Canadian Citizenship Canada History and Confederation

Question 1

In what year did Canada become a country?

Accepted Answer

1867

Answer

1776

Answer

1901

Answer

1945

Question 2

Who is known as the 'Father of Confederation' and Canada's first Prime Minister?

Accepted Answer

Sir John A. Macdonald

Answer

Sir Wilfrid Laurier

Answer

Sir Robert Borden

Answer

Louis Riel

Question 3

Which document created the Dominion of Canada in 1867?

Accepted Answer

The British North America Act

Answer

The Statute of Westminster

Answer

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Answer

The Constitution Act, 1982

Question 4

When did Newfoundland and Labrador join Canada as its tenth province?

Accepted Answer

1949

Answer

1905

Answer

1931

Answer

1967

Question 5

What railway, completed in 1885, helped unite Canada from coast to coast?

Accepted Answer

Canadian Pacific Railway

Answer

Canadian National Railway

Answer

Grand Trunk Railway

Answer

Intercolonial Railway

Question 6

In which year did Canada patriate its constitution and add the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?

Accepted Answer

1982

Answer

1931

Answer

1967

Answer

1965