{"id":29869,"date":"2025-07-01T12:51:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T12:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/29869\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T12:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T12:51:10","slug":"could-you-pass-a-canadian-citizenship-test-take-our-unofficial-canada-day-quiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/29869\/","title":{"rendered":"Could you pass a Canadian citizenship test? Take our unofficial Canada Day quiz"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many new Canadians, like this one at their citizenship ceremony in Vancouver, need to pass a test before taking the Oath. How does your knowledge stack up?DARRYL DYCK\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Each year, thousands of people take the Oath of Citizenship to officially become Canadian citizens, and many of them are required to demonstrate their knowledge of this country\u2019s history, heritage and institutions. <\/p>\n

The multiple-choice test<\/a> has 20 questions on everything from Confederation to culture, and economy to politics. Citizens-to-be must get at least 15 answers right to pass.<\/p>\n

So, to celebrate Canada Day, we\u2019ve created our very own citizenship test for readers to see how their knowledge stacks up.<\/p>\n

Explore all of The Globe’s Canada Day coverage<\/a><\/p>\n

Whether you were born and raised in Canada, arrived more recently or have perhaps already taken the citizenship test yourself, try your hand at this unofficial but very patriotic quiz. <\/p>\n

And if you want to brush up before you give it a go, most of the questions and answers are based on the federal government\u2019s Discover Canada study guide<\/a>, with a few more recent questions crafted by us.<\/p>\n

1To which entity do new Canadians swear the Oath of Citizenship?<\/p>\n

a. The King<\/p>\n

b. The flag<\/p>\n

c. The Constitution<\/p>\n

d. The country<\/p>\n

a. The King.<\/strong> In our constitutional monarchy, the flag, country and Constitution are all encompassed by the Sovereign (King or Queen). It is a simple yet remarkable principle that Canada is personified by the Sovereign, and the Sovereign is personified by Canada.<\/p>\n

2Name two rights the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms enshrined in the Constitution in 1982.<\/p>\n

a. Mobility rights and environmental rights<\/p>\n

b. Multiculturalism and mobility rights<\/p>\n

c. Official language rights and defence rights<\/p>\n

d. Minority language education rights and sexual orientation rights<\/p>\n

b. Multiculturalism and mobility rights.<\/strong> The 1982 Charter amended Canada\u2019s Constitution to summarize the fundamental rights held by Canadians and set out additional rights, including multiculturalism, which is treated as a fundamental characteristic of the country, and mobility rights, which grant citizens the freedom to live and work across the country, and to get a passport so they can come and go freely.<\/p>\n

3Name two responsibilities that come with the rights of Canadians.<\/p>\n

a. Obeying the law and learning about Indigenous peoples<\/p>\n

b. Volunteering in your community and defending this country<\/p>\n

c. Serving on a jury and voting in elections<\/p>\n

d. Taking responsibility for yourself and your family and learning both official languages<\/p>\n

c. Serving on a jury and voting in elections.<\/strong> Rights carry certain responsibilities in Canada, including a legal requirement to serve on a jury if you are called to do so. Voting in elections at all levels of government is also a key responsibility, though it is not mandated by law.<\/p>\n

4What is the name of Canada\u2019s original constitutional document from 1867?<\/p>\n

a. The Great Dominion Act<\/p>\n

b. The British Canada Act<\/p>\n

c. The Canada Dominion Act<\/p>\n

d. The British North America Act<\/p>\n

d. The British North America Act.<\/strong> Canada\u2019s institutions pledge to uphold a commitment to \u201cpeace, order and good government,\u201d a key phrase in Canada\u2019s original constitutional document, the British North America Act of 1867.<\/p>\n

5How many numbered treaties did Canada enter into with First Nations after gaining the title to Rupert\u2019s Land, a historical region in northern and western parts of Canada?<\/p>\n

c. 11.<\/strong> Canada was responsible for addressing any and all First Nations claims to land after it purchased the title to Rupert\u2019s Land from the Hudson\u2019s Bay Company in 1868 and 1870. The Crown negotiated a total of 11 numbered treaties between 1871 and 1921, covering parts of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, the Northwest Territories, and a small portion of British Columbia.<\/p>\n

6Which is the only officially bilingual province in Canada?<\/p>\n

a. Quebec<\/p>\n

b. New Brunswick<\/p>\n

c. Manitoba<\/p>\n

d. Ontario<\/p>\n

b. New Brunswick.<\/strong> While the majority of francophones live in Quebec, a total of one million live in Ontario, New Brunswick and Manitoba. Acadian culture \u2013 of those descended from French colonists who began arriving in the Maritimes in the early 17th Century \u2013 thrives in New Brunswick, the only officially bilingual province.<\/p>\n

7Which religion do most Canadians identify with?<\/p>\n

a. Christianity – Catholic denomination<\/p>\n

b. Christianity – Protestant denomination<\/p>\n

c. Islam, Judaism, Hinduism or Sikhism<\/p>\n

d. No religion<\/p>\n

a. Christianity – Catholic denomination.<\/strong> The majority of Canadians identify as Christians, and Catholicism is the largest denomination, followed by various Protestant churches. The number of Muslims, Jews, Hindus and Sikhs and members of other religions is growing, as well as people who say they have no religious affiliation.<\/p>\n

8The United States\u2019s history of slavery has garnered much historical attention, but slavery existed in Canada too. In what year was it abolished?<\/p>\n

a. 1833<\/p>\n

b. 1837<\/p>\n

c. 1845<\/p>\n

d. 1849<\/p>\n

a. 1833.<\/strong> Upper Canada moved toward abolition in 1793. The British Parliament banned the buying and selling of slaves in 1807, and abolished slavery throughout the empire in 1833. This resulted in many enslaved people who had escaped in the U.S. making their way to Canada via the Underground Railroad, an anti-slavery network.<\/p>\n

9There are 10 provinces and three territories in Canada, and the last one to become part of this country \u201cjoined\u201d in a unique way. Which province or territory was it?<\/p>\n

a. Northwest Territories<\/p>\n

b. Nunavut<\/p>\n

c. Prince Edward Island<\/p>\n

d. Newfoundland and Labrador<\/p>\n

b. Nunavut<\/strong> was created and became Canada\u2019s third territory in 1999, when it officially separated from the Northwest Territories. The last province to join Confederation was Newfoundland and Labrador in 1949.<\/p>\n

10At Confederation, voting was limited to white men who also owned property. Through women\u2019s suffrage activism, most women over the age of 21 were able to vote in federal elections in 1918. But which province had already granted voting rights to women?<\/p>\n

a. Quebec<\/p>\n

b. Manitoba<\/p>\n

c. Ontario<\/p>\n

d. British Columbia<\/p>\n

b. Manitoba<\/strong> became the first province where women could vote in 1916, and Quebec was the last in 1940. However Indigenous peoples, including women, were not eligible to vote in federal elections without forfeiting their status under the Indian Act until 1960.<\/p>\n

11French-Canadian culture flourished after the Second World War. During the Quiet Revolution\u2019s rapid changes in the 1960s, many Quebeckers sought to separate from Canada. This led to the Official Languages Act, which did what?<\/p>\n

a. Provided education in either French or English for any child across Canada<\/p>\n

b. Required all Canadians to learn both French and English<\/p>\n

c. Required health care to be provided in both French and English across Canada<\/p>\n

d. Guaranteed federal government services in both French and English<\/p>\n

d. Guaranteed federal government services in both French and English.<\/strong> The act was an attempt to assuage separatist concerns that the French language would be lost in Canada, and it ensures all federal government services are available in both French and English.<\/p>\n

12What was Canada Day called until 1982?<\/p>\n

a. Dominion Day<\/p>\n

b. Confederation Day<\/p>\n

c. King\u2019s Day<\/p>\n

d. Celebration Day<\/p>\n

a. Dominion Day.<\/strong> The passage of a private member\u2019s bill in the House of Commons in late 1982 renamed the July 1 anniversary of Confederation as \u201cCanada Day\u201d to reflect the country\u2019s evolving identity and independence from the British Empire. It has been celebrated as \u201cCanada Day\u201d since July 1, 1983.<\/p>\n

13Canada\u2019s legislative process involves several steps in Parliament before a bill passes. What is the last stage a bill must clear to become law?<\/p>\n

a. Senate approval<\/p>\n

b. Third reading<\/p>\n

c. Royal assent<\/p>\n

d. Report stage<\/p>\n

c. Royal assent.<\/strong> After a bill has been read, printed and then debated in its first and second readings in the House of Commons, committees – made up of members of Parliament – study it clause by clause. Members can make amendments in the report stage, before voting on it in the third reading. If it passes, it follows a similar process in the Senate, and it then receives royal assent after being passed by both houses. Royal assent is now given by the Governor-General.<\/p>\n

14What is the official summer sport of Canada?<\/p>\n

a. Field hockey<\/p>\n

b. Lacrosse<\/p>\n

c. Basketball<\/p>\n

d. Soccer<\/p>\n

b. Lacrosse.<\/strong> Indigenous peoples played variations of lacrosse long before colonization and have deep ties to the game, which was recognized as Canada\u2019s official summer sport in 1994. Canada\u2019s official winter sport is, of course, hockey.<\/p>\n

15In 2011, then-prime minister Stephen Harper officially apologized on behalf of Canada for the Indian Residential School System, which forcibly separated an estimated 150,000 Indigenous children from their families between the late 17th century and the late 1990s. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission\u2019s final report in 2015 concluded the practice was \u201ccultural genocide\u201d and issued how many calls to action for all Canadians?<\/p>\n

c. 94.<\/strong> The Commission\u2019s final report issued 94 calls to action<\/a> for Canadians and decision-makers to pursue reconciliation in every aspect of life, from education and the legal system to the economy and media.<\/p>\n

16O Canada was first sung in Quebec City in 1880 and was proclaimed the national anthem a century later in 1980. Why was one lyric changed in 2018?<\/p>\n

a. To improve the translation between the French and English versions<\/p>\n

b. To acknowledge Indigenous peoples and the colonization of Canada<\/p>\n

c. To be more gender inclusive<\/p>\n

d. To be easier to sing<\/p>\n

c. To be more gender inclusive.<\/strong> The lyrics have been amended three times, most recently in 2018, when then-prime minister Justin Trudeau\u2019s government enacted legislation aimed at making the anthem more inclusive. It changed the line \u201cIn all thy sons\u2019 command\u201d to \u201cIn all of us command.\u201d Calls have also emerged to change the words from \u201cOur home and native land\u201d to \u201cOur home on native land\u201d after singer Jully Black performed it that way in 2023.<\/p>\n

17Two provinces have unique ways of keeping time, different from the rest of the country. Which are they?<\/p>\n

a. Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland and Labrador<\/p>\n

b. Alberta and Saskatchewan<\/p>\n

c. British Columbia and New Brunswick<\/p>\n

d. Prince Edward Island and Quebec<\/p>\n

a. Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland and Labrador.<\/strong> Saskatchewan is the only province that does not use daylight saving time and does not change the clocks in fall or winter. Newfoundland and Labrador is the only province with its own time zone, Newfoundland Time Zone (NT). It is 30 minutes ahead of Atlantic Time.<\/p>\n

18What motto is on Canada\u2019s official coat of arms?<\/p>\n

a. Peace, order and good government<\/p>\n

b. A mari usque ad mare<\/p>\n

c. Virtus unita fortior<\/p>\n

d. True north strong and free<\/p>\n

b. A mari usque ad mare.<\/strong> The motto, which means \u201cfrom sea to sea\u201d in Latin, was officially adopted after the First World War.<\/p>\n

19How many prime ministers has Canada had, including Mark Carney?<\/p>\n

b. 24.<\/strong> Mr. Carney became the 24th Prime Minister in Canada\u2019s history when he was sworn into office on March 14.<\/p>\n

20Canadians have made significant contributions to science and technology, and they are credited with several major inventions and discoveries. Which thing was NOT invented by a Canadian?<\/p>\n

a. The cellphone<\/p>\n

b. Standard time zones<\/p>\n

c. The electric lightbulb<\/p>\n

d. The pacemaker<\/p>\n

a. The cellphone.<\/strong> Alexander Graham Bell, a Scottish-Canadian inventor, did create the first practical telephone in 1876, but the first cellular telephone was an American invention. However Canadians Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie invented the BlackBerry at Waterloo-based Research in Motion, which revolutionized the smartphone industry before the rise of the iPhone.<\/p>\n

How well did you do?<\/p>\n

Answer all of the questions to see your result.<\/p>\n

O Canada! You\u2019re an upstanding citizen, and if you aren\u2019t one yet, you\u2019d be a credit to this country. Enjoy a relaxing Canada Day basking in your knowledge.<\/p>\n

Nice work! You passed your test, but there\u2019s still room to learn a thing or two about Canada. For now, enjoy a relaxing holiday.<\/p>\n

Oh beaver tails! This wasn\u2019t your Canada Day, but it\u2019s nothing a bit of studying \u2013 or subscribing to our weekday Morning Update newsletter<\/a> \u2013 can\u2019t fix. You\u2019ll get \u2018em next time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Many new Canadians, like this one at their citizenship ceremony in Vancouver, need…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":29870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8837,25551,25550,25549,2147,50,25552],"class_list":{"0":"post-29869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-appwebview","9":"tag-aud-growth","10":"tag-aud-headline","11":"tag-aud-url","12":"tag-canada","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-quiz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114778071725683151","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}