Canadian-Citizenship Practice Test

What is Canada's national sport?

Basketball

Baseball

The Canadian Football League

Ice hockey

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Who is Terry Fox?

Paralympic gold medalist wheelchair racer

A hero that began a cross-country run for cancer research

A 1996 gold medalist runner

A wheelchair runner

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In the 1960s era rapid change was experienced in Quebec. What is this known as?

The Official Languages Act

The Suffrage Movement

The Sepratist Movement

The Quiet Revolution

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Who contributed to the invention of the radio?

Henry Woodward

Reginald Fessenden

Sir Sanford Fleming

Mathew Evans

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What was the Quiet Revolution?

British Columbia upheaval

Quebec seeking separation

First Nations upheaval

Aboriginal upheaval

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What group of people were given the right to vote in federal and provincial elections in 1960?

Japanese-Americans

Asian-Canadians

Women

Aboriginals

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

The discovery brought fame to the scientists

The discovery opened more financial doors

There was no real significance to the discovery

The discovery has saved over 16 million lives worldwide

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What group of people were given the right to vote in federal and provincial elections in 1948?

First Nations

Women

Japanese-Canadians

Aboriginals

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Who is Canada's largest trading partner?

The United States

Mexico

China

Great Britain

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Who invented the snow mobile?

Reginald Fessenden

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Sir Sanford Fleming

Mathew Evans and Henry Woodward

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Where is Canada's financial capital?

Alberta

Edmonton

Toronto

Quebec

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What does the Official Languages Act guarantee?

English as the only language in schools

Federal government services are provided in French and English

English as the primary language in government

French as the official language in Quebec

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Which is NOT true of Canada's international engagement?

Canada joined the UN (United Nations)

Canada joined the Communist Bloc

Canada joined NORAD (North American Defence Command)

Canada joined NATO (the National Atlantic Treaty Organization)

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In the visual arts, what is Canada historically best known for?

Les Automatistes

Denis Arcand

Group of Seven

Aboriginal paintings

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Where was oil discovered in Canada in 1947?

Alberta

Edmonton

Quebec

Yukon

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Who invented the BlackBerry through the wireless communications company RIM?

Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie

Reginald Fessenden

Sir Sanford Fleming

Mathew Evans and Henry Woodward

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Canadian-Citizenship Practice Test – Modern Canada

What is Canada's national sport?

Who is Terry Fox?

In the 1960s era rapid change was experienced in Quebec. What is this known as?

Who contributed to the invention of the radio?

What was the Quiet Revolution?

What group of people were given the right to vote in federal and provincial elections in 1960?

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

What group of people were given the right to vote in federal and provincial elections in 1948?

Who is Canada's largest trading partner?

Who invented the snow mobile?

Where is Canada's financial capital?

What does the Official Languages Act guarantee?

Which is NOT true of Canada's international engagement?

In the visual arts, what is Canada historically best known for?

Where was oil discovered in Canada in 1947?

Who invented the BlackBerry through the wireless communications company RIM?

Free Online Canadian-Citizenship Practice Test – Government and Elections 1