Canadian Citizenship Practice Test - Free Online Exam 7

Q1) The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was completed in:

1885
1823
1985
1785

Q2) The maple leaf was begun to be used in the 1920s by Canada's soldiers:

FALSE
TRUE

Q3) The number of colonies to the south of Quebec that declared independence in 1776 is:

15
5
13
2

Q4) The battle for control of North America in the 1700s was between the countries of:

USA and France
Spain and Great Britain
France and Great Britain
France and Spain

Q5) Who was John Cabot?

an Irishman
an italian immigrant to England
an English immigrant to Italy
a Spanish immigrant to England

Q6) The colony "the Province of Quebec" was renamed by:

France and Spain
Great Britain
USA
First Nations

Q7) The right to vote in federal elections was given to all Canadian women since 1918:

TRUE
FALSE

Q8) The White House in Washington, DC was burned by the British in 1814:

TRUE
FALSE

Q9) After forcible sale of their property West Coast Japanese Canadians were relocated by the Canadian government during the Pacific War:

TRUE
FALSE

Q10) When did the word Canada start appearing on maps?:

the 1550s
the 1660s
the 1880s
the 1770s

Q11) More than 8,000 people mostly Ukrainian men were forced to work in 24 labour camps across Canada by Ottawa from 1914 to 1920:

FALSE
TRUE

Q12) Peace was made between the Iroquois and the French in:

1801
1699
1901
1701

Q13) Canada's national colours, white and red were first assigned in:

in 1923
in 1945
in 1949
in 1921

Q14) Whose famous words "My only reply will be from the mouths of my cannons!" are these?

Pierre Le Moyne, who was a gre
Marquis de Montcalm who was ki
Sir Guy Carleton (Lord Dorches
Count Fontenac, who refused to

Q15) The Cree, the Huron-Wendat and the Dene were:

nomads
hunter-gatherers
living off the Arctic wildlife
farmers

Q16) What are raid on Dieppe and Defence of Hong Kong examples of?

battles that took place during
battles lost by Canadians
battles where Canada did not participate
Canadian victories

Q17) Name the founder of women's suffrage movement in Canada:

Dr. Emily Stowe
Norah Michener
Mary Ann (Shadd) Carey
Chantal Petitclerc

Q18) When did the First World War end?

December
June
May
November

Q19) Who was Major General Sam Steele?

a railway lawyer
a Mountie
a Prime Minister
inventor of the BlackBerry

Q20) Canada's greatest soldier is considered to be:

Phil Edwards
Lt.Col. John McCrae
General Sir Arthur Currie
Sir Robert Borden

Q21) Who granted the exclusive trading rights over the watershed draining into Hudson Bay to whom and in which year?

Hudsons Bay Company, in 1759
Hudsons Bay Company, in 1670
Hudsons Bay Company, in 1701
Hudsons Bay Company, in 1670

Q22) The number of Canadians killed during the First World War is:

2000
600000
130000
60000

Q23) The Lower Canadians were Protestant while as Upper Canadians were mainly Catholic.

FALSE
TRUE

Q24) 15,000 Canadian troops stormed and captured__________ on on D-Day, June 6, 1944

Berlin
Newfoundland
Juno Beach
Trafalgar

Q25) The Metiss greatest military leader was

Gabriel Dumont
John A. MacDonald
Sir Sam Steele
Jim Balsillie

Q26) The word kanata in Iroqoian means

Village
Sky
Sea
Forest