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Citizenship · Study guide

Study for the citizenship test

The citizenship test draws on one book: the official study guide, Discover Canada. These eleven chapters retell it as a story you can actually remember. Red marks the facts the test can ask about, and a short quiz closes every chapter. Nothing you do here leaves your device.

Questions20Multiple choice or true/false, in English or French.
Pass mark15 of 2075%. You get up to three chances to pass.
Time limit45 minThe online timer cannot be paused.
Who takes itAges 18 to 54Your age on the day you sign the application.
Quick referenceThe dates, names and numbers from the chapters in one set of tables.

Chapters

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  1. 01Citizenship · The oath, your rights, your dutiesRights and responsibilities
  2. 02Who we are · Peoples and languagesWho Canadians are
  3. 03History · First peoples to 1814Canada's early history
  4. 04History · 1837 to 1914Confederation and expansion
  5. 05History · 1914 to todayCanada since 1914
  6. 06Government · Federal, provincial, municipalHow Canadians govern themselves
  7. 07Elections · Your first federal voteFederal elections
  8. 08Justice · Courts, police, legal helpThe justice system
  9. 09Symbols · Crown, flag, anthems, holidaysCanadian symbols
  10. 10Economy · Trade, industry and workCanada's economy
  11. 11Regions · Five regions, thirteen capitalsCanada's regions

Where these chapters come from

We checked each fact here against Discover Canada and the canada.ca test pages, but these chapters are a hand-made study aid, and a mistake is always possible. The guide is the only official study source. The test takes its answers from it even where the world has moved on, and when the two differ, the chapter says so and tells you which answer to give. Read the guide itself before test day. If anything here disagrees with it, the guide is right.

Discover Canada: the official study guide(opens the official page in a new tab)