Canadian Citizenship Test Practice Sample Questions – British Columbia

What is the name of the Governor General?

Which party is currently governing Canada?

What is the name of the Prime Minister of Canada and his/her party?

Who is Canada’s head of state?

Who represents the Sovereign in Canada?

Name the federal political parties represented in the House of Commons and their leaders

How many riding, or constituencies, are there in Canada?

In Canada there are

Canada has a population of about

How many Anglophones are there in Canada today?

How many electoral districts in Canada?

Who is the current Queen or King?

The sovereign is the personification of the Canadian state and is presented by

How often is election carried out in Canada

How often is election carried out in most provinces in Canada

The official language of British Columbia

The Official recognized opposition in British Columbia is ………

Which political party and political leader in power in British Columbia today?

Which political party is in power in British Columbia?

The current Premier of British Columbia is ……..

Aboriginal and Treaty Rights are in the

_________________ is an excellent way to gain useful skills and develop friends and contacts

The deoprtation of Acadians from their homeland in the late 1700s is know as the

To educate and help aboriginal students to assimilate into the Canadian society, the Federal Government opened up many schools in

The constitutional Tradition that we have inherited is the __________________ in the world

Canada’s original constitutional document is the

“Immigrants groups should retain their individuality and each make its contribution to the national character…………” was said by John Buchan who was __________

Newcomers are expected to embrace a democratic principle such as

The Haida artist who carved totem poles was

Aboriginals came to Canada

Aboriginal children were placed residential schools which

Aboriginal peoples refer to three groups

A key phrase in the British North America Act is

In the 1970s, Indians came to be known as

The Inuit live in

The Metis come from a

Pick the true statement

The founding peoples are the

The Government that is required by law to provide services in both French and English is

The Acadians are

A majority of Francophones live in

Canada is referred to as a

Since the 1970s most immigrants have come from

Canadian identify themselves as being mostly

The House of Commons, in 2006, recognized this province as a “nation within a united Canada”

The dialect of the Metis is

Quebecois means

Inuit means

The 15th Governor General was

Name two fundamental freedoms under Canadian law

List four additional rights Canadian citizens have under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Name three responsibilities of Canadian citizenship

Give an example of how you can help in the community.

What is meant by the “equality of women and men”?

List three ways you can protect the environment

When did the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms become part of the Constitution?

Who are the aboriginal peoples of Canada?

What are the three main groups of Aboriginal peoples?

From whom are the Metis descended?

Who are the Acadians?

Who are the Quebecois or Quebecers?

Which group of Aboriginal peoples has the largest population in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut?

Who discovered Insulin?

What is the significance of the discovery of insulin by Frederick Banting and Charles Best?

What is Terry Fox’s contribution?

Who circled the globe in a wheelchair to raise funds for spinal cord research?

Who were the Group of Seven in modern Canada?

Who invented the snowmobile?

What song is Canada’s national anthem?

Which of the following best describes the Lacrosse sport?

Which animal is an official symbol of Canada?

When is the Sir Wilfrid Laurier Day is celebrated?

What is the highest honour available to Canadians?

What are the two official languages of Canada?

Who are Anglophones?

Who are Francophones?

What is the most popular spectator sport of Canada?

What are the first two lines of Canada’s national anthem?

Which province was once known as “the breadbasket of the world” or “the wheat province”?

In Canada , the largest French-speaking population outside of Quebec is in