Canadian Citizenship Test 2024
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Modern Canada
Question 1 of 23
Who circled the globe in a wheelchair to raise funds for spinal cord research?
a. Reginald Fessenden
b. Rick Hansen
c. Terry Fox
d. Gerhard Herzberg
Question 2 of 23
Who were the Group of Seven in modern Canada?
a. A group of politicians.
b. A group of Canadian companies.
c. A group of cowboys who defended Canada.
d. A group of Canadian landscape painters in the 1920s.
Question 3 of 23
Who is known as "the greatest living Canadian"?
a. Dr. Wilder Penfield
b. Terry Fox
c. Sir John A. Macdonald
d. Sir Sandford Fleming
Question 4 of 23
What is Terry Fox's contribution?
a. He inspired people to contribute money for cancer research.
b. He was the greatest hockey player in Canada.
c. His discovery of insulin saves millions of people's lives.
d. He was a brilliant soldier.
Question 5 of 23
What UN operation did Canada participate in from 1950 to 1953?
a. Canadian Forces defended Hong Kong.
b. The Canadian Corps captured Vimy Ridge.
c. Canada participated in the UN operation defending South Korea in the Korean War.
d. Canadians volunteered to fight in the South African War.
Question 6 of 23
Who discovered insulin?
a. Dr. Wilder Penfield.
b. Matthew Evans and Henry Woodward.
c. Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best.
d. Dr. John A. Hopps.
Question 7 of 23
Who invented the snowmobile?
a. Alexander Graham Bell
b. Joseph-Armand Bombardier
c. Sir Sandford Fleming
d. Mathew Evans and Henry Woodward
Question 8 of 23
Who contributed to the invention of the radio and also sent the world's first wireless voice message?
a. Reginald Fessenden
b. Alexander Graham Bell
c. Mike Lazaridis
d. Mathew Evans
Question 9 of 23
Which of the following was invented by Alexander Graham Bell?
a. BlackBerry
b. Fax Machine
c. Telephone
d. Internet
Question 10 of 23
When was “employment insurance” introduced by the Canadian federal government?
a. 1947
b. 1950
c. 1940
d. 1965
Question 11 of 23
In the 1960s, Quebec experienced an era of rapid change. What is it called?
a. The East Movement
b. The Quiet Revolution
c. The Suffrage Movement
d. La Francophonie
Question 12 of 23
Who invented the worldwide system of standard time zones?
a. Joseph-Armand Bombardier
b. Reginald Fessenden
c. Sir Sandford Fleming
d. Alexander Graham Bell
Question 13 of 23
Postwar, Canada became a more flexible and open society. Which of the following was this based on?
a. Equality of men and women
b. Inequality of women
c. Inequality of men and women
d. Equality of men
Question 14 of 23
Which one of the following governments provides “publicly-funded” education?
a. City government
b. Federal government
c. None of these
d. Provincial and territorial governments
Question 15 of 23
Who started the “Marathon of Hope”?
a. Rick Hansen
b. James Naismith
c. Sir Sam Steele
d. Terry Fox
Question 16 of 23
Who, among these, is a Nobel Prize-winning scientist?
a. Gerhard Herzberg
b. Marshall McLuhan
c. Alexander Graham Bell
d. Harold Innis
Question 17 of 23
In what year were the Aboriginal Peoples granted the right to vote?
a. 1960
b. 1790
c. 1950
d. 1632
Question 18 of 23
Which is the most famous invention of Research In Motion (RIM), a wireless communications company?
a. The Canadarm
b. The first wireless voice message
c. The BlackBerry
d. The iPhone
Question 19 of 23
In 1996, at the Olympic Games, which Canadian became a world record sprinter and double Olympic gold medalist?
a. Wayne Gretzky
b. La Fontaine
c. Donovan Bailey
d. John Cabot
Question 20 of 23
Who invented the Cardiac pacemaker?
a. Gabriel Dumont
b. Mathew Evans and Henry Woodward
c. Dr John A. Hopps
d. Alexander Graham Bell
Question 21 of 23
When was the official Language Act passed? (French and English)
a. 1969
b. 1867
c. 1982
d. 2000
Question 22 of 23
Who thought of the idea of the telephone?
a. Dr. Wilder Penfield
b. Sir Frederick Banting
c. Alexander Graham Bell
d. Joseph-Armand Bombardier
Question 23 of 23
What is the Commonwealth?
a. A group of 13 countries who are loyal to Canada
b. A group of 13 countries who are loyal to the Queen (or King)
c. A group of 52 countries who are loyal to the Queen (or King)
d. A group of 52 countries who are loyal to Canada