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Free Canadian Citizenship Practice Test (2026)

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1. Which document, signed in England in 1215, began Canada's long tradition of ordered liberty?
  1. The Royal Proclamation
  2. Magna Carta
  3. The Act of Union
  4. The Treaty of Utrecht
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Answer: B. Magna Carta

Magna Carta, the Great Charter of Freedoms, is the start of the tradition of ordered liberty that protects Canadians.

2. Canadian law treats women and men as equals.
  1. True
  2. False
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Answer: A. True

Equality of women and men is a basic principle of Canadian law.

3. According to the guide, what do Canadians pledge loyalty to in the oath?
  1. A constitution
  2. A person who represents all Canadians
  3. A flag
  4. A country
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Answer: B. A person who represents all Canadians

The Sovereign personifies Canada, so loyalty goes to one person rather than a document, banner or country.

4. Which three founding peoples does the guide say are key to understanding what it means to be Canadian?
  1. Aboriginal, Dutch and Spanish
  2. French, British and American
  3. Aboriginal, British and Irish
  4. Aboriginal, French and British
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Answer: D. Aboriginal, French and British

These three peoples shaped Canada's identity.

5. What does the word Inuit mean in the Inuktitut language?
  1. The people
  2. The land
  3. The hunters
  4. The first ones
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Answer: A. The people

The Inuit live in small, scattered Arctic communities.

6. Gay and lesbian Canadians are fully protected and equal under the law, including civil marriage.
  1. True
  2. False
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Answer: A. True

Their equal protection is part of Canadian diversity.

7. After leaving St. Croix Island, the 1604 colonists settled at which place in Acadia?
  1. Halifax
  2. Port-Royal
  3. Louisbourg
  4. Fort Garry
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Answer: B. Port-Royal

Acadia is present-day Nova Scotia, where Port-Royal was founded.

8. Which New Brunswick delegate proposed the name Dominion of Canada?
  1. Sir John A. Macdonald
  2. Sir George-Étienne Cartier
  3. Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché
  4. Sir Leonard Tilley
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Answer: D. Sir Leonard Tilley

He took inspiration from a verse in Psalm 72.

9. What force did Ottawa create in 1914, whose divisions later formed the Canadian Corps?
  1. The North West Mounted Police
  2. The Royal Canadian Navy
  3. The Canadian Expeditionary Force
  4. The Commonwealth Air Force
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Answer: C. The Canadian Expeditionary Force

Britain had just entered the war.

10. When the Second World War ended, Canada's navy ranked third in size in the world.
  1. True
  2. False
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Answer: A. True

The guide gives this as the navy's rank at the war's end.

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