?
a. Sir Leonard Tilley
b. Lord Elgin
c. La Fontaine
d. Sir John Alexander Macdonald
Question 73 of 94
What was significant about the Canadian navy at the end of the Second World War?
a. It was the third-largest navy in world.
b. It was the fourth-largest navy in world.
c. It was the largest navy in world.
d. It was the second-largest navy in world.
Question 74 of 94
Which was the first province in the Empire to move towards abolition of slavery?
a. South Canada
b. Upper Canada
c. North America
d. Lower Canada
Question 75 of 94
Which of the following is the oldest colony of British Empire in Canada?
a. Quebec
b. Ontario
c. Alberta
d. Newfoundland and Labrador
Question 76 of 94
Which of the following people is the Father of Confederation?
a. Stephen Harper
b. Pierre Trudeau
c. Alexander Mackenzie
d. Sir John A. Macdonald
Question 77 of 94
When did Canada have its first Canadian constitution?
a. April 17, 1982
b. July 17, 1981
c. April 17, 1984
d. April 17, 1986
Question 78 of 94
What did the government do to make immigration to Western Canada easier?
a. Use the Great Lakes and seaway to prairies.
b. Built a railway across the prairies.
c. Built a highway across the prairies.
d. A and C
Question 79 of 94
When and what city did settlers from France first establish on the St. Lawrence river?
a. Toronto in the early 1600's
b. Montreal in the early 1600's
c. Vancouver in the early 1600's
d. Quebec City in the early 1600's
Question 80 of 94
What does B.N.A. stand for?
a. British National Alliance
b. British North American Act
c. Black Nation Alliance
d. Bank of National Association
Question 81 of 94
What does C.P.R. stand for?
a. Canadian Pacific Railway
b. Canadian People Railway
c. Canadian Public Road
d. Canadian People Resource
Question 82 of 94
Where did the early European settlers live?
a. Western Canada
b. North West Canada
c. Northern Canada
d. Eastern and Central Canada
Question 83 of 94
What do we celebrate on July 1st each year?
a. The anniversary of Confederation
b. THe anniversary of Quebec
c. The anniversary of The Province of Canada
d. The anniversary of Constitution
Question 84 of 94
What was the “Underground Railroad”?
a. A network fur trades used to transport beaver pelts to the United States
b. A railroad through the Rockies that was mainly through mountain tunnels
c. An anti-slavery network that helped thousands of slaves escape the United States and settle in Canada
d. The first underground subway tunnel in Toronto
Question 85 of 94
What dollar bill is Sir Wilfrid Laurier's face on?
a. The $20 bill
b. The $100 bill
c. The $5 bill
d. The $10 bill
Question 86 of 94
Where did the British defeated the French in 1759?
a. Nova Scotia
b. Plains of Abraham
c. Ontario
d. Hudson's Bay
Question 87 of 94
What dollar bill is Sir Wilfrid Laurier's face on?
a. The $20 bill
b. The $100 bill
c. The $5 bill
d. The $10 bill
Question 88 of 94
What was the Women's Suffrage Movement?
a. The effort by women to participate in military service
b. An unsuccessful movement to get husbands to do housework
c. The effort by women to be in Parliament
d. The effort by women to achieve the right to vote
Question 89 of 94
Thousands of slaves escaped the United States by following the North Star to travel north to Canada.
a. True
b. False
Question 90 of 94
What did the Canadian Pacific Railway symbolize?
a. Unity
b. Easy access to the West Coast
c. Ribbons of steel
d. What can be achieved by working together
Question 91 of 94
When and why did the Great Depression start?
a. In 1933, because the stock market crashed
b. In 1929, because the war started
c. In 1933, because the war started
d. In 1929, because the stock market crashed
Question 92 of 94
When was Canada officially born?
a. July 1st, 1902
b. July 1st, 1807
c. July 1st, 1982
d. July 1st, 1867
Question 93 of 94
What was the name of Quebec before 1759?
a. New Montreal
b. New Britain
c. New France
d. New Quebec
Question 94 of 94
Between 1755 and 1763, the Acadians were forced to leave Canada. This was called:
a. The Good Upheaval
b. The Great Upheaval
c. The Great Revolution
d. The Great Rebellion