Canadian Citizenship Test: Mock test 2
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About Canadian Citizenship Test mock test 2
This is mock test 2 of 6 for the Canadian Citizenship Test. It has 20 questions, the same number as the real test, with a 45-minute timer and the real pass mark (15 of 20 correct). Answers and explanations are shown when you submit. Each mock test uses a fixed set of questions, so you can retake this one until you pass it, then move on to the next.
Topics in this mock test: Canadian Symbols (1) · The Justice System (2) · Rights and Responsibilities (10) · Who We Are (7)
Last reviewed: October 19, 2026 · Questions are written from the official study material linked on the country page.
The 20 questions in mock test 2
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1. On which date is Remembrance Day observed?
11 November
Canadians remember those who served and died in war, often by wearing a poppy.
2. What is the highest court in Canada?
The Supreme Court of Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada is the final court of appeal.
3. What is the name of Canada’s national police force?
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
The RCMP enforces federal laws throughout Canada and serves as provincial police in most provinces.
4. In which year was Magna Carta signed in England?
1215
Discover Canada traces Canada's 800-year-old tradition of ordered liberty to the signing of Magna Carta, the Great Charter of Freedoms, in England in 1215.
5. Which document is also known as the Great Charter of Freedoms?
Magna Carta
Magna Carta, signed in 1215, is also called the Great Charter of Freedoms and is the root of freedoms such as freedom of conscience, expression, peaceful assembly and association.
6. Which of these is one of the fundamental freedoms Canadians enjoy?
Freedom of peaceful assembly
Canada's fundamental freedoms include freedom of conscience and religion; of thought, belief, opinion and expression; of peaceful assembly; and of association.
7. What right does habeas corpus protect?
The right to challenge unlawful detention by the state
Habeas corpus, the right to challenge unlawful detention by the state, comes to Canada from English common law.
8. The Charter begins by stating that Canada is founded on principles recognizing the supremacy of God and what else?
The rule of law
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms opens with the words: Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law.
9. Which Charter right allows Canadians to live and work anywhere in Canada?
Mobility rights
Mobility rights let Canadians live and work anywhere they choose in Canada, enter and leave the country freely, and apply for a passport.
10. Which responsibility are Canadian citizens legally required to carry out when called upon?
Serving on a jury
When called to do so, citizens are legally required to serve on a jury. Impartial juries made up of citizens are a vital part of the justice system.
11. What is Canada’s rule on compulsory military service?
There is no compulsory military service
There is no compulsory military service in Canada, but serving in the regular Canadian Forces or the reserves is described as a noble way to contribute.
12. Which country’s legal tradition gave Canada its civil code?
France
Canadian law has several sources, including laws passed by Parliament and the provinces, English common law, the civil code of France and the unwritten constitution inherited from Great Britain.
13. Under Canadian law, what is the legal status of men and women?
They are equal under the law
In Canada, men and women are equal under the law. Canada's openness does not extend to barbaric cultural practices such as spousal abuse, honour killings or forced marriage.
14. Which phrase from the British North America Act of 1867 is a key principle of Canada’s constitution?
Peace, Order and Good Government
Peace, Order and Good Government is a key phrase in Canada's original constitutional document, the British North America Act of 1867.
15. Who are Canada’s three founding peoples?
Aboriginal, French and British
Discover Canada describes Canadian society as built on three founding peoples: Aboriginal, French and British.
16. Which document of 1763 guaranteed territorial rights to Aboriginal peoples and set the basis for treaty negotiations?
The Royal Proclamation
Territorial rights were first guaranteed through the Royal Proclamation of 1763 by King George III, which established the basis for negotiating treaties with newcomers.
17. In which year did the Government of Canada formally apologize to former students of residential schools?
2008
From the 1800s until the 1980s the federal government placed many Aboriginal children in residential schools. In 2008, Ottawa formally apologized to the former students.
18. What does the word Inuit mean in the Inuktitut language?
The people
Inuit means the people in Inuktitut. The Inuit live in small, scattered communities across the Arctic.
19. What is the name of the dialect spoken by the Métis?
Michif
The Métis are a distinct people of mixed Aboriginal and European ancestry, mostly in the Prairie provinces, who speak their own dialect, Michif.
20. In which decade did the term First Nations come into use?
1970s
The term Indian refers to Aboriginal people who are not Inuit or Métis. The term First Nations began to be used in the 1970s.
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