Canadian-Citizenship Practice Test - Who We Are 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Canada is the second-largest country in the world by total area. What is its approximate land area?
- 5 million km²
- 7 million km²
- 10 million km² (Correct answer)
- 14 million km²
Correct answer: 10 million km²
Canada covers approximately 10 million square kilometres, making it the second-largest country in the world by total area, after Russia. It spans six time zones and borders three oceans.
Question 2: How many provinces and territories make up Canada?
- 10 provinces and 2 territories
- 10 provinces and 3 territories (Correct answer)
- 9 provinces and 3 territories
- 12 provinces and 1 territory
Correct answer: 10 provinces and 3 territories
Canada is made up of 10 provinces (from west to east: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador) and 3 territories (Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut).
Question 3: What are Canada's two official languages?
- English and French (Correct answer)
- English and Inuktitut
- French and Spanish
- English, French, and Indigenous languages
Correct answer: English and French
English and French are Canada's two official languages at the federal level, as established by the Constitution and the Official Languages Act. New Brunswick is Canada's only officially bilingual province.
Question 4: In what year did women in Canada win the right to vote in federal elections?
- 1867
- 1900
- 1918 (Correct answer)
- 1929
Correct answer: 1918
Women in Canada won the right to vote in federal elections in 1918. The famous "Famous Five" — led by Nellie McClung, Emily Murphy, and others — later won a landmark 1929 ruling recognizing women as "persons" eligible to sit in the Senate.
Question 5: Canada is a constitutional monarchy. What does this mean?
- The monarch rules Canada directly and appoints the Prime Minister
- The King or Queen is the head of state, but their powers are exercised according to the Constitution and on the advice of elected representatives (Correct answer)
- Canada has a written constitution but no monarch
- The monarch's powers are unlimited within Canada but the Constitution limits Parliament
Correct answer: The King or Queen is the head of state, but their powers are exercised according to the Constitution and on the advice of elected representatives
Canada is a constitutional monarchy: the King (or Queen) is the head of state, but their powers are exercised through the Governor General on the advice of the democratically elected Prime Minister and Cabinet. Real governing power lies with elected representatives.
Question 6: What is the role of the Governor General in Canada?
- To run the federal bureaucracy and enforce laws
- To represent the King in Canada, performing constitutional duties such as reading the Speech from the Throne, signing legislation into law, and, in exceptional circumstances, refusing to grant royal assent (Correct answer)
- To serve as head of Canada's military forces
- To chair meetings of the Cabinet and coordinate between federal and provincial governments
Correct answer: To represent the King in Canada, performing constitutional duties such as reading the Speech from the Throne, signing legislation into law, and, in exceptional circumstances, refusing to grant royal assent
The Governor General is the King's representative in Canada. They perform ceremonial and constitutional duties: opening Parliament, reading the Speech from the Throne, granting royal assent to legislation, swearing in the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and ensuring Canada always has a functioning government.
Canadian-Citizenship Practice Test - Who We Are 2
Canada is the second-largest country in the world by total area.
What is its approximate land area?