Canadian Citizenship Test - practice questions 211-240
When was the Canadian Pacific Railway finished?
Late 1600s.
Late 1700s.
Late 1800s.
Early 1700s.
Answer: Late 1800s.
Who has the right to run as a candidate in federal elections?
Any man who is at least 18 years or older.
Any Canadian citizen who is at least 18 years old.
Canadian citizens and landed immigrants.
A Canadian citizen who is 16 years or older.
Answer: Any Canadian citizen who is at least 18 years old.
What are the territories of northern Canada?
Nunavut and Yukon Territory.
Northwest Territories and Alaska.
Yukon and Northwest Territories.
Yukon Territory and Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Answer: Yukon Territory and Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
What is the population of Canada?
About 32 million.
About 36 million.
About 40 million.
About 44 million.
Answer: About 40 million.
How does a bill become a law?
The Governors of each province must approve the bill.
Must be approved by a majority in the House of Commons and Senate, and received royal assent.
Must be signed by the Queen or King.
Must be approved by the Members of the Parliament.
Answer: Must be approved by a majority in the House of Commons and Senate, and received royal assent.
What will you promise when you take the Oath of Citizenship?
Carry out responsibilities as a Canadian citizen.
Pledge to be allegiance to the Queen.
Promise to obey the Constitution of Canada.
Pledge loyalty to the Queen, observe the laws and fulfill the duties of a Canadian.
Answer: Pledge loyalty to the Queen, observe the laws and fulfill the duties of a Canadian.
What was the name of the new country formed in Confederation?
Britain.
Canada.
Canadian Confederation.
Dominion of Canada.
Answer: Dominion of Canada.
What is the Canadian Constitution?
A system of laws and conventions which our country governs itself by.
The laws which govern the Territories in Canada.
Municipal and local bylaws.
The laws which formed the country.
Answer: A system of laws and conventions which our country governs itself by.
Who do provincial members of the legislative or national assemblies represent?
Federal and provincial governments.
Everyone who lives in the federal electoral district.
Everyone who lives in the provincial or territorial electoral district.
Everyone who lives in the municipal electoral district.
Answer: Everyone who lives in the provincial or territorial electoral district.
Fatima is a new immigrant to Canada. Why can she choose to take a job like any man?
Because of the equality between French and English.
Because she came from United Kingdom.
Because of the equality of women and men in Canada.
Because she has a university degree.
Answer: Because of the equality of women and men in Canada.
The Quebec Act of 1774:
Allowed religious freedom for Catholics.
All of the above.
Is one of the constitutional foundations of Canada.
Permitted Catholics to hold public office.
Answer: All of the above.
What UN operation did Canada participate in from 1950 to 1953?
Canadian Forces defended Hong Kong.
The Canadian Corps captured Vimy Ridge.
Canada participated in the UN operation defending South Korea in the Korean War.
Canadians volunteered to fight in the South African War.
Answer: Canada participated in the UN operation defending South Korea in the Korean War.
What does equality under the law mean?
To be protected against any discrimination.
To be discriminated against.
To be like anyone else in Canada.
To be the same as anywhere in the world.
Answer: To be protected against any discrimination.
What does it mean for a political party to "be in power"?
To gain the approval of the Queen.
To have the most elected representatives.
To generate electricity.
To hold the nuclear button.
Answer: To have the most elected representatives.
Which two provinces produce more than three-quarters of Canadian manufactured goods?
Quebec and Manitoba.
British Columbia and Ontario.
Ontario and Quebec.
Alberta and Ontario.
Answer: Ontario and Quebec.
If you cannot pay for a lawyer, how can you get legal help?
Borrow money from the government and pay for the lawyer.
Go to legal aid services in most communities.
Apply for financial aid from the government to pay for legal fees.
Do not go to a court.
Answer: Go to legal aid services in most communities.
Where do more than half of the people in Canada live?
Coastal Pacific.
Atlantic Canada.
Prairies.
Central Canada.
Answer: Central Canada.
What is a ballot?
A form that tells you when and where to vote.
A dance.
A form for voting.
A form to count the number of votes.
Answer: A form for voting.
What is a polling station?
Place where you vote.
Campaign offices for candidates.
Place where the number of votes are counted.
Member of Parliament's constituency.
Answer: Place where you vote.
What is a Cabinet Minister?
Candidate picked by the Prime Minister.
MP picked by the Premier of each province.
MP selected by the Prime Minister to run federal departments.
MP selected by the Queen to make laws.
Answer: MP selected by the Prime Minister to run federal departments.
Who discovered insulin?
Dr. Wilder Penfield.
Matthew Evans and Henry Woodward.
Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best.
Dr. John A. Hopps.
Answer: Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best.
Who are Quebecois?
All the French speaking people in Canada are called Quebecois.
They form a nation within a united Canada.
They are descendants of British settlers who live in Quebec.
They are the Canadians who only speak French.
Answer: They form a nation within a united Canada.
Who invented the snowmobile?
Alexander Graham Bell
Joseph-Armand Bombardier
Sir Sandford Fleming
Mathew Evans and Henry Woodward
Answer: Joseph-Armand Bombardier
What is the primary role of the police in Canada?
To resolve disputes and interpret law
To keep people safe and to enforce the law
To provide national security intelligence to the government
To conduct or support land warfare, peacekeeping, or humanitarian missions
Answer: To keep people safe and to enforce the law
Which of the following criterion gives a Canadian the right to vote?
Owning a house
Being on an official voter's list
Having a driver’s license
Being an immigrant
Answer: Being on an official voter's list
Who out of the following is above the law in Canada?
Judges
Police
No one
Politicians
Answer: No one
What does the Crown mean for Canadians?
The Crown is a symbol of government, including Parliament, legislatures, courts, police services, and the armed forces.
The Crown contain symbols of England, France, Scotland, and Ireland, as well as red maple leaves.
A national motto, A Mari Usque Ad Mare, which, in Latin, means ‘from sea to sea.’
The Crown reflects the Greco-Roman heritage of Western civilization in which democracy originated.
Answer: The Crown is a symbol of government, including Parliament, legislatures, courts, police services, and the armed forces.
What did the Suffrage Movement achieve?
Quebec experienced an era of rapid change.
The Suffrage Movement abolished slavery in Canada.
The Suffrage Movement led to the introduction of employment insurance.
Women achieved the right to vote.
Answer: Women achieved the right to vote.
Which of the following answers is NOT true about the Canada/USA relationship?
Canada and the USA share the longest undefended international border.
Canada and the USA are the largest trading partners in the world.
Canada exports very few goods to the USA.
The Canada/USA relationship is the closest and the most extensive in the world.
Answer: Canada exports very few goods to the USA.
What principles out of the following is Canada's constitution based on?
Multiculturalism, Peace, and Order
Peace, Order and Good government
War, Order, and Good Government
Mobility Rights, Order, and Good Government
Answer: Peace, Order and Good government