Canadian Citizenship Test: Mock test 4
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About Canadian Citizenship Test mock test 4
This is mock test 4 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: Canada's History (9) · How Canadians Govern Themselves (11)
Last reviewed: October 19, 2026 · Questions are written from the official study material linked on the country page.
The 20 questions in mock test 4
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1. Who wrote the poem In Flanders Fields in 1915?
John McCrae
Canadian medical officer John McCrae composed In Flanders Fields in 1915; the poem is recited on Remembrance Day each year.
2. Which province was the first to grant women the right to vote, in 1916?
Manitoba
Manitoba became the first province to grant women voting rights in 1916. Most Canadian women aged 21 and over received the federal vote in 1918.
3. Who became the first woman elected to the House of Commons, in 1921?
Agnes Macphail
Agnes Macphail, a farmer and teacher, became the first woman MP in 1921. Dr. Emily Stowe had earlier founded the women's suffrage movement in Canada.
4. On D-Day, June 6, 1944, which beach did Canadian troops capture?
Juno Beach
About 15,000 Canadian troops took part in the Normandy invasion on D-Day, capturing Juno Beach. Roughly one in ten Allied soldiers on D-Day was Canadian.
5. Which country did the Canadian Army liberate in 1944-45?
The Netherlands
The Canadian Army liberated the Netherlands in 1944-45 and helped force the German surrender of May 8, 1945.
6. In which year did Parliament pass the Official Languages Act?
1969
The Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, established in 1963, led to the Official Languages Act of 1969, guaranteeing federal services in French and English.
7. What name is given to the period of rapid change in Quebec in the 1960s?
The Quiet Revolution
In the 1960s Quebec experienced an era of rapid change known as the Quiet Revolution, during which many Quebecers sought to separate from Canada.
8. What was the name of Terry Fox’s cross-country run to raise money for cancer research?
The Marathon of Hope
In 1980 Terry Fox, who had lost his right leg to cancer at 18, began the Marathon of Hope. He did not finish the run, but yearly fundraising events continue his legacy.
9. Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best are famous for discovering which medical treatment?
Insulin
Sir Frederick Banting of Toronto and Charles Best discovered insulin, a hormone to treat diabetes that has saved 16 million lives worldwide.
10. Which level of government is responsible for national defence and foreign policy?
The federal government
The federal government is responsible for matters of national and international concern, including defence, foreign policy, interprovincial trade, currency, criminal law and citizenship.
11. Which of these is a provincial responsibility under the Constitution Act, 1867?
Education
Provinces are responsible for municipal government, education, health, natural resources, property and civil rights, and highways.
12. Which two areas of responsibility are shared between the federal and provincial governments?
Agriculture and immigration
The federal and provincial governments share jurisdiction over agriculture and immigration.
13. What are the three parts of Parliament?
The Sovereign, the Senate and the House of Commons
Parliament has three parts: the Sovereign (King or Queen), the Senate and the House of Commons. Provincial legislatures comprise the Lieutenant Governor and the elected Assembly.
14. How are senators chosen?
Appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister
Senators are appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister and serve until age 75.
15. What is the first stage a bill goes through in the House of Commons?
First Reading
At First Reading the bill is considered read for the first time and is printed. It then goes to Second Reading, Committee Stage, Report Stage, Third Reading, the Senate and Royal Assent.
16. At which stage of the law-making process is a bill studied clause by clause?
Committee Stage
During the Committee Stage, committee members study the bill carefully, clause by clause. At Second Reading members debate the bill's principle.
17. Who grants royal assent to a bill after both Houses have passed it?
The Governor General, on behalf of the Sovereign
A bill can only become law once it has passed both the House of Commons and the Senate and received royal assent, granted by the Governor General on behalf of the Sovereign.
18. Who represents the Sovereign in each of the ten provinces?
The Lieutenant Governor
In each province the Sovereign is represented by the Lieutenant Governor, appointed by the Governor General on the Prime Minister's advice, normally for five years.
19. Who represents the federal government in each of the three territories?
The Commissioner
In the three territories, the Commissioner represents the federal government and plays a ceremonial role.
20. For how long is the Governor General usually appointed?
Five years
The Governor General is appointed by the Sovereign on the advice of the Prime Minister, usually for five years.
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